Asus M4A785-M

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 58.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.62% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	56.4% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus M4A785-M (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121120
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '17 at 11:56
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 970 2,539 User benchmarks, average bench 56% AM2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Memory 81.4 1-Core 51.8 2-Core 104 51% 79.2 Pts	4-Core 207 8-Core 205 28% 206 Pts	64-Core 206 13% 206 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 62%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
ATI Radeon HD 4200 10,090 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 83A2) 256MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.850.0.0 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	0.62% Terrible	Lighting 0.67 Reflection 1.69 Parallax 0.41 0% 0.92 fps	MRender 1 Gravity 0.27 Splatting 1.35 1% 0.87 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.62% Great: 1%
Nvidia Quadro NVS 440 105 User benchmarks, average bench 0% Nvidia(10DE 0234) 128MB Ram: 128MB, Driver: 309.8 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.3% Terrible	Lighting 0.57 Reflection 0.38 Parallax 0.28 0% 0.41 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.3% Great: 0%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC480G5LC763 480GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 379GB free (System drive) Firmware: 560A Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56.4% Above average	Read 373 Write 267 Mixed 280 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 18.2 4K Mixed 16.2 67% 19.6 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 88.6 DQ Mixed 55.1 56% 93 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 56%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 389GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 142 140 3891 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1434 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3392 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1400 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 392 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1041 (C2) HDA temperature 112 91 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	70.8% Very good	Read 127 Write 119 Mixed 85.4 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.32 96% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 388GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 138 4000 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2207 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14215 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1520 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 323 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1883 (C2) HDA temperature 114 94 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	71.4% Very good	Read 127 Write 122 Mixed 73.4 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.31 82% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 388GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 139 3825 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5631 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19637 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1609 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 291 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5339 (C2) HDA temperature 114 94 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	66.4% Good	Read 118 Write 113 Mixed 8.88 58% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.39 100% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR2 Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	28.2% Poor	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 7.8 MC Mixed 9.5 27% 9.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 8 20% 7.1 GB/s	Latency 78.1 51% 78.1 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 45%

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Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 47%

Yacht

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M4A785-M

CPU
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	9x
Phenom II X6 1055TAMD $175Bench 54%, 23,835 samples	6x
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	6x

GPU
Radeon HD 4200ATIBench 1%, 10,090 samples	9x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	4x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	3x

SSD
360GB 360GBSSDBench 57%, 1,295 samples	3x
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $80Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	3x
Ultra Plus 128GBSanDisk $75Bench 77%, 16,709 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	30x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	14x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	5x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $144

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16