Asus M5A87

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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	30.4% 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	43.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A87 (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130501
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 03:15
Run Duration	348 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Memory 81.9 1-Core 67.9 2-Core 126 57% 91.9 Pts	4-Core 223 8-Core 385 37% 304 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% MSI(1462 3030) 2GB CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.3.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	Lighting 38.4 Reflection 34.5 Parallax 46.3 31% 39.7 fps	MRender 30.6 Gravity 32.1 Splatting 39.8 29% 34.2 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 46306272 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -99196564665812 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 438 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 61 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 39 47 64427589671 (C2) HDA temperature 39 47 64427589671 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 46306272 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 46306272 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 46306272 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4059 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2447 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2447 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4580 (F4) Unknown 100 100 3735574	43.2% Average	Read 285 Write 114 Mixed 139 39% 179 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 60.5 4K Mixed 10.7 78% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 28.8 DQ Write 87.9 DQ Mixed 9.2 21% 42 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 751GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 83 206 (03) Spinup time 70 70 9870 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5497 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 14707 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 40154 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3360 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 83 206 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 585 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 1 571408418 (C2) HDA temperature 68 55 621740064 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 9817815 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 5 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	49.7% Average	Read 84.8 Write 88.2 Mixed 86.8 65% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.29 77% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 58%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 8GB 12,066 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	5.01% Terrible	Read 23.3 Write 3.34 Mixed 5.36 10% 10.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.77 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.008 14% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.01% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 13.3 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 11.8 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 77.1 52% 77.1 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 45%

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Typical M5A87 Builds (Compare 90 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A87

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	10x
FX-8120AMDBench 56%, 25,690 samples	7x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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