Asus M5A88-M

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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.
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 53.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	9.65% 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 Drive	52.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (43%). 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	2.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111118
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '20 at 23:15
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	53.3% Above average	Memory 79.8 1-Core 48.2 2-Core 107 50% 78.2 Pts	4-Core 147 8-Core 223 23% 185 Pts	64-Core 198 12% 198 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6770 16,639 User benchmarks, average bench 10% XFX(1682 3152) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	9.65% Terrible	Lighting 12.6 Reflection 9.65 Parallax 11.2 10% 11.1 fps	MRender 9.14 Gravity 9.6 Splatting 11.7 8% 10.1 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 9.65% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$31 23,658 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 179 192 198 200 197 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 360 Write 256 Mixed 191 SusWrite 191 56% 249 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 21.7 79% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 29.3 DQ Write 73.9 DQ Mixed 38.3 33% 47.2 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 105%
WD WD740GD-00FLA2 74GB 1,363 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 22GB free Firmware: 33.08F33 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 49 50 50 46 52 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	Read 58.5 Write 61.5 Mixed 31.2 SusWrite 49.8 37% 50.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.2 189% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 39%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 248GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 48 49 49 45 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	31.1% Below average	Read 59.2 Write 103 Mixed 35 SusWrite 49.2 45% 61.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 49% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 69%
WD My Passport 0810 1TB 5,284 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 273GB free, PID 0810 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 30 30 30 30 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	12.7% Very poor	Read 29.5 Write 28.8 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 29.7 38% 28.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.8 50% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 45%
WD My Book Essentials 1TB 3,704 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 68GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 38 38 39 38 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 34.7 Mixed 30 SusWrite 37.9 47% 34.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 87% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	42.3% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 14.9 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 12 25% 8.77 GB/s	Latency 81 49% 81 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 65%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $46Bench 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 $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 $182	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) $30	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