Asus A88XM-A

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 48.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	7.1% 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	76.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus A88XM-A (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 800 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141205
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '17 at 11:20
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A10-7850K APU (2014 D.Ka)-$135 19,875 User benchmarks, average bench 45% FM2+ , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Memory 62.7 1-Core 51.6 2-Core 126 47% 80 Pts	4-Core 198 8-Core 200 27% 199 Pts	64-Core 199 12% 199 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 Graphics 25,284 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Asus(1043 85CB) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.12.1 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	7.1% Terrible	Lighting 8.87 Reflection 8.54 Parallax 11.8 7% 9.74 fps	MRender 7.33 Gravity 8.57 Splatting 8.91 7% 8.27 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.1% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1426 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 575 (B1) Unknown 99 99 15 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 52 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 273 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7558264809	76.6% Very good	Read 468 Write 247 Mixed 279 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 66.5 4K Mixed 27.8 119% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 69.8 76% 128 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 713GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 9078 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2275 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2093 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3377 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1701 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 596 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1503 (C2) HDA temperature 113 104 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	77.4% Very good	Read 146 Write 124 Mixed 120 97% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.25 103% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	38.1% Below average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 15.2 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 11.5 26% 9.17 GB/s	Latency 120 33% 120 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 54%

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 51%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Asus A88XM-A - $62

CPU
A8-6600K APUAMD $88Bench 50%, 21,890 samples	53x
Athlon II X4 860KAMD $51Bench 45%, 29,887 samples	39x
A10-7850K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD $135Bench 45%, 19,875 samples	38x

GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 22,117 samples	31x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples	31x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	19x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	14x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	12x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	12x

RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	22x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	12x
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 8GBUnknownBench 35%, 719 samples	8x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $178

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