Asus M4A79XTD EVO

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 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 52.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	10.8% 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	35.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB 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 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.

Motherboard	Asus M4A79XTD EVO (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100617
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '18 at 19:42
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Memory 79.8 1-Core 44.3 2-Core 83.8 46% 69.3 Pts	4-Core 152 8-Core 152 20% 152 Pts	64-Core 150 9% 150 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5770 37,602 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Asus(1043 0344) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Lighting 14 Reflection 10.7 Parallax 12.6 11% 12.4 fps	MRender 10.4 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 12.6 10% 11.5 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 54 53 54 54 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 109 Write 172 Mixed 158 SusWrite 53.8 28% 123 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 41.7 4K Mixed 25.3 84% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 25 DQ Write 64 DQ Mixed 32.1 28% 40.4 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 85%
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$34 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 147GB free Firmware: UF450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 60 102 81 122 132 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	32% Below average	Read 200 Write 144 Mixed 103 SusWrite 108 31% 139 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 18.4 4K Mixed 16 52% 16.4 MB/s	DQ Read 18.6 DQ Write 23.2 DQ Mixed 19.6 15% 20.5 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 55%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 179 179 180 180 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 153 Write 164 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 179 101% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 151% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 108%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 194GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 55 54 55 54 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	34% Below average	Read 63.7 Write 56.5 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 54.3 40% 54.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 2048, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.8% Poor	MC Read 12.2 MC Write 7 MC Mixed 11.3 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 8.4 19% 6.73 GB/s	Latency 80.9 49% 80.9 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 50%

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

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 54%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Asus M4A79XTD EVO

CPU
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	26x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	26x
Phenom II X6 1100TAMD $340Bench 59%, 12,769 samples	12x

GPU
HD 5770AMDBench 10%, 37,602 samples	13x
R9 270XAMD $199Bench 27%, 77,943 samples	4x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	4x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x
C300-CTFDDAC128M 128GBCrucialBench 47%, 288 samples	3x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	3x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	27x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	14x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	13x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $111

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16