Asus M5A88-M

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 49.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Boot Drive	The 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.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A88-M (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121115
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '19 at 16:48
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	EGY-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Memory 77.6 1-Core 49.1 2-Core 69.4 45% 65.4 Pts	4-Core 118 8-Core 150 17% 134 Pts	64-Core 120 7% 120 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 58%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$37 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 106 86 94 102 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 101 Write 53 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 90.7 55% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 70%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 285GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 90 90 90 90 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 103 Write 97 Mixed 56 SusWrite 89.7 63% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 54%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 3GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 96 Write 92.5 Mixed 63.7 63% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% Great: 69%
Seagate ST3808110AS 80GB-$33 4,823 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 5GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 72.3 Write 46.2 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 41.7 38% 52 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 41%
Seagate ST9160412AS 160GB-$24 2,432 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 6GB free Firmware: D005SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	24.4% Poor	Read 43 Write 40.5 Mixed 31 SusWrite 41.7 29% 39 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6GB 111,301 User benchmarks, average bench 25% null MHz 2048, 4096 MB Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	MC Read 6.9 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 6 18% 6.43 GB/s	SC Read 4.7 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 6.6 16% 5.53 GB/s	Latency 85 47% 85 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 46%

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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 $48Bench 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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Total price: $217

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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