Gigabyte GA-A520M S2H

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (98th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 2 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.2% 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	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-A520M S2H (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '20 at 23:10
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (98^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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 84.1 1-Core 148 2-Core 294 95% 175 Pts	4-Core 566 8-Core 910 90% 738 Pts	64-Core 1,085 67% 1,085 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 127 Parallax 117 102% 123 fps	MRender 152 Gravity 105 Splatting 89.9 92% 116 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS250G2B0A-00SM50 250GB 12,305 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401020WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 229 230 230 233 232 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 492 Mixed 327 SusWrite 231 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 54.2 192% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 252 218% 323 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 105%
WDC WD20EZAZ-00GGJB0 2TB 47,517 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 189 188 190 194 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	23.6% Poor	Read 215 Write 186 Mixed 90.4 SusWrite 191 38% 170 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 9.6 4K Mixed 0.8 11% 4.57 MB/s	DQ Read 0.9 DQ Write 10.5 DQ Mixed 1.3 2% 4.23 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 1x16GB 11,534 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	64.3% Good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 21.3 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 22.4 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 73.3 55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 64%

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

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A520M S2H

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $118Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	220x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	160x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $152Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	123x

GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	143x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	90x
RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)AMDBench 13%, 162,082 samples	66x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	36x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	24x
SNV2S1000G 1TBKingstonBench 260%, 75,739 samples	22x

RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	46x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	43x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	36x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $146

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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