Asus M4A79 Deluxe

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 51.1%, 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	36.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M4A79 Deluxe (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100420
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '17 at 11:35
Run Duration	276 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 20-$59 732 User benchmarks, average bench 54% AM2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Memory 75.5 1-Core 39.2 2-Core 78 43% 64.2 Pts	4-Core 157 8-Core 160 21% 158 Pts	64-Core 156 10% 156 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI HD 4870 22,563 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 01FC) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Lighting 13.6 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 9.75 11% 11.6 fps	MRender 9.71 Gravity 9.27 Splatting 16.7 10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: X211200 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th 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 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 7944 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6839 (A7) Unknown 100 100 34 (A8) Unknown 100 100 288 (A9) Unknown 100 100 125 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 197 (AE) Unknown 100 100 253 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 35 150325166109 (D4) Unknown 100 100 2 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1592 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1592 (F1) Unknown 253 253 21615773469 (F2) Unknown 253 253 53342759046 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	36.6% Below average	Read 201 Write 192 Mixed 177 42% 190 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 35.3 4K Mixed 7.43 54% 20 MB/s	DQ Read 15.7 DQ Write 38.7 DQ Mixed 9.34 12% 21.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 91%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 449GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 68 9015 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14821 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11650 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 90 90 10641 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 41 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 44 240519348254 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 98 98 1322 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 6 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 14952	70% Very good	Read 105 Write 139 Mixed 126 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.92 4K Mixed 0.47 131% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 437GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 85957424 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5931 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16725753 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5201 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4521 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 46 51540394076 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 61 454557723 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 53468 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 77309411355 (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 -7580617274928 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12753531651 (F2) Unknown 100 253 301742717231	88.1% Excellent	Read 146 Write 162 Mixed 22.4 79% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.17 78% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 112%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 278GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 74 (03) Spinup time 130 130 12896370866 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 10162 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8260 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 6841 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 10163 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 10163 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 201864708130 (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 200 200 108	67.8% Good	Read 114 Write 122 Mixed 96.9 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.16 67% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 107%
ST950032 5AS 500GB 235GB free, PID b567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	27.4% Poor	Read 63.4 Write 66.7 Mixed 21.4 61% 50.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.35 53% 0.66 MB/s

Corsair Flash Voyager GT USB 3.0 32GB-$20 701 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 29GB free, PID 1a09 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	31% Below average	Read 170 Write 12.7 Mixed 17.3 54% 66.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.56 4K Write 0.64 4K Mixed 0.59 66% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 51%

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 (66^th percentile)	25% Poor	MC Read 8.8 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 8.7 24% 8.37 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 6.6 17% 5.93 GB/s	Latency 89.3 45% 89.3 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 45%

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M4A79 Deluxe

CPU
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	5x
Phenom II X4 940AMDBench 49%, 3,675 samples	4x
Phenom II X6 1055TAMD $175Bench 54%, 23,835 samples	3x

GPU
Radeon HD 4670ATIBench 4%, 21,442 samples	2x
GTX 760Nvidia $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples	1x
R9 270XAMD $199Bench 27%, 77,943 samples	1x

SSD
WDBNCE0010PNC 1TBWDCBench 97%, 21,221 samples	2x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	1x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	1x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	10x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	4x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	1x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $144

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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