Asus M5A87

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 54.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	22.4% 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	48.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A87 (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130501
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '17 at 00:19
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 840-$150 5,147 User benchmarks, average bench 47% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Memory 76.9 1-Core 46.8 2-Core 94.1 47% 72.6 Pts	4-Core 188 8-Core 190 25% 189 Pts	64-Core 189 12% 189 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% PwrHis(1787 200F) 1GB CLim: 1075 MHz, MLim: 1600 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.9.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	22.4% Poor	Lighting 26.8 Reflection 30.2 Parallax 35.6 22% 30.9 fps	MRender 27.6 Gravity 23.8 Splatting 33 24% 28.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 233GB free Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 89 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 46 (A5) Unknown 100 100 131073 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 27 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 200 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 54 231929675805 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 9 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	47.6% Average	Read 347 Write 242 Mixed 148 54% 246 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 28.2 4K Mixed 10.3 58% 19.3 MB/s	DQ Read 28.4 DQ Write 63.4 DQ Mixed 12.4 19% 34.7 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 100%
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 765 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 490 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 109 (AD) Unknown 100 100 131079 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 276	48.7% Average	Read 386 Write 257 Mixed 200 62% 281 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 26.2 4K Mixed 8.6 53% 17.8 MB/s	DQ Read 27.1 DQ Write 67 DQ Mixed 10.4 18% 34.9 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 69 62840542 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 45 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 28608 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 89 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 45 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 70 487784476 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 45 (C2) HDA temperature 28 17 73014444060 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 7 7 62840542 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -90220083019687 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32611734 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30228808	107% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 181 Mixed 107 118% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.29 105% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 113%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 915GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 12884902068 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 9 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 9 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 133145362462 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	107% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 188 Mixed 4.66 90% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.22 105% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 12 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 8.5 22% 7.7 GB/s	Latency 86.5 46% 86.5 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 65%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A87

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	10x
FX-8120AMDBench 56%, 25,690 samples	7x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	6x
Radeon HD 6770AMDBench 10%, 16,639 samples	5x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	5x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	7x
TOSHIBA-TR200 240GBBench 71%, 36,832 samples	5x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	5x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	28x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	15x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	10x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $217

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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