Asus PRIME A520M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.1% 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	87.1% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

23 months ago, 23 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME A520M-E (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 11 '22 at 10:08
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 PRO 4650G 6,798 User benchmarks, average bench 80% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 70.4 1-Core 145 2-Core 294 90% 170 Pts	4-Core 573 8-Core 893 90% 733 Pts	64-Core 1,097 68% 1,097 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU) 162,082 User benchmarks, average bench 13% Asus(1043 87E1) ≥ 4GB Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.3.2 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Lighting 21.8 Reflection 19.9 Parallax 28.8 18% 23.5 fps	MRender 11.1 Gravity 24 Splatting 21.5 16% 18.9 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 17%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900615 SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 106 94 97 101 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 443 Write 314 Mixed 322 SusWrite 121 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 93.3 4K Mixed 40.3 160% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 209 182% 268 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 87%
WD WD5000AVCS-6 500GB 9,720 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 330GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 73 72 72 73 73 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 64.9 Write 67.7 Mixed 48 SusWrite 72.5 47% 63.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.3 61% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 51%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 191GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 104 104 105 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 101 Write 99 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 104 68% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown FDK_8GB3000U_H3 Re 1 2x8GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.7% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 27.3 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 22.1 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 102%

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

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 22%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus PRIME A520M-E

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $139Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	104x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $144Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	63x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	45x

GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	81x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	29x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	28x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	27x
SNV2S1000G 1TBKingstonBench 260%, 75,739 samples	12x
SNVS500G 500GBKingstonBench 186%, 34,043 samples	12x

RAM
Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 88%, 35,395 samples	20x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	19x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	19x

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Value: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $167

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $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