Asus PRIME A520M-K

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	305% 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.

Run History

9 months ago, 9 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 15 days ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME A520M-K (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20230224
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '24 at 20:24
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 74.9 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 87% 162 Pts	4-Core 541 8-Core 865 86% 703 Pts	64-Core 1,082 67% 1,082 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3732) CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 552.22 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 122 Parallax 139 115% 134 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 136 Splatting 110 113% 143 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 308GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1008 755 838 836 823 823 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	305% Outstanding	Read 2,664 Write 2,478 Mixed 1,865 SusWrite 847 439% 1,964 MB/s	4K Read 69 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 93.5 313% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 1266 DQ Write 974 DQ Mixed 1,118 837% 1,120 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 305% Great: 355%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 17GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 48 49 66 48 48 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 134 Write 106 Mixed 124 SusWrite 54.4 23% 105 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 28.9 120% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 90.5 74% 107 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 73%
WD WD20EURX 2TB-$40 12,609 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 29 0.6 5 4.9 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 146 Write 126 Mixed 61.9 SusWrite 37.8 68% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 177% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.5% Very good	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 31 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 29.9 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 91 44% 91 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 87%

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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	67	55	165	27"	1280 720	ACR075C VG270 V

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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 $133Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	260x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	204x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $119Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	185x

GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	182x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	101x
RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)AMDBench 13%, 162,082 samples	84x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	54x
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: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $161

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16