Asus M5A78L-M LX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 2% 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 46%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	11.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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 (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX (all builds)
Memory	0.3 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '21 at 09:54
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	41%

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 Phenom II X4 B45 8 User benchmarks, average bench 53% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	46% Average	Memory 72.5 1-Core 39.2 2-Core 75.2 42% 62.3 Pts	4-Core 114 8-Core 122 16% 118 Pts	64-Core 130 8% 130 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 SE 1,809 User benchmarks, average bench 11% EVGA(3842 1464) 1GB CLim: 776 MHz, MLim: 957 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 368.39 Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Lighting 13 Reflection 17.6 Parallax 4.3 11% 11.6 fps	MRender 19.1 Gravity 14.8 Splatting 12.9 12% 15.6 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD10EURS-630AB1 1TB 3,395 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 14 16 20 17 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	15.2% Very poor	Read 36.2 Write 14 Mixed 12.7 SusWrite 16.6 15% 19.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 24% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 60%
Hitachi HTS543225A7A384 250GB 2,305 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 142GB free Firmware: ESBOA70F SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 33 30 34 33 32 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	22.6% Poor	Read 47.5 Write 42.3 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 31.1 28% 37.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.3 67% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x4GB 154,807 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 2 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	23.2% Poor	MC Read 9.3 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 6.8 22% 7.63 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 5.6 SC Mixed 5.9 17% 6 GB/s	Latency 95.7 42% 95.7 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 52%

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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: 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%	37	10	8	60	23"	1920 1080	HWP293B HP 2311

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

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 $30Bench 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 $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 $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