Asus PRIME A520M-K

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	11.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	57.5% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME A520M-K (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20200813
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	May 19 '23 at 06:55
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4350G Graphics 1,863 User benchmarks, average bench 78% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Memory 58.8 1-Core 115 2-Core 222 71% 132 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 514 58% 454 Pts	64-Core 555 34% 555 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 87%

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) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 23.3.1 Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Lighting 14.7 Reflection 11.6 Parallax 19.4 12% 15.2 fps	MRender 5.6 Gravity 16.5 Splatting 17.9 12% 13.3 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 17%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Lexar 128GB SSD 128GB 8,135 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1201A SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 79 62 68 46 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 439 Write 121 Mixed 154 SusWrite 71.9 43% 196 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 74.5 4K Mixed 23.7 102% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 51.7 DQ Mixed 27.5 40% 77.3 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 99%
Hitachi HDS721616PLA320 160GB 669 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 15GB free Firmware: P22OABGA SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 45 46 50 54 59 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	34.4% Below average	Read 68.1 Write 41.5 Mixed 28.8 SusWrite 51.4 35% 47.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 39%
Generic S025 Hard drive 250GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 14GB free Firmware: MSFOA7M0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 101 105 99 105 105 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 97.5 Write 107 Mixed 21.6 SusWrite 103 59% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 67%
TOSHIBA EXTERNAL_USB 1TB 2,045 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 342GB free, PID 0901 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 103 106 104 103 101 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	44% Average	Read 134 Write 137 Mixed 19.9 SusWrite 104 127% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 37% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL16-18-18 D4-3000 1x16GB 254 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	37.4% Below average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 12.6 37% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 11.9 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 131 30% 131 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 58%

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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 $125Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	262x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	204x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	185x

GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	183x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	101x
RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)AMDBench 13%, 162,082 samples	85x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	54x
SNV2S1000G 1TBKingstonBench 260%, 75,739 samples	42x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	40x

RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	75x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	50x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	45x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $153

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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