Asus M5A88-M

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	53.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	56% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A88-M (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120316
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '17 at 09:52
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	57.4% Above average	Memory 82.4 1-Core 64.5 2-Core 120 56% 89 Pts	4-Core 191 8-Core 190 26% 190 Pts	64-Core 192 12% 192 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.19 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Lighting 68.7 Reflection 68.4 Parallax 67.8 56% 68.3 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 61.8 Splatting 51.1 49% 61.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6S 256GB-$166 1,660 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd 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 1999 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 690 (AA) Unknown 100 100 18 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 189664 (AE) Unknown 100 100 106 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 189664 (B2) Unknown 100 100 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 18 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1312 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 84 84 16 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 18 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 106 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 18 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 21279 (F1) Unknown 100 100 340477 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1010189	56% Above average	Read 328 Write 269 Mixed 231 61% 276 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 45.6 4K Mixed 16.3 82% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28.6 DQ Write 61.7 DQ Mixed 17.3 21% 35.9 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 104%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 150GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 143 141 3825 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2367 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 35848 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 955 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 219 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2147 (C2) HDA temperature 104 98 39 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.4% Above average	Read 96.3 Write 107 Mixed 31.2 57% 78.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.34 84% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 69%

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 as expected (56^th percentile)	43.5% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 15.8 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.1 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.5% 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 $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 $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