Asus PRIME A520M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88% 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	219% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME A520M-A (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '21 at 03:52
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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 5600X-$150 383,420 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 78.3 1-Core 147 2-Core 294 93% 173 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 854 85% 694 Pts	64-Core 1,160 72% 1,160 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 86F0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 103 Parallax 106 90% 107 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 96.6 Splatting 89.8 84% 105 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 97%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 512GB 20,736 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 394GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1218 555 554 559 551 554 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 1319 Write 2,357 Mixed 1,472 SusWrite 665 329% 1,453 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 199 4K Mixed 81.2 282% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 596 DQ Write 1,114 DQ Mixed 987 712% 899 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 267%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 22,404 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	67.6% Good	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 25.5 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 25.9 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 83.7 48% 83.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 112%

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

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 21%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME A520M-A

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	55x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $129Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	46x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	39x

GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	37x
RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)AMDBench 13%, 162,082 samples	23x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	8x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	7x
SU630 240GBAdataBench 64%, 60,212 samples	6x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	12x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	8x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	8x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $112

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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