Asus M5A78L-M LX3

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 33% Sail boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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 35.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	3.83% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	21.8% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (31%). 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 LX3 (all builds)
Memory	1.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160505
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '19 at 23:47
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	CHN-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing way below expectations (20^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 way below expectations (9^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Memory 53.8 1-Core 20.6 2-Core 47.3 28% 40.6 Pts	4-Core 102 8-Core 107 14% 105 Pts	64-Core 109 7% 109 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Asus(1043 846F) 2GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.83% Terrible	Lighting 4.63 Reflection 5.46 Parallax 3.59 4% 4.56 fps	MRender 6.62 Gravity 4.9 Splatting 3.52 4% 5.01 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.83% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
As340 120GB 120GB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0412A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 37 48 46 48 36 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	21.8% Poor	Read 194 Write 167 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 52.7 26% 117 MB/s	4K Read 11.4 4K Write 17.4 4K Mixed 3.5 31% 10.8 MB/s	DQ Read 24.1 DQ Write 71.7 DQ Mixed 10.6 19% 35.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 492GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 91 92 92 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 108 Write 105 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 91.5 68% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 109%

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 way below expectations (6^th percentile)	16.1% Very poor	MC Read 6.2 MC Write 5 MC Mixed 4.7 15% 5.3 GB/s	SC Read 4.9 SC Write 4.3 SC Mixed 4.1 13% 4.43 GB/s	Latency 147 27% 147 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 65%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX3 - $147

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	535x
FX-8300AMD $168Bench 58%, 49,767 samples	207x
FX-4300AMD $73Bench 52%, 55,454 samples	152x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	180x
GTX 1050Nvidia $101Bench 26%, 269,381 samples	107x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	75x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	54x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	30x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	29x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	426x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	391x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	266x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $281

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $40	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