Asus M4A79XTD EVO

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 50.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.89% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	14.7% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M4A79XTD EVO (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '16 at 00:45
Run Duration	439 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 B40 465 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Memory 73.3 1-Core 44 2-Core 88.1 44% 68.5 Pts	4-Core 158 8-Core 173 22% 166 Pts	64-Core 174 11% 174 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT 27,834 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Device(0000 0000) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4195 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	1.89% Terrible	Lighting 2 Reflection 3.38 Parallax 0.53 2% 1.97 fps	MRender 3.95 Gravity 1.73 Splatting 3.13 2% 2.94 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.89% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 155GB free Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 12 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3760 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2453 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 54 (AE) Unknown 100 100 75 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 56 188978561056 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 7390202145 (F7) Unknown 100 100 229761384 (F8) Unknown 100 100 577802919	44.6% Average	Read 256 Write 198 Mixed 225 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 33.6 4K Mixed 15.1 63% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 38.8 DQ Mixed 27.9 33% 58.4 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 91%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5638912 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 78950088839225 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2533 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 96 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 39 47247196191 (C2) HDA temperature 31 39 47247196191 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5638912 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5638912 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5638912 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 662 (EA) Unknown 0 0 796 (F1) Unknown 0 0 796 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3009	14.7% Very poor	Read 1.11 Write 64.4 Mixed 87.2 12% 50.9 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 7.98 4K Mixed 6.76 37% 10.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 100 8540480 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3987 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 377958008596 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5151 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3207 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180196869 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 73 57 454426651 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 239 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19900 (C2) HDA temperature 27 43 42949672987 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 55529632173161 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3439434119 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4943575067	76.5% Very good	Read 129 Write 137 Mixed 35.8 73% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 4.52 4K Mixed 0.22 131% 1.76 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 114%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 384GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 132 4158 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5494 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7169 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4001 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 358 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 30564 (C2) HDA temperature 118 102 25 (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 6 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.1% Above average	Read 99.1 Write 103 Mixed 38.2 59% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.17 99% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 79%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 322GB free Firmware: JP2OA50E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 99 (03) Spinup time 117 117 12897681603 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5293 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6465 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3951 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5299 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5299 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 188979347484 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	63% Good	Read 125 Write 94.5 Mixed 34.8 62% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.4 99% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 74%
Hitachi HDS721616PLAT80 160GB 191 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 106GB free Firmware: P22OA8BA Max speed: UDMA 133 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 98 65540 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 121 121 12895715492 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7445 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8496 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5600 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7482 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7482 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 236223791136 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 574	40% Below average	Read 72.1 Write 67 Mixed 21.3 39% 53.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.34 89% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% null MHz 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	MC Read 14 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 11.7 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 9.3 23% 7.9 GB/s	Latency 93.9 43% 93.9 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 51%

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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 $300	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 $45	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