Asus PRIME A520M-K

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	185% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME A520M-K (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20230224
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '24 at 04:35
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 3400G-$99 93,718 User benchmarks, average bench 68% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 77.5 1-Core 99.7 2-Core 222 74% 133 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 607 60% 488 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 Graphics 47,368 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Asus(1043 876B) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 22.40.70 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Lighting 21.8 Reflection 16.4 Parallax 29.5 18% 22.6 fps	MRender 13.3 Gravity 26.5 Splatting 15.4 15% 18.4 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 512GB 21,659 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 287GB free (System drive) Firmware: 32A1TCTB SusWrite @10s intervals: 639 511 511 520 521 520 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	185% Outstanding	Read 2,018 Write 1,559 Mixed 603 SusWrite 537 261% 1,179 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 46.9 164% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 587 DQ Mixed 472 356% 466 MB/s
Poor: 155% ↑ This bench: 185% Great: 318%
SDM8V512 512GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 375GB free Firmware: U0319A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 427 423 432 429 433 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 423 Mixed 410 SusWrite 427 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 91.5 4K Mixed 22.1 126% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 32.2 82% 167 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GB 58,684 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.6% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 24.9 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 22.9 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 85 47% 85 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 111%

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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	70	58	75	21.7"	1280 720	GSM5B34 MP59G

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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 $115Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	264x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $81Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	206x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	186x

GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	184x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	102x
RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)AMDBench 13%, 162,082 samples	86x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	55x
SNV2S1000G 1TBKingstonBench 260%, 75,739 samples	43x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	40x

RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	77x
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: $143

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	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