Asus M5A88-M

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.01% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	37.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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 M5A88-M (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120216
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '18 at 10:11
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (52^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 X2 260 5,317 User benchmarks, average bench 42% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 1 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	42% Average	Memory 77.4 1-Core 43.1 2-Core 42.2 40% 54.2 Pts	4-Core 43.4 8-Core 43.5 6% 43.5 Pts	64-Core 30.9 2% 30.9 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 49%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 210 98,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Zotac(19DA 1160) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.01% Terrible	Lighting 1.07 Reflection 2.19 Parallax 0.44 1% 1.23 fps	MRender 2.38 Gravity 0.77 Splatting 1.61 1% 1.59 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.01% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 6334857 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -34059090654115 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1513 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 263 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 46 81607393314 (C2) HDA temperature 34 46 81607393314 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6334857 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6334857 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6334857 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7193 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6577 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6577 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13392 (F4) Unknown 99 99 196673586	37.8% Below average	Read 307 Write 85.2 Mixed 137 38% 176 MB/s	4K Read 12.4 4K Write 56.5 4K Mixed 10.7 62% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 22.4 DQ Write 66.4 DQ Mixed 12.3 19% 33.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 73%
Hitachi HTS542512K9SA00 120GB-$25 1,782 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 110GB free Firmware: BB2OC33P Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 34359738368 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 6639 (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 84 84 7356 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4914 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 676 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 64168 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 283469217825 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (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	31.1% Below average	Read 56 Write 52.3 Mixed 6.05 28% 38.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.34 78% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 31%
ADATA HD650 1TB 1,807 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 759GB free, PID a35a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 62.4 Write 93.8 Mixed 25.9 78% 60.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.37 137% 1.54 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x4GB 154,807 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	19.4% Very poor	MC Read 6.1 MC Write 5.8 MC Mixed 5.4 16% 5.77 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 6.5 18% 6.13 GB/s	Latency 85.6 47% 85.6 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 52%

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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%

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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 $54Bench 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 $273	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 $45	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