Asus PRIME A520M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	15.4% 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	130% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME A520M-A (all builds)
Memory	38 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '21 at 01:09
Run Duration	246 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X-$395 197,342 User benchmarks, average bench 88% AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 83.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 283 92% 170 Pts	4-Core 559 8-Core 1,022 95% 791 Pts	64-Core 2,120 131% 2,120 Pts
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% EVGA(3842 6336) 2GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Lighting 19.2 Reflection 19.4 Parallax 19.8 16% 19.5 fps	MRender 16.1 Gravity 20.3 Splatting 17.9 15% 18.1 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Viper M.2 VPN100 256GB 1,988 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM32.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 272 257 260 258 262 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 883 Write 615 Mixed 359 SusWrite 265 118% 531 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 41.4 210% 89 MB/s	DQ Read 427 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 716 438% 478 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 212%
Team T253X6001T 1TB 2,856 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 498GB free Firmware: T0707B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 431 432 431 427 427 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 454 Mixed 416 SusWrite 431 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 29.7 135% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 45.1 95% 187 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 102%
WD WD20EZAZ-00WGYX0 2TB 13,327 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1752 135 123 140 133 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 25% Great: 102%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$71 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 289GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 50 50 50 48 48 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 15% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL16G32C16U4B.M16FE BL16G32C16U4BL.M8FB1 BL16G32C16U4B.M16FE BL16G32C16U4BL.M8FB1 64GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3600, 3600, 3600, 3600 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 47.5 MC Write 41.3 MC Mixed 37.2 120% 42 GB/s	SC Read 25.7 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 35.6 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 75 53% 75 ns
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 21%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus PRIME A520M-A

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	55x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $125Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	46x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $115Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	39x

GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	37x
RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)AMDBench 13%, 162,082 samples	23x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $239Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	8x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	7x
SU630 240GBAdataBench 64%, 60,212 samples	6x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	12x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	8x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	8x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $112

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16