Asus M5A78L-M LX V2

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	5.48% 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	42.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX V2 (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111130
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '21 at 16:48
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (43^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 X4 640-$70 18,839 User benchmarks, average bench 45% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Memory 69.7 1-Core 43.7 2-Core 86.6 43% 66.7 Pts	4-Core 151 8-Core 162 21% 156 Pts	64-Core 170 10% 170 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 3666) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	5.48% Terrible	Lighting 6.9 Reflection 5.3 Parallax 7.4 6% 6.53 fps	MRender 4.5 Gravity 7.3 Splatting 6.9 5% 6.23 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.48% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 147 47 43 38 39 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	42.6% Average	Read 208 Write 183 Mixed 183 SusWrite 77.7 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 39.1 4K Mixed 24.7 88% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 32 DQ Write 66.8 DQ Mixed 38.6 32% 45.8 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 124%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 118GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 92 108 104 108 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 110 Write 111 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 102 71% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 69%
Maxtor STM3250820AS 250GB 2,495 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 73GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 71 76 73 76 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 74.7 Write 39.3 Mixed 40.3 SusWrite 73.5 42% 57 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 44%
Generic External 1TB 150 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 831GB free, PID 1240 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 15 15 16 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Read 23.8 Write 16.3 Mixed 21.5 SusWrite 15 25% 19.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 85% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 24%
Maxtor OneTouch III 300GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 13GB free, PID 7201 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 15 14 15 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	9.38% Terrible	Read 20.7 Write 13 Mixed 17 SusWrite 14.5 21% 16.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 57% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 9.38% Great: 25%

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 below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.9% Poor	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 10.8 30% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 4.8 SC Mixed 6.3 16% 5.6 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 28.9% 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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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 15%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX V2

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	43x
FX-4100AMD $110Bench 51%, 32,471 samples	29x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	16x
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples	14x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	12x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	13x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	5x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	5x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	105x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	47x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	21x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $134

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 $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