Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 32% Sail boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 34.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	1.93% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110901
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '22 at 20:12
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X3 445-$100 3,101 User benchmarks, average bench 44% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	34.5% Below average	Memory 45.6 1-Core 16.9 2-Core 93.4 30% 52 Pts	4-Core 136 8-Core 136 18% 136 Pts	64-Core 136 8% 136 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS 2,598 User benchmarks, average bench 2% EVGA(3842 C773) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.01 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.93% Terrible	Lighting 2.3 Reflection 7.4 Parallax 0.8 2% 3.5 fps	MRender 1.6 Gravity 1.8 Splatting 3.6 2% 2.33 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.93% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 47GB free Firmware: 2.09 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 89 93 84 66 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	26.8% Poor	Read 105 Write 107 Mixed 114 SusWrite 79.7 23% 101 MB/s	4K Read 11.2 4K Write 26.2 4K Mixed 15.1 50% 17.5 MB/s	DQ Read 21.6 DQ Write 71.9 DQ Mixed 22.5 24% 38.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 61%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$55 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 869GB free (System drive) Firmware: AX0A4M SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 89 92 84 66 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	44% Average	Read 73.7 Write 103 Mixed 34.4 SusWrite 79.5 53% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 62%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$32 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 724GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 119 120 117 120 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 94.7 Write 66.4 Mixed 56.7 SusWrite 119 62% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 76%
SanDisk Ultra 123GB 189 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 66GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.5 7.2 7.3 7.3 7.5 7.3 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	6.6% Terrible	Read 9.8 Write 6.8 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 7.3 11% 8.1 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 69% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.6% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 2 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	28.2% Poor	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 11 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 3.4 SC Mixed 7.8 17% 5.87 GB/s	Latency 178 22% 178 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 44%

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Typical M5A78L-M LX PLUS Builds (Compare 242 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 5%

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Desktop 50%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS - $200

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	52x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	30x
FX-4100AMD $110Bench 51%, 32,471 samples	25x

GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples	15x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	11x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	10x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	9x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	9x
SSD 128GBBench 64%, 3,975 samples	5x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	118x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	68x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	16x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $318

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16