Asus TUF GAMING A520M-PLUS WIFI

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.3% 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	113% 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

23 months ago, 18 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING A520M-PLUS WIFI (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210616
Uptime	10 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '22 at 05:55
Run Duration	501 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 3600-$83 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 as expected (51^st percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 76.8 1-Core 142 2-Core 274 89% 164 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 860 81% 670 Pts	64-Core 1,085 67% 1,085 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.3% Very good	Lighting 96.4 Reflection 94.9 Parallax 85.4 79% 92.2 fps	MRender 92.9 Gravity 87.9 Splatting 76.1 69% 85.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Lexar 512GB SSD 512GB 10,530 User benchmarks, average bench 143% 292GB free (System drive) Firmware: V1.8 SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 467 416 310 325 298 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 779 Write 558 Mixed 522 SusWrite 355 124% 554 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 178 4K Mixed 34.1 174% 78.7 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 132 115% 169 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 313%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 310GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 128 126 127 129 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 124 Write 126 Mixed 110 SusWrite 128 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 227% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
KLEVV KD48GUA60-36A180C 2x8GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.5% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 24.9 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 27.4 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 86.8 46% 86.8 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 85%

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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 124%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 114%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING A520M-PLUS WIFI

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $119Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	477x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $133Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	155x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	103x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	208x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	150x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	141x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	171x
SA2000M81000G 1TBKingstonBench 234%, 77,062 samples	78x
TM8FPD001T 1TBTeamBench 226%, 4,101 samples	62x

RAM
Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 88%, 35,395 samples	348x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	40x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	37x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $533

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16