Asus M5A78L-M LX

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.82% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	35.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '21 at 20:49
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	57.1% Above average	Memory 82.4 1-Core 39 2-Core 122 50% 81 Pts	4-Core 187 8-Core 188 25% 187 Pts	64-Core 187 12% 187 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7730 3,247 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Sapphire(174B E245) 1GB CLim: 800 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 21.3.1 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	6.82% Terrible	Lighting 8 Reflection 10.1 Parallax 10.9 6% 9.67 fps	MRender 9.3 Gravity 8.3 Splatting 9.4 7% 9 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.82% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 128GB 128GB 7,332 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: FW200509 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 29 32 33 33 174 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	35.8% Below average	Read 211 Write 184 Mixed 168 SusWrite 60.5 35% 156 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 42.6 4K Mixed 11.3 75% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 31.2 DQ Write 60.4 DQ Mixed 14.1 20% 35.2 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 93%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 324GB free Firmware: 2AR20002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 87 88 88 89 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 85.1 Write 56.4 Mixed 53.9 SusWrite 87.9 52% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 152% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	43.4% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 12 MC Mixed 16.3 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 13.2 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 65%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	10	8	60	21.5"	1280 720	GSM579C M227WAP

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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 48%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX - $200

CPU
FX-4100AMD $110Bench 51%, 32,471 samples	50x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	47x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	27x

GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples	28x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	13x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	13x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	13x
Sata III 128GBIntensoBench 67%, 2,059 samples	7x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	6x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	149x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	39x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	26x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $338

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16