Asus M5A78L-M LX

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 40.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	19.7% 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	40.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '19 at 16:54
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing below expectations (25^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 X3 455-$90 3,733 User benchmarks, average bench 45% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Memory 66.7 1-Core 48.2 2-Core 49 39% 54.6 Pts	4-Core 77.3 8-Core 126 12% 102 Pts	64-Core 125 8% 125 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Device(107D 2746) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Lighting 22.3 Reflection 21.8 Parallax 25.4 18% 23.2 fps	MRender 32.3 Gravity 27.1 Splatting 24.9 23% 28.1 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 172 152 153 152 151 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	40.3% Average	Read 177 Write 185 Mixed 182 SusWrite 152 39% 174 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 36.9 4K Mixed 21.7 71% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 26.3 DQ Write 53.2 DQ Mixed 33.7 27% 37.7 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 115%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 54GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.4 11 11 12 12 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	7.25% Terrible	Read 24.7 Write 23.5 Mixed 5.7 SusWrite 11.2 20% 16.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 21% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.25% Great: 30%
WD My Passport 259F 2TB 3,542 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 269GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 23 24 24 25 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Read 23.7 Write 23.2 Mixed 19 SusWrite 23.7 30% 22.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 44%

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 below expectations (36^th percentile)	29.8% Poor	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 10.9 30% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 7.1 18% 6.27 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 29.8% 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 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 $32Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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