Asus PRIME A520M-K

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.6% 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	92% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME A520M-K (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '21 at 21:38
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 79.9 1-Core 141 2-Core 276 90% 166 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 826 80% 658 Pts	64-Core 1,018 63% 1,018 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2962) 2GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.6% Below average	Lighting 42.8 Reflection 46.3 Parallax 41.3 35% 43.5 fps	MRender 37.3 Gravity 41.3 Splatting 36.1 31% 38.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 960GB-$54 11,103 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 253GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 450 422 421 6.7 6.6 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 455 Mixed 419 SusWrite 291 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 29.5 142% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 37.2 90% 182 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 91%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 130GB free Firmware: 1AC01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 98 98 97 98 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	50% Above average	Read 75.7 Write 53.1 Mixed 54.3 SusWrite 98.2 52% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 1x16GB 1,790 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 18.7 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 19.9 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 80.7 50% 80.7 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	21.5"	1280 720	SAM0D1A S22F350

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 22%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME A520M-K

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $137Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	257x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	204x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	185x

GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	181x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 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
SNV2S1000G 1TBKingstonBench 260%, 75,739 samples	40x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	40x

RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	72x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x

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Value: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $165

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $45	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