Asus PRIME A520M-K

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	340% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME A520M-K (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '21 at 03:54
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 76.8 1-Core 141 2-Core 261 87% 160 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 858 83% 682 Pts	64-Core 1,096 68% 1,096 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 169 Parallax 103 87% 126 fps	MRender 96.2 Gravity 101 Splatting 98.7 81% 98.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 110GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 83 79 76 80 73 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 137 Write 112 Mixed 125 SusWrite 78.7 26% 113 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 91.4 4K Mixed 34.7 129% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 98.6 78% 109 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 73%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 391GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2350 805 800 806 804 797 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	340% Outstanding	Read 2,739 Write 2,534 Mixed 1,899 SusWrite 1,060 460% 2,058 MB/s	4K Read 73.6 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 105 346% 123 MB/s	DQ Read 1,439 DQ Write 1,179 DQ Mixed 1,265 959% 1,294 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 340% Great: 355%
WD WD20EURX 2TB-$39 12,609 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 135 136 137 136 136 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 133 Write 134 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 135 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.8% Very good	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 30.9 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.8 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 30 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 86.7 46% 86.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 87%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 22%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME A520M-K

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $129Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	255x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	204x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	185x

GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	181x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	99x
RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)AMDBench 13%, 162,082 samples	84x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	53x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	40x
SNV2S1000G 1TBKingstonBench 260%, 75,739 samples	39x

RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	72x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $157

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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