Asus TUF GAMING A520M-PLUS

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 83%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics84.6% 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 Drive248% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
MotherboardAsus TUF GAMING A520M-PLUS  (all builds)
Memory29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit cores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20210113
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 03 '21 at 02:22
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User BRA-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing above expectations (70th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
86% Excellent
Memory 80.3
1-Core 154
2-Core 305
96% 180 Pts
4-Core 491
8-Core 1,049
90% 770 Pts
64-Core 1,454
90% 1,454 Pts
Poor: 76%
This bench: 86%
Great: 94%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
Gigabyte(1458 3773) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
84.6% Excellent
Lighting 106
Reflection 112
Parallax 103
86% 107 fps
MRender 95.9
Gravity 102
Splatting 99.8
82% 99.4 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84.6%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73
432GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1397 1439 1473 1483 1488 1484 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
248% Outstanding
Read 1515
Write 1,472
Mixed 1,028
SusWrite 1,461
308% 1369 MB/s
4K Read 59.8
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 72.8
239% 79 MB/s
DQ Read 647
DQ Write 422
DQ Mixed 224
251% 431 MB/s
Poor: 130%
This bench: 248%
Great: 295%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24
165GB free
Firmware: KC48
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 117 117 116 118 119 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
66.7% Good
Read 115
Write 105
Mixed 63.5
SusWrite 118
74% 100 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.9
148% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 66.7%
Great: 88%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
88.4% Excellent
MC Read 36
MC Write 22.5
MC Mixed 35.8
90% 31.4 GB/s
SC Read 26.9
SC Write 22.6
SC Mixed 37.4
83% 29 GB/s
Latency 80.1
50% 80.1 ns
Poor: 51%
This bench: 88.4%
Great: 106%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical TUF GAMING A520M-PLUS Builds (Compare 586 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 82%
Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING A520M-PLUS

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $338
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