Asus M2A74-AM

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.34% 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	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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 16 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus M2A74-AM (all builds)
Memory	1.6 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090917
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '23 at 19:45
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 925-$150 5,211 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	51% Above average	Memory 80.3 1-Core 41.2 2-Core 82.5 46% 68 Pts	4-Core 127 8-Core 135 17% 131 Pts	64-Core 133 8% 133 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 56%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 25,436 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Zotac(19DA 2184) 1GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 902 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	7.34% Terrible	Lighting 8.3 Reflection 12.1 Parallax 8.3 7% 9.57 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 10.1 Splatting 9 8% 10.5 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.34% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$25 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 419GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 20 15 30 93 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 106 Write 115 Mixed 55.9 SusWrite 57.7 62% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 168% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 70%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$166 904 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2.5TB free Firmware: SC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 154 161 158 162 171 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 31% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 2 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR2 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 10.2 27% 9.37 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 7.9 19% 6.8 GB/s	Latency 79.9 50% 79.9 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 28.1% 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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Typical M2A74-AM Builds (Compare 5 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 51%

Yacht

Workstation 3%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M2A74-AM

CPU
Phenom II X4 925AMD $150Bench 51%, 5,211 samples	1x
Phenom X3 8450AMDBench 39%, 1,789 samples	1x
Athlon II X4 620AMDBench 44%, 5,981 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	2x
GeForce GTS 450NvidiaBench 7%, 25,436 samples	1x
GeForce GT 440NvidiaBench 4%, 14,286 samples	1x

SSD
750 EVO 120GBSamsung $35Bench 93%, 20,420 samples	1x
Solid State Disk 120GBSpccBench 59%, 22,489 samples	1x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	4x
1x1GBUnknownBench 17%, 12,162 samples	1x

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Value: 39% - Below average

Total price: $297

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16