Asus PRIME A520M-K

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	90.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	58.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME A520M-K (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210616
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '23 at 02:30
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	48%

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PC Performing way below expectations (19^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 5500-$94 3,830 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Memory 69.5 1-Core 107 2-Core 189 69% 122 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 571 58% 472 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 528.49 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.6% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 127 Parallax 109 92% 117 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 99.6 Splatting 92.4 87% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team TM8FP6512G 512GB 6,771 User benchmarks, average bench 195% 357GB free (System drive) Firmware: EDFMG1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 214 238 269 271 275 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	58.3% Above average	Read 116 Write 104 Mixed 167 SusWrite 240 36% 157 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 7.4 88% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 535 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 182 172% 280 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 270%
HS-SSD-M inder(S) 240G 240GB 73GB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 52 78 66 65 77 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	22.3% Poor	Read 56 Write 30.9 Mixed 35.3 SusWrite 61.1 60% 45.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.6 30% 0.57 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Apacer D12.2756CS.001 2x8GB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 27.6 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 19.1 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 109%

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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 $139Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	259x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	204x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $134Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	185x

GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	182x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	101x
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	41x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	40x

RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	75x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	45x

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Value: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $167

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16