Fiio M3K better than Realtek?

[Christianm]

Hi, sorry if my question is silly 'cuz I never owned any DAP.
I'm thinking about buying Fiio M3K from Aliexpress and Black Friday is coming so I might get a good discount. I have a Dell Laptop with Realtek AL3234 and KZ ZS10 Pro and use MusicBee. The sound is nice but I wonder how much better Fiio M3K sound compare to Realtek. 90% of my music files are FLAC 16/44.1 some 24/96. My budget is $65 max and Fiio M3K have decent reviews.
I'm not interested in external AMP/DAC 'cuz I already bought Sonata HD few months ago and sold it after couple of weeks. A little advice will be appreciated.
Thank you

[PriitM]

Realtek AL3234 is a software driver, not the physical DAC or amp chip. You are more likely to hear power brick noise than DAC quality difference. Plus, that M3K has a sound processor. That means alot of tweaking and EQ work to Fiio "standards". Something Dell would never put into a mass consumer product. So there will be a noticeable difference in playback.

For better? Most likely. How much better? Only God knows...    

[Christianm]

Thank you PriitM for reply