Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 30% Sail boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 29.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	2.23% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 (77%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS (all builds)
Memory	0.7 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110901
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '22 at 20:08
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	77%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 445-$100 3,101 User benchmarks, average bench 44% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	29.8% Poor	Memory 45.1 1-Core 27.7 2-Core 66.8 29% 46.5 Pts	4-Core 85 8-Core 86.6 11% 85.8 Pts	64-Core 79 5% 79 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS 2,598 User benchmarks, average bench 2% EVGA(3842 C773) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.01 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	2.23% Terrible	Lighting 2.7 Reflection 6.9 Parallax 1.1 2% 3.57 fps	MRender 3.3 Gravity 1.9 Splatting 3.1 2% 2.77 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.23% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 47GB free Firmware: 2.09 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 42 56 55 30 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	21.1% Poor	Read 108 Write 108 Mixed 96.7 SusWrite 43.6 20% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 9.1 4K Write 21 4K Mixed 10.8 39% 13.6 MB/s	DQ Read 24.2 DQ Write 73.4 DQ Mixed 26.1 26% 41.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 61%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 869GB free (System drive) Firmware: AX0A4M SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 36 54 56 25 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	30.7% Below average	Read 65.9 Write 91.9 Mixed 33.4 SusWrite 41 42% 58.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 98% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 62%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 724GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 114 110 113 107 116 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 73 Write 78 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 110 57% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 76%
SanDisk Ultra 123GB 189 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 66GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5 5.7 5.9 6.5 6.7 6.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	4.69% Terrible	Read 8.7 Write 5.5 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 6.1 8% 6.38 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.2 31% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.69% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 2 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	MC Read 3.7 MC Write 5 MC Mixed 7 15% 5.23 GB/s	SC Read 4 SC Write 4.1 SC Mixed 4 12% 4.03 GB/s	Latency 180 22% 180 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 44%

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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 50%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS - $200

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	52x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	30x
FX-4100AMD $110Bench 51%, 32,471 samples	25x

GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples	15x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	11x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	10x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	9x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	9x
SSD 128GBBench 64%, 3,975 samples	5x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	118x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	68x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	16x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $275

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16