Asus M5A88-M

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 61.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	0.81% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A88-M (all builds)
Memory	1.2 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130501
Uptime	9.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '18 at 03:12
Run Duration	274 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4300-$73 55,454 User benchmarks, average bench 52% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 67.5 2-Core 119 58% 91.5 Pts	4-Core 210 8-Core 208 28% 209 Pts	64-Core 209 13% 209 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4250 5,806 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 843E) 256MB Driver: aticfx32.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	0.81% Terrible	Lighting 0.93 Reflection 1.92 Parallax 0.25 1% 1.04 fps	MRender 1.19 Gravity 0.17 Splatting 1.74 1% 1.03 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.81% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 99 4832 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 925 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 389812782 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10121 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 925 (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 70 53 521666590 (C2) HDA temperature 30 47 73014444062 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 66 45 4832 (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 1327144904578 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2976760000 (F2) Unknown 100 253 189545389	61.1% Good	Read 116 Write 95.6 Mixed 25.9 58% 79 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 6.61 4K Mixed 0.46 194% 2.52 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 88%
WD easystore 25FA 4TB 7,384 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3.5TB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	34.8% Below average	Read 99.6 Write 78.1 Mixed 75.3 104% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.09 41% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 13.7 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 10.7 27% 9.53 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 44%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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

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 $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