Asus PRIME A520M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	140% 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, 17 months ago, 17 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME A520M-A (all builds)
Memory	10.9 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	Jan 03 '23 at 20:47
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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-$86 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 above expectations (64^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 74.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 271 87% 161 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 807 81% 657 Pts	64-Core 1,023 63% 1,023 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$266 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 8818) ≥ 4GB; ASUS ROG STRIX CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 120 Parallax 124 108% 125 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 106 Splatting 92 90% 113 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$55 55,360 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: P2CR033 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 92 172 180 178 198 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 938 Write 916 Mixed 936 SusWrite 148 165% 734 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 65.7 232% 85.2 MB/s	DQ Read 391 DQ Write 589 DQ Mixed 126 198% 369 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 253%
SSD 480GB 16,522 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 132GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 375 103 105 100 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 442 Mixed 364 SusWrite 198 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 40.6 159% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 230 200% 295 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 98%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA630 1TB 13,178 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 165GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 104 103 105 104 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 76 Write 86.4 Mixed 44 SusWrite 104 57% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 76%

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 (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.8% Very good	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 30.4 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 29.5 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 91.1 44% 91.1 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 94%

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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 $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	55x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $119Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	46x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $120Bench 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 $195Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	9x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	8x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	8x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $114

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16