Asus PRIME A520M-K

Performance Results


Gaming 148% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 135% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	152% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME A520M-K (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	5838 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210810
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '21 at 16:08
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$153 383,420 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Memory 87.3 1-Core 160 2-Core 313 101% 187 Pts	4-Core 604 8-Core 935 95% 769 Pts	64-Core 1,069 66% 1,069 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Palit(1569 2484) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.13 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	152% Outstanding	Lighting 223 Reflection 211 Parallax 219 182% 218 fps	MRender 201 Gravity 153 Splatting 136 131% 164 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$35 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF430400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 134 135 106 74 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 450 Write 388 Mixed 322 SusWrite 138 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 39 4K Mixed 16.9 75% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 82.4 DQ Mixed 35.4 43% 76.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 55%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 138 136 136 138 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 158 Write 96.2 Mixed 82.7 SusWrite 137 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3200 2x8GB 87,891 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.1% Very good	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 26.2 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 27.8 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 28.3 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 112%

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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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Gaming 23%

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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 $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 $274Bench 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