Asus TUF GAMING A520M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	75.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	198% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING A520M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210320
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '21 at 14:17
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	BIH-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X-$185 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 71.7 1-Core 121 2-Core 244 79% 146 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 706 73% 588 Pts	64-Core 943 58% 943 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.2% Very good	Lighting 92.8 Reflection 104 Parallax 92.3 76% 96.4 fps	MRender 86.9 Gravity 91.5 Splatting 92.7 74% 90.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SWORDFISH 250GB 3,637 User benchmarks, average bench 176% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: VC0S0285 SusWrite @10s intervals: 858 895 896 897 894 199 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	198% Outstanding	Read 1807 Write 816 Mixed 1,011 SusWrite 773 244% 1,102 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 49.1 170% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 526 DQ Write 663 DQ Mixed 643 471% 611 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 198% Great: 233%
Intenso SATAIII 256GB 1,687 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 39GB free Firmware: T0929A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 76 64 4.4 5.9 222 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 496 Write 385 Mixed 19 SusWrite 110 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 37 4K Mixed 27.3 89% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 0.1 72% 168 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 98%
Adata SU720 250GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 233GB free Firmware: XD0R00V1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 429 432 434 433 433 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Read 424 Write 424 Mixed 346 SusWrite 428 92% 406 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 35.2 129% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 78.6 DQ Write 357 DQ Mixed 132 126% 189 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 93%
WD Purple Surveillance 4TB (2017)-$71 8,846 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 115 115 116 116 116 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 181 Write 164 Mixed 77 SusWrite 115 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 208% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 4x8GB 11,968 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 21 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 20.6 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 97.6 41% 97.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 105%

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

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Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	12	10	60	27"	1280 720	PHLC208 PHL 271E1

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Gaming 87%

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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 $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	126x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	81x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $125Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	54x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	59x
RTX 2060Nvidia $291Bench 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: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $367

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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Performance Results

PC Performing as expected (53rd percentile)

System Memory Latency Ladder

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