Asus A88X-GAMER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 54.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	80.3% 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	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	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 (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus A88X-GAMER (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '17 at 02:49
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X4 860K-$51 29,887 User benchmarks, average bench 45% FM2+ , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Memory 73 1-Core 65.7 2-Core 131 54% 89.8 Pts	4-Core 208 8-Core 208 28% 208 Pts	64-Core 204 13% 204 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 100 Parallax 106 83% 103 fps	MRender 92.5 Gravity 96 Splatting 88.7 75% 92.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Apple SM0256F 251GB 272 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 148GB free Firmware: UXM2JA1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4026 (0C) Power cycle count 74 74 25856 (A9) Unknown 253 253 1954554056448 (AD) Unknown 188 188 360801239237 (AE) Unknown 99 99 13884570 (AF) Unknown 99 99 15287415 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 141 (C2) HDA temperature 60 60 300648562728 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0
Poor: 63% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 760GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 240104232 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1404 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 210890768 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4168 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1399 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 54 571867167 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3256 (C2) HDA temperature 31 46 55834574879 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 124773094920312 (F1) Unknown 100 253 62705176601 (F2) Unknown 100 253 372381054168	111% Outstanding	Read 215 Write 173 Mixed 167 139% 185 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.22 85% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 267GB free Firmware: GG2OACY0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 214 214 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3617 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 3686 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1539 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 60 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 99662 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 219044118557 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	36.6% Below average	Read 54.3 Write 73.2 Mixed 52.3 45% 59.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.14 48% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G Kingston 99P5471-033.A00LF 16GB 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.9% Below average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 9.2 MC Mixed 14.5 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 10.4 24% 8.47 GB/s	Latency 94.6 42% 94.6 ns

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 58%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asus A88X-GAMER

CPU
A10-7850K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD $135Bench 45%, 19,875 samples	16x
A10-7870K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD $135Bench 46%, 9,821 samples	11x
A8-6600K APUAMD $88Bench 50%, 21,890 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	8x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	7x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples	4x

SSD
S3 1T00 1TBSandiskBench 95%, 12,396 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	4x

RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	6x
F3-2400C10-4GTX 8GBUnknownBench 38%, 188 samples	5x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 60%, 17,012 samples	3x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $290

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 $184	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) $35	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