Asus TUF GAMING A520M-PLUS WIFI

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	32.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	70.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING A520M-PLUS WIFI (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210203
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '21 at 21:07
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G-$178 17,091 User benchmarks, average bench 88% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 81.1 1-Core 170 2-Core 339 104% 196 Pts	4-Core 664 8-Core 1,262 115% 963 Pts	64-Core 1,573 97% 1,573 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gainward(10B0 1401) 2GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.5% Below average	Lighting 41.1 Reflection 45.3 Parallax 40.1 34% 42.2 fps	MRender 37.3 Gravity 40.3 Splatting 35.3 31% 37.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 98 88 106 111 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 254 Write 132 Mixed 196 SusWrite 97.9 38% 170 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 42.6 158% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 123 96% 130 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 73%
Samsung PM830 128GB 13,767 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 37GB free Firmware: CXM05H1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 302 305 307 301 274 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 469 Write 308 Mixed 278 SusWrite 298 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 67.3 4K Mixed 25.9 103% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 84.1 DQ Mixed 129 107% 160 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 73%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 300GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 55 71 72 71 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 132 Write 127 Mixed 91 SusWrite 67.9 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KF3200C18D4/8G 2x8GB 1,404 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	83.8% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 29.5 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 27.8 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 30.2 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 78.5 51% 78.5 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 110%

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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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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 114%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING A520M-PLUS WIFI

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	475x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $137Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	154x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	103x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	208x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	150x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	141x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	171x
SA2000M81000G 1TBKingstonBench 234%, 77,062 samples	78x
TM8FPD001T 1TBTeamBench 226%, 4,101 samples	62x

RAM
Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 88%, 35,395 samples	348x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	40x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	37x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $567

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 $177	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