Asus M5A88-M

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 67.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	7.89% 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	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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A88-M (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130501
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 02:19
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 71.8 2-Core 130 60% 96.4 Pts	4-Core 257 8-Core 444 42% 351 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250 25,802 User benchmarks, average bench 8% XFX(1682 7250) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	7.89% Terrible	Lighting 10.1 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 13.9 8% 11.7 fps	MRender 7.24 Gravity 10 Splatting 9.17 7% 8.82 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.89% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung HM500JI 500GB-$100 8,795 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 381GB free Firmware: 2AC101C4 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 61 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 91 89 3010 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5265 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6828 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 97 97 3102 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5138 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 13993 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 201864773663 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 24476 (DF) Load/unload retry count 97 97 3102 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 148965	42.9% Average	Read 78 Write 71.5 Mixed 64.3 54% 71.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.39 87% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 47%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 362GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 90 1594808 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1967 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 96 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 263990826 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8132 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2097 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 68 68 32 (BC) Unknown 100 99 18 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 48 689635369 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 196 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4424 (C2) HDA temperature 41 52 77309411369 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 16 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 16 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 97727685864434 (F1) Unknown 100 253 55190901403 (F2) Unknown 100 253 574398843715	86.2% Excellent	Read 170 Write 130 Mixed 150 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.17 76% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 188GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 223237224 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 11077 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2457455 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15179 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3106 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 63 52 348514877477 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1129 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 44 44 113487 (C2) HDA temperature 37 48 -140737488355291 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 12 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 59884729013405 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14061530332 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10563465266	78.1% Very good	Read 156 Write 117 Mixed 107 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.25 72% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	45.9% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 15.4 46% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 11.8 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 61%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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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 $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) $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