Asus TUF GAMING A520M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.7% 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	255% 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.

Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING A520M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 05 '22 at 02:03
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^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 3600-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 85.9 1-Core 144 2-Core 282 93% 171 Pts	4-Core 541 8-Core 879 87% 710 Pts	64-Core 1,122 69% 1,122 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$290 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 402B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 512.59 Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.7% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 106 Parallax 109 91% 109 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 100 Splatting 92.2 87% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Reletech P400 SSD 512GB 309 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 442GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM32.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1444 543 540 547 554 537 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 1,753 Write 2,337 Mixed 1,708 SusWrite 694 366% 1,623 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 197 4K Mixed 78.6 274% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,380 DQ Write 1,210 DQ Mixed 1,300 974% 1,297 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 255%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 702GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 184 185 186 185 186 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 184 Mixed 85.3 SusWrite 185 116% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 113%
Toshiba MK3259GSXP 320GB-$50 3,175 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 200GB free Firmware: GN003J SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 77 78 78 78 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 79.8 Write 76.3 Mixed 18.7 SusWrite 77.4 46% 63.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 48%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 24GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 11 10 9.9 9.2 11 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Read 29.3 Write 17.7 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 11.3 26% 20.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 2 206% 3.77 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Asgard VMA45UG-MEC1U2AW2 2x8GB 1,096 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 37.9 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 28.4 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 38.2 89% 31.2 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 111%

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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 $290Bench 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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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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