Asus M4A79XTD EVO

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 54.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.13% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	34.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M4A79XTD EVO (all builds)
Memory	2.9 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1800 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8
BIOS Date	20100617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '20 at 10:11
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 910 593 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Memory 83.8 1-Core 38.5 2-Core 76.8 45% 66.4 Pts	4-Core 154 8-Core 154 21% 154 Pts	64-Core 152 9% 152 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 520 16,336 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Nvidia(10DE 0915) 1GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	2.13% Terrible	Lighting 2.57 Reflection 3.12 Parallax 1.97 2% 2.55 fps	MRender 3.29 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 2.48 2% 2.72 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.13% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ocz-agility2 3.5 90GB 126 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 58 58 57 56 56 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 86.5 Write 94.9 Mixed 94.1 SusWrite 58 19% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 50.3 4K Mixed 20.3 82% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 25.4 DQ Write 77 DQ Mixed 27.1 28% 43.2 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 47%
WD WD1200JB-00EVA0 120GB 639 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 112GB free Firmware: 15.05R15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 50 50 51 50 50 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	28.4% Poor	Read 48.2 Write 50.2 Mixed 31 SusWrite 50.3 33% 44.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	MC Read 7.5 MC Write 6.1 MC Mixed 6.5 19% 6.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 6.4 18% 6.37 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 44%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 54%

Yacht

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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