Asus M5A87

Performance Results


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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 53.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	21.8% 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	43.6% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus M5A87 (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110920
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '18 at 15:49
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	53.8% Above average	Memory 76.1 1-Core 56.5 2-Core 85.9 48% 72.8 Pts	4-Core 181 8-Core 206 25% 194 Pts	64-Core 217 13% 217 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% MSI(1462 2461) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	21.8% Poor	Lighting 27.5 Reflection 22.5 Parallax 25 22% 25 fps	MRender 21.1 Gravity 22.9 Splatting 29.2 20% 24.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 77 81 84 88 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 321 Write 255 Mixed 178 SusWrite 82.8 47% 209 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 39.8 4K Mixed 23.3 76% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 24.8 DQ Write 57.9 DQ Mixed 32.9 28% 38.5 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 101%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 79GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 71 71 72 71 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	46.1% Average	Read 251 Write 198 Mixed 186 SusWrite 71 39% 176 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 42.2 4K Mixed 27.7 93% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 33.8 DQ Write 83.9 DQ Mixed 42 37% 53.2 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 87%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 319GB free Firmware: CR100-11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 71 71 72 71 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Read 65.2 Write 78.5 Mixed 49.2 SusWrite 70.9 49% 65.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 44%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 60 55 57 65 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 49.2 Write 64.3 Mixed 46.2 SusWrite 62.5 41% 55.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.4 79% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 72%

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 (47^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 12.3 36% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 8.6 22% 7.7 GB/s	Latency 88.2 45% 88.2 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 65%

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

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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 $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 $32Bench 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 $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