Asus M5A88-M

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 54.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	29.4% 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	22.6% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A88-M (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130501
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '20 at 21:43
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (57^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)	54.5% Above average	Memory 75.9 1-Core 55.4 2-Core 109 50% 80.1 Pts	4-Core 187 8-Core 225 27% 206 Pts	64-Core 224 14% 224 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E272) 2GB CLim: 1150 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.12.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	Lighting 37.9 Reflection 41.7 Parallax 49.1 31% 42.9 fps	MRender 34.8 Gravity 36.2 Splatting 28.4 27% 33.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 17 118 65 18 122 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	22.6% Poor	Read 156 Write 87.9 Mixed 82.4 SusWrite 66.8 22% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 16.2 4K Mixed 9.4 38% 12.5 MB/s	DQ Read 10 DQ Write 16.9 DQ Mixed 12.1 10% 13 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 85%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$30 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 462GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 63 63 61 61 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 100 Write 106 Mixed 42.1 SusWrite 62.2 57% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 96% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 61%
WD WD800BD-22MRA1 80GB 3,778 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 55GB free Firmware: 10.01E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 53 52 53 51 52 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	29.6% Poor	Read 51.2 Write 50.4 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 51.6 34% 46.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 33%
Samsung HD161HJ 160GB-$40 22,667 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 70GB free Firmware: JF100-23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 63 63 63 61 61 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 58.3 Write 65.7 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 62.1 41% 55.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 117% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 42%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 319GB 950 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 122GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 53 52 53 51 53 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 96.3 Write 89.5 Mixed 54.9 SusWrite 51.9 54% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 169% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	41.8% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 15.6 44% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 11.8 25% 8.7 GB/s	Latency 88.5 45% 88.5 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 61%

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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%

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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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 $182	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) $30	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