Asus M5A87

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 66.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	96% 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	46.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A87 (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130501
Uptime	15 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '21 at 20:52
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 70.9 2-Core 128 61% 96.4 Pts	4-Core 229 8-Core 364 36% 296 Pts	64-Core 361 22% 361 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Nvidia(10DE 1F06) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 106 Parallax 119 94% 113 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 107 Splatting 99.2 100% 126 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 54 110 67 97 103 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	46.2% Average	Read 255 Write 248 Mixed 241 SusWrite 81.3 46% 206 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 44.6 4K Mixed 28.4 95% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 29.6 DQ Write 34.7 DQ Mixed 10.2 14% 24.8 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 94%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 274GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 69 27 43 50 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	34.8% Below average	Read 68.5 Write 62 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 52.3 43% 58.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 76%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 172GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 113 105 109 106 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 130 Write 126 Mixed 85.3 SusWrite 108 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 228% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.8% Average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 16.8 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 10.5 27% 9.6 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 97%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	11	8	60	34.1"	1280 720	GSM76F9 LG ULTRAWIDE

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

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 $29Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16