Asus M4A88T-M LE

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 56.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.6% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M4A88T-M LE (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120808
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	May 07 '20 at 16:17
Run Duration	396 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Memory 82.4 1-Core 46.7 2-Core 94.1 49% 74.4 Pts	4-Core 184 8-Core 165 24% 174 Pts	64-Core 179 11% 179 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.6% 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)	0.6% Terrible	Lighting 0.7 Reflection 1.62 Parallax 0.56 1% 0.96 fps	MRender 0.9 Gravity 0.13 Splatting 1.26 1% 0.77 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.6% Great: 1%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 137 Write 99.2 Mixed 95.8 24% 111 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 46 4K Mixed 22.2 83% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 23.6 DQ Write 72.6 DQ Mixed 26.3 26% 40.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 73%
Seagate ST3200822AS 200GB-$33 4,227 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 144GB free Firmware: 3.02 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 61.2 Write 25.5 Mixed 37.2 31% 41.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% Great: 34%
WD VelociRaptor 2.5" 1TB-$52 1,134 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 931GB free Firmware: 04.06A01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 186 Write 172 Mixed 91 111% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 1.4 305% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 66% Great: 120%
Seagate FreeAgent Go 320GB 1,223 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 123GB free, PID 2100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 23.5 Write 0.5 Mixed 19.2 16% 14.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 56% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 10% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.4% Poor	MC Read 11.5 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 10.3 27% 9.53 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 5.1 SC Mixed 7.7 18% 6.33 GB/s	Latency 76.1 52% 76.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 97%

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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 M4A88T-M LE Builds (Compare 19 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M4A88T-M LE

CPU
Phenom II X4 840AMD $150Bench 47%, 5,147 samples	6x
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	2x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	2x

GPU
Radeon HD 4250ATIBench 1%, 5,806 samples	3x
Radeon HD 5570AMDBench 4%, 12,172 samples	2x
GeForce GT 640NvidiaBench 6%, 34,519 samples	2x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	2x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	2x
E240e 240GBDeva'sBench 52%, 50 samples	2x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	7x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	6x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	3x

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Value: 51% - Above average

Total price: $178

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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