Asus PRIME A520M-K

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	15.3% 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	184% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME A520M-K (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '21 at 23:42
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Memory 82.9 1-Core 149 2-Core 289 94% 173 Pts	4-Core 567 8-Core 868 89% 718 Pts	64-Core 1,068 66% 1,068 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Gigabyte(1458 3767) 2GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 496.13 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Lighting 19 Reflection 19.1 Parallax 19.3 16% 19.1 fps	MRender 16.2 Gravity 20.3 Splatting 17.8 15% 18.1 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 125GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 465 470 476 477 476 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 469 Mixed 448 SusWrite 471 107% 476 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 57.1 189% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 365 DQ Mixed 297 245% 350 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 125%
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$45 55,360 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: P2CR033 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1016 611 56 51 302 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	184% Outstanding	Read 1120 Write 1,069 Mixed 988 SusWrite 354 198% 883 MB/s	4K Read 56.2 4K Write 203 4K Mixed 79.9 295% 113 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 826 DQ Mixed 512 417% 575 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 184% Great: 253%
Hitachi HTS545032B9A300 320GB-$59 15,217 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 78GB free Firmware: PB3OC64G SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 68 69 70 69 69 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 72.9 Write 52.9 Mixed 38.4 SusWrite 68.9 43% 58.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 42%
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$30 34,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 332GB free Firmware: SM36 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 87 87 87 87 86 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 118 Write 90.1 Mixed 68.1 SusWrite 86.6 67% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 2.2 399% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 34.3 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 25.9 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 35.3 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 110%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 88%

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Workstation 22%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus PRIME A520M-K

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $130Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	256x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $158

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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