Asus M5A88-M

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 48.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A88-M (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.4 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20120726
Uptime	11.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '20 at 07:57
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6200 Six-Core-$40 5,908 User benchmarks, average bench 58% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Memory 73.7 1-Core 42.3 2-Core 76 43% 64 Pts	4-Core 134 8-Core 162 19% 148 Pts	64-Core 153 10% 153 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 530 5,672 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Device(0000 0000) 2GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 325 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 638GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA650 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 77 69 121 136 155 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 165 Write 41.7 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 105 63% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 97% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	26.2% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 8.4 25% 8.77 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 7.3 20% 6.83 GB/s	Latency 93.1 43% 93.1 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 67%

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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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Typical M5A88-M Builds (Compare 131 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $49Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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