Asus M2A-VM

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 17%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 0%
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 extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 24.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics1.82% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.
Memory3GB 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. 3GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
Very high background CPU (94%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus M2A-VM  (all builds)
Memory2.1 GB free of 3 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20100204
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 20 '21 at 16:57
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User POL-User
Background CPU 94%

 PC Performing as expected (52nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Athlon II X2 250 (2013 D.Ri)
Socket AM2 , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3 GHz
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
24.9% Poor
Memory 40.9
1-Core 24.9
2-Core 41
24% 35.6 Pts
4-Core 54
8-Core 53.5
7% 53.8 Pts
64-Core 88.8
6% 88.8 Pts
Poor: 27%
This bench: 24.9%
Great: 48%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 2600-PRO
Device(0000 0000) 256MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.7000
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
1.82% Terrible
Lighting 2
Reflection 2.3
Parallax 1.1
2% 1.8 fps
MRender 2.3
Gravity 0.9
Splatting 4.2
2% 2.47 fps
Poor: 1%
This bench: 1.82%
Great: 1%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36
325GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC38
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 68 63 84 94 93 MB/s
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
45.5% Average
Read 82.3
Write 50
Mixed 47.5
SusWrite 76.2
47% 64 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.9
149% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 45.5%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 3GB
null MHz
1024, 2048 MB
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
15.7% Very poor
MC Read 5.6
MC Write 5.2
MC Mixed 6.3
16% 5.7 GB/s
SC Read 2.6
SC Write 2.6
SC Mixed 3.5
8% 2.9 GB/s
Latency 198
20% 198 ns
Poor: 8%
This bench: 15.7%
Great: 23%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical M2A-VM Builds (Compare 28 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 36%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M2A-VM

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