Asus M4A79XTD EVO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 51%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 3%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 57.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics7.19% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus M4A79XTD EVO  (all builds)
Memory5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20100617
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 19 '20 at 13:58
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User MNE-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing as expected (52nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Phenom II X4 945
AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
57.1% Above average
Memory 84.1
1-Core 44.4
2-Core 88.7
48% 72.4 Pts
4-Core 178
8-Core 177
24% 177 Pts
64-Core 177
11% 177 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 57.1%
Great: 58%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6700
Sapphire(174B E144) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
7.19% Terrible
Lighting 9.33
Reflection 7.92
Parallax 9.62
8% 8.96 fps
MRender 6.33
Gravity 8.4
Splatting 8.35
6% 7.69 fps
Poor: 6%
This bench: 7.19%
Great: 9%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Green 500GB (2012)
433GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 61 66 67 67 69 MB/s
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
56.3% Above average
Read 131
Write 145
Mixed 31
SusWrite 64.6
67% 92.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1
194% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 56.3%
Great: 79%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90
122GB free
Firmware: 01.03E01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 63 67 67 68 70 MB/s
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
43% Average
Read 83.7
Write 84
Mixed 55.8
SusWrite 65.9
53% 72.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.9
158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 43%
Great: 58%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 8GB
null MHz
4096, 2048, 2048 MB
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
29.2% Poor
MC Read 12.3
MC Write 7.5
MC Mixed 9.2
28% 9.67 GB/s
SC Read 6.8
SC Write 6.6
SC Mixed 7.8
20% 7.07 GB/s
Latency 73.3
55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 20%
This bench: 29.2%
Great: 51%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical M4A79XTD EVO Builds (Compare 104 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 54%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M4A79XTD EVO

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 59% - Above average Total price: $111
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