Asus PRIME A520M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	60.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME A520M-E (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200616
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '22 at 09:57
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 3600X-$210 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 69.7 1-Core 144 2-Core 284 88% 166 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 818 80% 654 Pts	64-Core 973 60% 973 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-XT-$301 21,558 User benchmarks, average bench 107% Asus(1043 05D3) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.8.1 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 138 Parallax 229 93% 161 fps	MRender 214 Gravity 123 Splatting 185 143% 174 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 679GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 73 81 79 79 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 429 Write 81.8 Mixed 126 SusWrite 78.2 39% 179 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 88.7 4K Mixed 24.4 106% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 85.8 DQ Mixed 103 85% 124 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 121%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 357GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 468 474 477 359 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 467 Mixed 413 SusWrite 388 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 46.5 161% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 366 276% 368 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 121%
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59 69,933 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 75GB free Firmware: UE360000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 80 78 78 78 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 447 Write 210 Mixed 158 SusWrite 79.8 49% 224 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 33.9 4K Mixed 10.7 64% 22 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 38.5 DQ Mixed 16.7 28% 56.9 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 53%
WD WD10JPLX-00MBPT0 1TB 11,708 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 645GB free Firmware: 01.01H01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 116 117 119 118 119 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 96.2 Write 92.2 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 117 60% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3733 C17 Series 2x8GB 1,545 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67% Good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 26.1 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 23 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 112%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 22%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME A520M-E

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $139Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	104x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $134Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	63x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	45x

GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	81x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	29x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	28x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	27x
SNV2S1000G 1TBKingstonBench 260%, 75,739 samples	12x
SNVS500G 500GBKingstonBench 186%, 34,043 samples	12x

RAM
Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 88%, 35,395 samples	20x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	19x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	19x

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Value: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $167

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16