Asus M5A88-M

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 56.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	64.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A88-M (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130501
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '19 at 19:24
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	56.6% Above average	Memory 73.2 1-Core 68.5 2-Core 129 54% 90.1 Pts	4-Core 224 8-Core 279 32% 251 Pts	64-Core 278 17% 278 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	64.3% Good	Lighting 69.5 Reflection 99.3 Parallax 100 57% 89.7 fps	MRender 93.3 Gravity 97.2 Splatting 98.7 79% 96.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 3,034 Write 2,742 Mixed 2,681 629% 2,819 MB/s	4K Read 179 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 88.2 437% 122 MB/s	DQ Read 472 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 338 263% 366 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 119%
Seagate ST2000DM005-2CW102 2TB 18,723 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 754GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 115 112 107 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 87.5 Write 104 Mixed 55 SusWrite 107 65% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 54% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 88%

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 (65^th percentile)	45.5% Average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 16.9 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.6 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 94.2 42% 94.2 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.5% 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%

Surfboard

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 $52Bench 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 $274	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 $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