Asus M5A87

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 56.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	15.3% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A87 (all builds)
Memory	0.7 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130501
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '17 at 17:19
Run Duration	715 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 960T-$469 4,461 User benchmarks, average bench 54% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	56.1% Above average	Memory 84.3 1-Core 44.2 2-Core 83.7 48% 70.7 Pts	4-Core 164 8-Core 168 22% 166 Pts	64-Core 165 10% 165 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 85F4) 2GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Lighting 18.8 Reflection 14.8 Parallax 18.5 15% 17.4 fps	MRender 16.7 Gravity 18.7 Splatting 20.2 15% 18.5 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 295GB free (System drive) Firmware: KC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 13752 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5376 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 4890387735 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20853 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4410 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BC) Unknown 100 95 4295033360 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 54 689242151 (C2) HDA temperature 39 46 51539607591 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 56 35 13752 (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 35583804068728 (F1) Unknown 100 253 197446088 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2036948343	60.9% Good	Read 111 Write 102 Mixed 108 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 88%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 39GB free Firmware: 9300 Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Read 29.3 Write 29.3 Mixed 29.4 22% 29.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.26 72% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 67%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 18GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 86 86 5080 (04) Start/Stop count 80 80 20223 (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 95 95 23675 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6479 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 56 504365086 (C2) HDA temperature 69 52 537919519 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 45094 (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 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	33.6% Below average	Read 54.2 Write 62.5 Mixed 54.1 43% 56.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.32 84% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 59%
WD Elements 25A1 2TB 7,574 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1.5TB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	15.2% Very poor	Read 28.9 Write 27 Mixed 25.8 35% 27.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.21 65% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 58%
iCatchte iCatchtek SPCA63 32GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 13GB free, PID 5311 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	6.67% Terrible	Read 12.2 Write 6.11 Mixed 8.11 10% 8.82 MB/s	4K Read 3.64 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.72 68% 1.75 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.67% Great: 14%
Generic USB CF Reader 16GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 6GB free, PID 6362 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	1.34% Terrible	Read 2.76 Write 2.63 Mixed 2.49 3% 2.63 MB/s	4K Read 1.38 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 6% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.34% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x4GB 154,807 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	25.5% Poor	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 7.9 24% 8.27 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 5.1 SC Mixed 5.8 17% 5.83 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 52%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

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 $129Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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