Asus M5A78L-M LX

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 3% 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 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 45%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.56% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	26% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111130
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '21 at 04:32
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	MYS-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 B50 3,245 User benchmarks, average bench 52% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	45% Average	Memory 66.2 1-Core 42.9 2-Core 83.4 41% 64.2 Pts	4-Core 137 8-Core 156 19% 146 Pts	64-Core 146 9% 146 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 610 62,458 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 8460) 2GB CLim: 960 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	0.56% Terrible	Lighting 0.7 Reflection 1.1 Parallax 1 1% 0.93 fps	MRender 1.2 Gravity 0.6 Splatting 0.3 0% 0.7 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 0.56% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS340 240GB 10,970 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: V4.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 44 42 38 36 33 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	26% Poor	Read 168 Write 164 Mixed 144 SusWrite 39.5 29% 129 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 24 4K Mixed 10.5 51% 16.9 MB/s	DQ Read 25.6 DQ Write 55.4 DQ Mixed 24.8 23% 35.3 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 95%
WD WD5000AVCS-6 500GB 9,720 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 75GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 50 51 51 51 51 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 74.7 Write 70 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 50.9 44% 59.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.4 80% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	19.8% Very poor	MC Read 7.5 MC Write 5.6 MC Mixed 6.6 19% 6.57 GB/s	SC Read 4.7 SC Write 4.8 SC Mixed 4.7 14% 4.73 GB/s	Latency 111 36% 111 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 67%

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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%	2	9	7	60	23"	1920 1080	DELF04C DELL E2314H

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Typical M5A78L-M LX Builds (Compare 291 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX - $200

CPU
FX-4100AMD $110Bench 51%, 32,471 samples	50x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 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 $46

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