Asus M5A87

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 44.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	10.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	59% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A87 (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110809
Uptime	6.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '17 at 09:37
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 840-$150 5,147 User benchmarks, average bench 47% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Memory 58.8 1-Core 46.4 2-Core 89.5 40% 64.9 Pts	4-Core 174 8-Core 174 23% 174 Pts	64-Core 175 11% 175 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6770 16,639 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Gigabyte(1458 220D) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	10.6% Very poor	Lighting 14 Reflection 10.8 Parallax 12.3 11% 12.3 fps	MRender 9.86 Gravity 10.6 Splatting 12.1 9% 10.9 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 335 Series 240GB-$219 4,220 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: 335u Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -72619307036003 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 437 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 61 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 12771 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12771 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11700 (F9) Unknown 100 100 304	59% Above average	Read 492 Write 309 Mixed 340 84% 381 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 23.3 4K Mixed 7.88 43% 14.8 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 7.47 52% 122 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 92%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 872GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 170 4200 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 539 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4754 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 442 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2340 (C2) HDA temperature 113 107 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	75.2% Very good	Read 156 Write 106 Mixed 108 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.25 93% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 86%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 675GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 9 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 69 9095 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1083 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11566 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 982 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 184684576797 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 3 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1084	68.1% Good	Read 110 Write 127 Mixed 80 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.36 103% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 75%
WD My Passport 259F 3TB 1,516 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 2TB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 119 Write 120 Mixed 93.5 140% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.25 70% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 49%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$72 6,221 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 58GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	Read 29.8 Write 28.2 Mixed 17.6 31% 25.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.83 4K Write 5.75 4K Mixed 2.79 308% 4.46 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 111%

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 (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.9% Poor	MC Read 12.5 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 10.3 28% 9.87 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 8 20% 7.07 GB/s	Latency 131 30% 131 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 65%

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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 M5A87

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	10x
FX-8120AMDBench 56%, 25,690 samples	7x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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 $29Bench 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 $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 $178	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) $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