Asus A88XM-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 55%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 50.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics14.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
Run History
4 years ago, 4 years ago.
MotherboardAsus A88XM-A  (all builds)
Memory5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20141205
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateSep 24 '19 at 18:58
Run Duration108 Seconds
Run User CZE-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing as expected (40th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD A10-5800K APU (2012 D.Tr)-$119
FM2+ , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
50.8% Above average
Memory 72.2
1-Core 67.7
2-Core 126
54% 88.5 Pts
4-Core 173
8-Core 168
23% 170 Pts
64-Core 165
10% 165 Pts
Poor: 37%
This bench: 50.8%
Great: 60%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79
Sapphire(1DA2 E367) ≥ 4GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
14.6% Very poor
Lighting 16.5
Reflection 22.9
Parallax 20.1
13% 19.8 fps
MRender 21.3
Gravity 13.8
Splatting 24.8
17% 20 fps
Poor: 12%
This bench: 14.6%
Great: 16%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
339GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS2OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 20 46 40 31 41 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
39.9% Below average
Read 105
Write 121
Mixed 29
SusWrite 33.8
52% 72.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
100% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 39.9%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Patriot PSD38G16002 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (11th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
20.6% Poor
MC Read 8.7
MC Write 4.1
MC Mixed 6.8
19% 6.53 GB/s
SC Read 6.2
SC Write 4.4
SC Mixed 6.6
16% 5.73 GB/s
Latency 96.3
42% 96.3 ns
Poor: 20%
This bench: 20.6%
Great: 34%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical A88XM-A Builds (Compare 377 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 51%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus A88XM-A - $62

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $178
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