Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 53%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.08% 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	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 (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140911
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '24 at 03:30
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	53%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	53% Above average	Memory 78.2 1-Core 52.3 2-Core 102 49% 77.4 Pts	4-Core 157 8-Core 194 23% 176 Pts	64-Core 175 11% 175 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% XFX(1682 304A) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 14.100.0.0 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.08% Terrible	Lighting 1.2 Reflection 1.9 Parallax 1.6 1% 1.57 fps	MRender 2 Gravity 0.5 Splatting 2 1% 1.5 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.08% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 401GB free (System drive) Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 122 109 119 121 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 129 Write 119 Mixed 51.4 SusWrite 115 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 88%
UFD USB Flash Drive 32GB 259 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 9GB free, PID a81d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.7 8.6 6.7 8 8.6 8.7 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	5.97% Terrible	Read 22.1 Write 0.7 Mixed 6.9 SusWrite 7.9 10% 9.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 16% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.97% Great: 9%

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 (52^nd percentile)	40% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 13 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 10.8 26% 9.03 GB/s	Latency 83.5 48% 83.5 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 40% 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: 0P 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	63	49	60	21.5"	1280 720	ACR01C9 Acer A221HQV

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

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

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 $71Bench 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 $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