Asus M5A78L-M LX V2

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 51.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	21.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	28.6% 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 (99%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX V2 (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '22 at 00:08
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	99%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 960T-$469 4,461 User benchmarks, average bench 54% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Memory 80.2 1-Core 40.4 2-Core 89.3 46% 70 Pts	4-Core 137 8-Core 141 18% 139 Pts	64-Core 149 9% 149 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7790 8,590 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 2269) 1GB CLim: 1140 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Lighting 26.1 Reflection 28 Parallax 34.1 21% 29.4 fps	MRender 25.3 Gravity 26.9 Splatting 25.9 21% 26 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 21%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 73 81 78 78 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	28.6% Poor	Read 93.9 Write 97.9 Mixed 105 SusWrite 77.8 21% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 34.9 4K Mixed 14.5 60% 21.5 MB/s	DQ Read 22.2 DQ Write 65.2 DQ Mixed 23.6 24% 37 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 73%

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 (42^nd percentile)	33.5% Below average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 12.8 33% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 8.6 21% 7.2 GB/s	Latency 80.1 50% 80.1 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 65%

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

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Gaming 19%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 15%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX V2

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	43x
FX-4100AMD $110Bench 51%, 32,471 samples	29x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	16x
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples	14x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	12x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	13x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	5x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	5x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	105x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	47x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	21x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $134

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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