Asus M5A88-M

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 66.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	91.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	36.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A88-M (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130501
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 14 '19 at 12:31
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 75.4 2-Core 127 62% 98.5 Pts	4-Core 215 8-Core 361 35% 288 Pts	64-Core 356 22% 356 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Zotac(19DA 2445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.4% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 131 Parallax 124 93% 123 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 124 Splatting 104 88% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2016) 20,831 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 40 45 49 49 47 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 317 Write 241 Mixed 167 SusWrite 47.1 43% 193 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 43.2 4K Mixed 7.4 67% 24.5 MB/s	DQ Read 18.7 DQ Write 86.3 DQ Mixed 14.3 22% 39.8 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 70%
Seagate ST3400832AS 400GB-$68 1,788 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 257GB free Firmware: 3.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 41 51 49 49 47 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 64.4 Write 16 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 48.7 32% 42.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 38%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 224GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 104 103 105 106 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 137 Write 49.9 Mixed 71.1 SusWrite 105 67% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.2 220% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	48.7% Average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 16.4 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 13.4 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 50%

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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%

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 $54Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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