Asus M5A78L-M LX/BR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX/BR (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130419
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '19 at 03:12
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Memory 93.7 1-Core 74.1 2-Core 143 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 257 8-Core 455 43% 356 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.8% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 113 Parallax 94.4 83% 103 fps	MRender 98.5 Gravity 98.6 Splatting 103 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX300 120GB-$80 7,190 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: M2CR021 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 217 Write 190 Mixed 201 45% 203 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 52.6 4K Mixed 36.6 122% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 38.5 DQ Write 77.1 DQ Mixed 47.6 39% 54.4 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 115%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 636GB free Firmware: 2AR20003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.5 0 0 1.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	28.4% Poor	Read 97.7 Write 62.9 Mixed 46 SusWrite 0.7 38% 51.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 59%
Toshiba MK3252GSX 320GB-$70 3,538 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 209GB free Firmware: LV010J SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 57 57 56 57 57 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	32.2% Below average	Read 55.1 Write 57.7 Mixed 38.6 SusWrite 56.8 38% 52 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 107% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 34%
Seagate ST3200820AS 200GB 1,565 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 82GB free Firmware: 3.AAD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.5 0 0 1.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Read 57.6 Write 26 Mixed 38.1 SusWrite 0.7 23% 30.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 41%

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 below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.6% Below average	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 10.1 32% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 11.4 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 97%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX/BR

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	125x
FX-8300AMD $168Bench 58%, 49,767 samples	49x
FX-4300AMD $73Bench 52%, 55,454 samples	42x

GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples	26x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	25x
RX 550AMD $79Bench 14%, 79,894 samples	24x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	41x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	26x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	13x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	113x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	69x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	56x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $75

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 $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