Asus A88XM-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 29%
Raft
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 23.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics8.28% 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.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus A88XM-A  (all builds)
Memory8.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit kleuren
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151103
Uptime9.1 Days
Run DateNov 19 '16 at 18:25
Run Duration104 Seconds
Run User NLD-User
Background CPU 42%

 PC Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD A8-7600 APU (2014 D.Ka)
FM2+ , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
23.9% Poor
Memory 25.6
1-Core 55
2-Core 92.2
31% 57.6 Pts
4-Core 122
8-Core 160
18% 141 Pts
64-Core 163
10% 163 Pts
Poor: 29%
This bench: 23.9%
Great: 51%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R7 250
MSI(1462 3011) 2GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.137.1
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
8.28% Terrible
Lighting 10.6
Reflection 11.5
Parallax 13.6
9% 11.9 fps
MRender 8.1
Gravity 9.9
Splatting 9.74
8% 9.24 fps
Poor: 7%
This bench: 8.28%
Great: 9%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33
553GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
66.1% Good
Read 133
Write 98.3
Mixed 104
84% 112 MB/s
4K Read 0.05
4K Write 0.14
4K Mixed 0.11
17% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 66.1%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CT51264BA160BJ.C8F 12GB
1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 4096 MB
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
17.6% Very poor
MC Read 6.6
MC Write 5.8
MC Mixed 6.4
18% 6.27 GB/s
SC Read 4.1
SC Write 5.5
SC Mixed 5.7
15% 5.1 GB/s
Latency 282
14% 282 ns
Poor: 16%
This bench: 17.6%
Great: 49%

 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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