Asus M5A78L-M LX

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 37% Jet ski	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 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 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 34.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	4.24% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	27.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (99%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

11 months ago, 11 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, , 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 22 '23 at 23:02
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	99%

PC Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X2 255 3,508 User benchmarks, average bench 42% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	Memory 59 1-Core 37.6 2-Core 57.3 35% 51.3 Pts	4-Core 57.3 8-Core 58.5 8% 57.9 Pts	64-Core 60.7 4% 60.7 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 49%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5570 12,172 User benchmarks, average bench 4% PwrHis(1787 2293) 1GB Driver: dlumd9.dll Ver. 15.201.2401.0 Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	4.24% Terrible	Lighting 5.4 Reflection 5.9 Parallax 5 4% 5.43 fps	MRender 5 Gravity 4.3 Splatting 5 4% 4.77 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.24% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM04B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 72 66 69 70 79 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	27.4% Poor	Read 152 Write 123 Mixed 100 SusWrite 70 25% 111 MB/s	4K Read 10.5 4K Write 28 4K Mixed 13.3 48% 17.3 MB/s	DQ Read 29.9 DQ Write 72.1 DQ Mixed 33.8 31% 45.3 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 110%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 73 70 71 76 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 114 Write 103 Mixed 58.8 SusWrite 72.2 64% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 85%
WD My Book Essentials 1.5TB 1,072 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 68GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 22 23 23 24 24 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Read 49.6 Write 23 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 22.8 36% 29.4 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.7 35% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	23.1% Poor	MC Read 8.4 MC Write 6.1 MC Mixed 8.9 22% 7.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 8.2 20% 6.87 GB/s	Latency 131 31% 131 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 97%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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