Asus M5A87

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 61.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	14.3% 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	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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus M5A87 (all builds)
Memory	1.4 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130501
Uptime	176.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '16 at 22:00
Run Duration	506 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 49.8 2-Core 100 52% 79.5 Pts	4-Core 198 8-Core 198 26% 198 Pts	64-Core 200 12% 200 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% XFX(1682 3107) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1002 Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Lighting 18.1 Reflection 13.7 Parallax 12.8 15% 14.9 fps	MRender 13 Gravity 15.5 Splatting 19.8 14% 16.1 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 361GB free (System drive) Firmware: KC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 131229608 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 294 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 43149060 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1034 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 296 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 79 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 65 487718940 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 64424509468 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 57 34 131229608 (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 -125060857723895 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3825193700 (F2) Unknown 100 253 228325784	57% Above average	Read 108 Write 91.2 Mixed 97.8 75% 99 MB/s	4K Read 0.24 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.2 39% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 88%
Seagate ST3250820AS 250GB-$50 16,391 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 192GB free Firmware: 3.ADG Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 78 194830256 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5390 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 471831985 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24616 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5274 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 49 571801634 (C2) HDA temperature 34 51 68719476770 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 75 46 223519722 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	43.6% Average	Read 76.8 Write 75 Mixed 70.5 56% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.4 96% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 44%
Flash USB Disk 986GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 914GB free, PID 3234 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.67% Terrible	Read 13.1 Write 4.65 Mixed 6.34 9% 8.04 MB/s	4K Read 3.08 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.006 12% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.67% Great: 27%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$72 6,221 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 58GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 244 Write 160 Mixed 183 238% 196 MB/s	4K Read 10.8 4K Write 10.6 4K Mixed 4.67 561% 8.71 MB/s	DQ Read 11.1 DQ Write 10.5 DQ Mixed 4.52 552% 8.7 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 111%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID b081 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	5.76% Terrible	Read 21.6 Write 6.32 Mixed 8.45 13% 12.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.21 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.004 20% 1.74 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.76% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	33.8% Below average	MC Read 15 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 11.9 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 8.3 21% 7.37 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 44%

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Typical M5A87 Builds (Compare 91 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	29x
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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16