Asus PRIME A520M-K

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	273% 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

15 months ago, 15 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME A520M-K (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '23 at 17:57
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 3500X-$160 33,544 User benchmarks, average bench 82% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 79.2 1-Core 137 2-Core 272 88% 163 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 711 79% 622 Pts	64-Core 731 45% 731 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5500-XT-$217 72,993 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Asus(1043 04E6) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.11.2 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.1% Above average	Lighting 67.5 Reflection 64.7 Parallax 96.1 55% 76.1 fps	MRender 53.2 Gravity 71.8 Splatting 39.9 44% 55 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SDM12SI512A 512GB 206 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 417GB free (System drive) Firmware: T0828A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1469 1571 1538 1554 1604 1234 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	273% Outstanding	Read 1940 Write 1597 Mixed 1,172 SusWrite 1,495 348% 1,551 MB/s	4K Read 52.4 4K Write 192 4K Mixed 33 223% 92.4 MB/s	DQ Read 875 DQ Write 905 DQ Mixed 540 503% 773 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 273% Great: 273%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 850GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 165 168 171 164 162 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 68.2 Mixed 82.9 SusWrite 166 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown LD4AU008G-H3200GST 2x8GB 1,269 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 30.8 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 25.6 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 32.2 78% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 81.9 49% 81.9 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 95%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	259x
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 $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	101x
RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)AMDBench 13%, 162,082 samples	84x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	53x
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) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16