Asus M5A88-M

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 36% Jet ski	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 57.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.77% 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	3GB 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. 3GB 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A88-M (all builds)
Memory	0.7 GB free of 3 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120316
Uptime	18.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '19 at 15:03
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 above expectations (82^nd percentile)	57.2% Above average	Memory 83.6 1-Core 57.4 2-Core 104 53% 81.7 Pts	4-Core 170 8-Core 238 26% 204 Pts	64-Core 245 15% 245 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 57.2% 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: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	0.77% Terrible	Lighting 0.9 Reflection 1.92 Parallax 0.53 1% 1.12 fps	MRender 1.14 Gravity 0.13 Splatting 1.61 1% 0.96 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.77% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 435GB free (System drive) Firmware: JP2OA50E SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 12 71 44 53 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	29.8% Poor	Read 61.5 Write 20.9 Mixed 14 SusWrite 42.2 25% 34.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 87% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x1GB 7,767 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 3 of 4 slots used 3GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 12.2 MC Mixed 12.7 38% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 10.1 26% 9 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 40%

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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%

Surfboard

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 $273	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 $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 $45	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