Asus PRIME A520M-K

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	12% 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	48.6% 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 (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME A520M-K (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1280 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20230224
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '23 at 20:18
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	DZA-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 3 3200G-$75 104,122 User benchmarks, average bench 63% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Memory 50.3 1-Core 98.6 2-Core 198 62% 116 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 354 46% 345 Pts	64-Core 361 22% 361 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon Vega 8 Graphics 115,953 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Asus(1043 876B) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 22.40.46 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	12% Very poor	Lighting 14.8 Reflection 14.7 Parallax 20.4 12% 16.6 fps	MRender 12.8 Gravity 17 Splatting 13.5 12% 14.4 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 13%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS350 256GB 5,875 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: W0201A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 73 91 96 85 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 354 Write 87.7 Mixed 91.3 SusWrite 87.5 34% 155 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 31.5 4K Mixed 19.3 74% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 20.8 50% 104 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Apacer AU08GGB32CSYBGH 2x8GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 26.2 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 19.4 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 160 25% 160 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 106%

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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	63	43	60	7.2"	1280 720	RTK1D1A

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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 $88Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	205x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	45x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $153

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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