Asus M5A88-M

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 61.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	48.6% 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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A88-M (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130501
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '22 at 06:57
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 54.2 2-Core 115 53% 84.3 Pts	4-Core 212 8-Core 396 36% 304 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$255 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 4074) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 128 Parallax 126 116% 132 fps	MRender 144 Gravity 102 Splatting 98.7 92% 115 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 157 220 213 206 212 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 358 Write 259 Mixed 141 SusWrite 198 53% 239 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 9 4K Mixed 20.4 66% 17.5 MB/s	DQ Read 28.8 DQ Write 40.4 DQ Mixed 31.5 25% 33.6 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 99%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 742GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 106 122 122 125 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 129 Write 14.9 Mixed 84.1 SusWrite 120 64% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 217% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 112%

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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	49% Average	MC Read 20 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 17.4 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 14.1 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 61%

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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%

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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 $50Bench 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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Total price: $217

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