Asus M5A87

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 61.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	66.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A87 (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130501
Uptime	15.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '17 at 13:56
Run Duration	1120 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	61.9% Good	Memory 81.9 1-Core 63.6 2-Core 137 57% 94.2 Pts	4-Core 229 8-Core 327 35% 278 Pts	64-Core 334 21% 334 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 367C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Lighting 85.2 Reflection 81.8 Parallax 73.1 69% 80 fps	MRender 79.9 Gravity 75.5 Splatting 67.2 60% 74.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 102GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 6758 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1005 (A5) Unknown 100 100 141786481369 (A6) Unknown 100 100 8 (A7) Unknown 100 100 17 (A8) Unknown 100 100 36 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 24 (AE) Unknown 100 100 136 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 287764119585 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3500470699088 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5620 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7534 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6486 (F2) Unknown 253 253 14602 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	41.4% Average	Read 335 Write 143 Mixed 108 42% 195 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 30.8 4K Mixed 10.2 61% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 28.4 DQ Write 45.8 DQ Mixed 10.8 16% 28.3 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 101%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 177 8058 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3138 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6594 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 999 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 154 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 20417 (C2) HDA temperature 126 90 26 (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	80.6% Excellent	Read 130 Write 151 Mixed 97.2 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.28 111% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2TB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 222680760 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2592 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 49 77714968634 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4878 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 760 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 4295032871 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 36 66001199890458 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 58042 (C2) HDA temperature 26 64 73014444058 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 119 100 222680760 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -131971460100890 (F1) Unknown 100 253 50280684810 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9343147568301	59.8% Above average	Read 134 Write 72.7 Mixed 8.64 52% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 6.88 4K Mixed 0.4 204% 2.69 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 90%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 498GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1054 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7096 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1041 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 148 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 927 (C2) HDA temperature 117 79 26 (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	71.4% Very good	Read 113 Write 136 Mixed 82 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.12 65% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 109%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 30GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Read 30.2 Write 9.87 Mixed 13.5 19% 17.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.63 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.62 73% 1.79 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 18%
Generic Flash Disk 4GB 16,068 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 3GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	3.73% Terrible	Read 15 Write 2.95 Mixed 4.86 8% 7.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.62 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 15% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.73% Great: 7%
Ut165 USB Flash Disk 4GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 0165 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	3.33% Terrible	Read 13.8 Write 3.97 Mixed 3.41 7% 7.06 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 8% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.33% Great: 7%
USB DISK 2.0 8GB 327 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 3d00 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	6.26% Terrible	Read 26.4 Write 4.89 Mixed 6.42 12% 12.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.64 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.02 22% 1.89 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.26% Great: 8%
1,954 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	4.31% Terrible	Read 13.3 Write 7.37 Mixed 7.25 11% 9.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.24 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.009 12% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.31% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.3% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 14.4 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 10.5 27% 9.3 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 115%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A87

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	10x
FX-8120AMDBench 56%, 25,690 samples	7x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	6x
Radeon HD 6770AMDBench 10%, 16,639 samples	5x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	5x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	7x
TOSHIBA-TR200 240GBBench 71%, 36,832 samples	5x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	5x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	28x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	15x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	10x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $217

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16