Asus M5A88-M

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 66.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	14.2% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A88-M (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130501
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	May 16 '18 at 18:07
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8150-$770 22,181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 61.5 2-Core 116 57% 89 Pts	4-Core 241 8-Core 346 37% 294 Pts	64-Core 343 21% 343 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 8A90) 2GB; MSI CLim: 1370 MHz, MLim: 1850 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.4.1 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Lighting 14.3 Reflection 24.7 Parallax 16.1 12% 18.3 fps	MRender 26.4 Gravity 12.8 Splatting 29.3 19% 22.8 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 16%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Notebook SSHD 2.5" 1TB 27,655 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: HEF01D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2821 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 8075 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3412 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 352 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 415 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 275561 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 210454249509 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 83 83 7099 (F1) Unknown 100 100 61479754656 (F2) Unknown 100 100 62367880769 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	47.3% Average	Read 77.3 Write 81.9 Mixed 77.7 60% 79 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 18 4K Mixed 0.15 366% 6.17 MB/s	DQ Read 0.4 DQ Write 13.4 DQ Mixed 0.16 22% 4.65 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 64%

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 below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 9 MC Mixed 11.9 30% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 4.6 SC Write 4.8 SC Mixed 7 16% 5.47 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 65%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

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) $35	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