Asus M5A88-M

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	30.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	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 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 (83%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus M5A88-M (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130501
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '17 at 23:58
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	CHN-User
Background CPU	83%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Memory 87.3 1-Core 73.1 2-Core 146 62% 102 Pts	4-Core 264 8-Core 394 41% 329 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2845) 2GB CLim: 1331 MHz, MLim: 1554 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.5% Below average	Lighting 37.1 Reflection 36 Parallax 51.1 30% 41.4 fps	MRender 42.8 Gravity 43.4 Splatting 30.8 31% 39 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$50 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 288GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 174 3808 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9781 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14923 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3229 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 197 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9583 (C2) HDA temperature 117 82 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	22.7% Poor	Read 40.8 Write 38 Mixed 23.7 25% 34.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.31 75% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 89 200489147 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3428 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 523520502 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15352 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3392 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 657 (BC) Unknown 100 98 136 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 72 41 39125778460 (C2) HDA temperature 28 59 68719476764 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 30 200489147 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 503 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 28570122477552 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3916501086 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3017582471	42.3% Average	Read 77.5 Write 70.3 Mixed 49.6 49% 65.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.12 4K Write 0.21 4K Mixed 0.22 34% 0.18 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.9% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 13.1 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 10.5 28% 9.73 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 97%

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Typical M5A88-M Builds (Compare 131 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A88-M

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	17x
FX-4100AMD $110Bench 51%, 32,471 samples	15x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	11x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	12x
Radeon HD 4250ATIBench 1%, 5,806 samples	12x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	7x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	9x
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	6x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	5x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	36x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	33x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples	10x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $217

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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