Asus TUF GAMING A520M-PLUS II

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.7% 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	91.3% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 3 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING A520M-PLUS II (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20230224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 02 '23 at 21:30
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 5600X-$120 383,420 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 87.3 1-Core 164 2-Core 320 103% 191 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 899 88% 723 Pts	64-Core 1,014 63% 1,014 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$266 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 397D) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 536.99 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.7% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 116 Parallax 118 101% 119 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 105 Splatting 91.1 88% 111 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU630 480GB 31,107 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 324GB free (System drive) Firmware: XD0R6305 SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 429 431 431 432 430 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 409 Write 421 Mixed 366 SusWrite 429 92% 406 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 82.5 4K Mixed 34.7 127% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 206 159% 212 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 99%
Netac 960GB 960GB 312 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 643GB free Firmware: U0503A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 425 426 425 237 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Read 495 Write 430 Mixed 408 SusWrite 351 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 89.8 4K Mixed 27.7 124% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 36.9 88% 178 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 24,428 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.3% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 21.2 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 22.9 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 119%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	69	56	165	23.8"	1280 720	VSC623B VX2418-P FHD

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Desktop 93%

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Workstation 23%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING A520M-PLUS II

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $119Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	45x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	38x
Ryzen 7 5700GAMD $164Bench 88%, 17,091 samples	24x

GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	38x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	25x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	16x

SSD
SNV2S1000G 1TBKingstonBench 260%, 75,739 samples	20x
SNVS500G 500GBKingstonBench 186%, 34,043 samples	7x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	6x

RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	25x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	12x
KF3200C16D4/16GX 2x16GBKingstonBench 91%, 43,162 samples	7x

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Value: 109% - Outstanding

Total price: $119

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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