Asus M5A88-M

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 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 51.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	30.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A88-M (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121115
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '18 at 19:54
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core-$81 4,257 User benchmarks, average bench 56% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	51.8% Above average	Memory 77.6 1-Core 41.8 2-Core 86.6 45% 68.7 Pts	4-Core 151 8-Core 168 21% 160 Pts	64-Core 185 11% 185 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% MSI(1462 2775) 3GB CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.12.2 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.6% Below average	Lighting 39.1 Reflection 28 Parallax 49.3 32% 38.8 fps	MRender 27.5 Gravity 38.9 Splatting 35.6 28% 34 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 110 29846924 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 50757923515915 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2963 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 317 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 256 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 29846924 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 29846924 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 29846924 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12852 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14404 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14404 (F2) Unknown 0 0 26594	39% Below average	Read 195 Write 157 Mixed 137 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 41.1 4K Mixed 7.65 60% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 89.1 DQ Mixed 7.97 32% 71.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 66%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$80 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 67GB free Firmware: 12.01B02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 156 142 5158 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16023 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22523 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5689 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 547 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16023 (C2) HDA temperature 107 89 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	30.1% Below average	Read 52.2 Write 52.3 Mixed 54.5 40% 53 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.5 116% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 58%
Maxtor STM3320820AS 320GB 4,234 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 7GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 75 159867404 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 15102 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 407226975 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17544 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5543 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 572522529 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 12884901921 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 60 56 20043946 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	23.9% Poor	Read 42.3 Write 40.8 Mixed 39.3 31% 40.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.4 92% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 44%

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 below expectations (35^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	MC Read 14 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 14.6 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 7.4 SC Mixed 10.4 23% 8.17 GB/s	Latency 85.2 47% 85.2 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 61%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

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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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 $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