Asus PRIME A520M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	171% 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

22 months ago, 19 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME A520M-A (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '22 at 02:40
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 75.8 1-Core 141 2-Core 248 85% 155 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 838 81% 665 Pts	64-Core 1,093 68% 1,093 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 8818) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 124 Parallax 130 113% 131 fps	MRender 144 Gravity 108 Splatting 94.4 92% 116 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$45 55,360 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: P2CR033 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 728 402 128 153 39 32 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 1,073 Write 1,059 Mixed 978 SusWrite 247 188% 839 MB/s	4K Read 53.3 4K Write 183 4K Mixed 76.2 275% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 392 DQ Write 871 DQ Mixed 513 424% 592 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 253%
SSD 480GB 16,522 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 75GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 408 119 99 104 9.1 MB/s Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	87.4% Excellent	Read 259 Write 104 Mixed 195 SusWrite 174 41% 183 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 44.1 169% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 233 202% 296 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 98%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA630 1TB 13,178 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 270GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 82 82 81 81 82 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 124 Write 134 Mixed 70.1 SusWrite 80.9 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 76%
WD Elements 25A3 2TB 1,387 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1.5TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 123 125 124 126 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 144 Write 147 Mixed 114 SusWrite 124 178% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 126% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 59%
Generic Flash Disk 16GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 13GB free, PID 0123 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 13 13 13 13 12 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.83% Terrible	Read 21 Write 12.2 Mixed 7 SusWrite 12.6 16% 13.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 16% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.83% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G26C16U4B.8FD 2x8GB 2,551 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.6% Very good	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 30.4 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.6 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 30.4 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 88.8 45% 88.8 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 94%

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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 $125Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	46x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $115Bench 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 $238Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	8x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	8x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	8x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $112

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16