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Asus M5A78L-M LX/BR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 27%
Raft
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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.
ProcessorWith 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 29.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics0.51% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus M5A78L-M LX/BR  (all builds)
Memory8.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit cores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170304
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 14 '21 at 20:32
Run Duration116 Seconds
Run User DOM-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing below expectations (21st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Athlon II X2 270-$20
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
29.3% Poor
Memory 44.4
1-Core 44.8
2-Core 65.9
32% 51.7 Pts
4-Core 82.7
8-Core 88.8
11% 85.8 Pts
64-Core 72.6
4% 72.6 Pts
Poor: 29%
This bench: 29.3%
Great: 50%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
ATI Radeon 3000 Graphics
Asus(1043 8388) 256MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
0.51% Terrible
Lighting 0.5
Reflection 0.4
Parallax 0.6
0% 0.5 fps
MRender 0.8
Gravity 1
Splatting 0.8
1% 0.87 fps
Poor: 0%
This bench: 0.51%
Great: 1%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$18
333GB free (System drive)
Firmware: KC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 73 39 40 42 29 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
39.5% Below average
Read 84.5
Write 95.5
Mixed 29.1
SusWrite 53
48% 65.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 39.5%
Great: 88%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 12GB
null MHz
8192, 4096 MB
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
20.8% Poor
MC Read 8.4
MC Write 6
MC Mixed 7.5
21% 7.3 GB/s
SC Read 5.9
SC Write 5.8
SC Mixed 5.3
16% 5.67 GB/s
Latency 183
22% 183 ns
Poor: 20%
This bench: 20.8%
Great: 50%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical M5A78L-M LX/BR Builds (Compare 319 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 50%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX/BR

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $115
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