Asus M5A88-M

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 59.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.81% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	73.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A88-M (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130501
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '16 at 12:43
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Memory 80.3 1-Core 61.2 2-Core 120 54% 87.3 Pts	4-Core 216 8-Core 299 32% 258 Pts	64-Core 338 21% 338 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4250 5,806 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 843E) 256MB Driver: atiu9p64 aticfx64 aticfx64 atiu9pag aticfx32 aticfx32 atiumd64 atidxx64 atidxx64 atiumdag atidxx32 atidxx32 atiumdva atiumd6a atitmm64 Ver. 8.710.0.0 Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	0.81% Terrible	Lighting 0.8 Reflection 1.81 Parallax 0.62 1% 1.08 fps	MRender 1.24 Gravity 0.9 Splatting 1.78 1% 1.31 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.81% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 238GB 1,346 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.10 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 626 Write 225 Mixed 349 88% 400 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 55.5 4K Mixed 16.9 94% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 84.1 83% 134 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 102%
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 14GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 13GB free Firmware: 1.10 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	103% Outstanding	Read 339 Write 263 Mixed 333 70% 311 MB/s	4K Read 58.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 55.9 219% 74.6 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 90.1 86% 134 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 24GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 67104072 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7221 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17171856 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9309 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2109 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 29 4295032965 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 51 706478118 (C2) HDA temperature 38 49 55834574886 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 22 67104072 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 12 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -105475806845668 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2231696605 (F2) Unknown 100 253 56475874	50.7% Above average	Read 81.3 Write 95.4 Mixed 55.8 58% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.29 82% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 70%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1.5TB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	25.3% Poor	Read 92.4 Write 34.9 Mixed 30.6 55% 52.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.2 55% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 44%

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 as expected (56^th percentile)	43.9% Average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 15.5 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 10.8 26% 9.13 GB/s	Latency 80 50% 80 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 61%

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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 $45Bench 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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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