Asus M5A88-M

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 53.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.66% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	36.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A88-M (all builds)
Memory	1.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111118
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '17 at 01:16
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Memory 74.4 1-Core 21.3 2-Core 100 41% 65.4 Pts	4-Core 195 8-Core 197 26% 196 Pts	64-Core 192 12% 192 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4250 5,806 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 843E) 256MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	0.66% Terrible	Lighting 0.77 Reflection 1.46 Parallax 0.16 1% 0.79 fps	MRender 0.9 Gravity 0.13 Splatting 1.39 1% 0.81 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.66% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
M4-CT128M4SSD2 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 62GB free Firmware: X41000WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 446 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 179 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4194346 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 67 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 803 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 45 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 38 163209805850 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 51539607564 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 865 (EA) Unknown 100 100 919 (F1) Unknown 253 253 892 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1332 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	49% Average	Read 334 Write 279 Mixed 285 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 28.4 4K Mixed 12.6 58% 19.7 MB/s	DQ Read 20.5 DQ Write 30 DQ Mixed 11.4 12% 20.7 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 91%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 000F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 25967 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 17478 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 100 (AE) Unknown 100 100 394 (B5) Unknown 100 100 4157538698025 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 84 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	36.5% Below average	Read 346 Write 155 Mixed 233 54% 245 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 24.1 4K Mixed 3.47 40% 14.3 MB/s	DQ Read 16.7 DQ Write 68.1 DQ Mixed 4.05 14% 29.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 72%

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 below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	18.8% Very poor	MC Read 7.3 MC Write 5.9 MC Mixed 5.6 18% 6.27 GB/s	SC Read 2.8 SC Write 2.7 SC Mixed 3.7 9% 3.07 GB/s	Latency 91.7 44% 91.7 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 18.8% 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 $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) $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