Asus M5A78L-M LX/BR

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 52.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.91% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	28.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX/BR (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170304
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '21 at 23:18
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4300-$73 55,454 User benchmarks, average bench 52% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Memory 81.1 1-Core 59 2-Core 106 52% 82 Pts	4-Core 137 8-Core 166 20% 151 Pts	64-Core 180 11% 180 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce G210 3,988 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Device(0000 0000) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.01 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.91% Terrible	Lighting 1 Reflection 0.9 Parallax 0.6 1% 0.83 fps	MRender 1.6 Gravity 0.9 Splatting 1.5 1% 1.33 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.91% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 30 21 17 17 16 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	28.2% Poor	Read 195 Write 14.3 Mixed 124 SusWrite 22.1 19% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 47.2 4K Mixed 7.7 59% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 22.8 DQ Write 72.2 DQ Mixed 13.8 20% 36.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 78%
Maxtor 6L200M0 204GB-$44 1,500 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 40GB free Firmware: BACE1GE0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 31 23 24 22 22 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 42.3 Mixed 21 SusWrite 26 23% 31.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 35%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 158 157 160 169 160 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 40% Great: 90%

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 as expected (54^th percentile)	41.1% Average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 13.9 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.4 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 78.5 51% 78.5 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 65%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 50%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX/BR

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	125x
FX-8300AMD $168Bench 58%, 49,767 samples	49x
FX-4300AMD $73Bench 52%, 55,454 samples	42x

GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples	26x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	25x
RX 550AMD $79Bench 14%, 79,894 samples	24x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	41x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	26x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	13x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	113x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	69x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	56x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $118

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16