Asus TUF GAMING A520M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	68.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	222% 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING A520M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	7.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210407
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '21 at 15:13
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing below expectations (24^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 70.5 1-Core 138 2-Core 243 82% 150 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 437 62% 456 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Nvidia(10DE 21C4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.9% Good	Lighting 85.1 Reflection 112 Parallax 71.7 69% 89.7 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 78.1 Splatting 73.4 68% 84.6 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$82 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 369GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42B2S7JA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 721 456 449 445 417 409 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1,611 Write 1,155 Mixed 907 SusWrite 483 231% 1,039 MB/s	4K Read 56.3 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 84 270% 95.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,108 DQ Write 839 DQ Mixed 600 550% 849 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 311%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 328GB free Firmware: MS2OA8R0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 127 126 129 149 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 140 Write 138 Mixed 19.9 SusWrite 136 78% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	65.8% Good	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 25 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 23.9 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65.8% 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 33: 4R 3G 4B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
33%	28%	40	108	6	144	24.5"	1920 1080	ACR0753 KG251Q

History: Score 28: 2R 4G 6B | Score 51: 7R 4G 4B | Score 33: 4R 3G 4B

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 82%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING A520M-PLUS

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	126x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $15Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	80x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $137Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	54x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	58x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	49x
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	38x

SSD
SX8100NP 256GBAdataBench 179%, 1,828 samples	13x
512GB 512GBSSDBench 87%, 6,819 samples	11x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	11x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	27x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	27x
Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 88%, 35,395 samples	19x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $338

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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

Asus TUF GAMING A520M-PLUS

Performance Results

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PC Performing below expectations (24th percentile)

System Memory Latency Ladder

SkillBench Score 33: 4R 3G 4B (High Scores)

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