Asus M5A78L-M LX

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 40% Jet ski	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 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 38.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	8.43% 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	17.5% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110921
Uptime	30.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '20 at 11:09
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	63%

PC Performing way below expectations (14^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 840-$150 5,147 User benchmarks, average bench 47% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Memory 53.3 1-Core 38 2-Core 71.3 34% 54.2 Pts	4-Core 135 8-Core 141 18% 138 Pts	64-Core 122 8% 122 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% MSI(1462 2610) 1GB CLim: 950 MHz, MLim: 1075 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	8.43% Terrible	Lighting 11.5 Reflection 13.3 Parallax 3.44 9% 9.39 fps	MRender 16 Gravity 12 Splatting 0.13 7% 9.37 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.43% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 12 22 29 42 14 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	17.5% Very poor	Read 129 Write 87.3 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 23.1 17% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 8.9 4K Write 16.7 4K Mixed 8.9 34% 11.5 MB/s	DQ Read 9.1 DQ Write 15.1 DQ Mixed 11.5 9% 11.9 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 211GB free Firmware: KC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 23 30 33 44 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 126 Write 110 Mixed 51 SusWrite 28.3 58% 78.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 88%
USB DISK 16GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 11GB free, PID 6300 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.3 9.7 11 11 11 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	6.43% Terrible	Read 23.8 Write 2.8 Mixed 3.5 SusWrite 10.2 11% 10.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 12% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.43% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	22.7% Poor	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 5.7 MC Mixed 8.2 23% 8.03 GB/s	SC Read 5.2 SC Write 4.9 SC Mixed 6.3 16% 5.47 GB/s	Latency 149 27% 149 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 97%

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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 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 $28Bench 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 $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 $179	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