Asus M2A-VM HDMI

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 34% Sail boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	2.6% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The 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.
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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M2A-VM HDMI (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20080328
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '17 at 22:55
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ 4,133 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Socket AM2 , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	37.2% Below average	Memory 64.4 1-Core 31.8 2-Core 61.6 36% 52.6 Pts	4-Core 60.8 8-Core 60.3 8% 60.5 Pts	64-Core 61.6 4% 61.6 Pts
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 43%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS 2,598 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Nvidia(10DE 0438) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 337.88 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	2.6% Terrible	Lighting 2.73 Reflection 5.35 Parallax 1.19 2% 3.09 fps	MRender 6.1 Gravity 1.9 Splatting 4.22 3% 4.07 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.6% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3250824AS 250GB-$148 4,794 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AHH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 88 81756489 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 887 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 56 48 2070399843777 (09) Power-on hours count 11 11 78034 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 97 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1653 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 116 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 53 47 807993391 (C2) HDA temperature 47 53 77309411375 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 60 50 103504002 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 4294967295 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 1 1 4294967295 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	34.6% Below average	Read 61.6 Write 58.9 Mixed 23.1 35% 47.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.18 61% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 37%
WD My Book 25EE 3TB 3,089 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Read 25.4 Write 24.1 Mixed 22.6 31% 24 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.28 85% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 91%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1TB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Read 26 Write 23.9 Mixed 25 32% 24.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.33 66% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 44%

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 below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	16% Very poor	MC Read 4.2 MC Write 5.4 MC Mixed 5.1 14% 4.9 GB/s	SC Read 4.3 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 5 14% 5 GB/s	Latency 115 35% 115 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 45%

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

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Typical M2A-VM HDMI Builds (Compare 8 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 46%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M2A-VM HDMI

CPU
Phenom II X4 830AMDBench 52%, 1,495 samples	1x
Athlon II X4 640AMD $70Bench 45%, 18,839 samples	1x
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+AMDBench 37%, 5,400 samples	1x

GPU
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	1x
GeForce GT 220NvidiaBench 2%, 19,671 samples	1x
Radeon HD 6670AMDBench 6%, 32,193 samples	1x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	1x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	1x
M4 64GBCrucial $92Bench 55%, 7,336 samples	1x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	2x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	2x
3x2GBUnknownBench 30%, 45,030 samples	1x

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Value: 8% - Terrible

Total price: $38

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