Gigabyte GA-A520M DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	193% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-A520M DS3H (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200910
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '21 at 19:27
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 3500X-$160 33,544 User benchmarks, average bench 82% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 84.2 1-Core 145 2-Core 291 94% 173 Pts	4-Core 578 8-Core 866 90% 722 Pts	64-Core 865 54% 865 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super)-$300 180,577 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3850) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Lighting 78.6 Reflection 78.2 Parallax 75.9 64% 77.6 fps	MRender 63.5 Gravity 74.7 Splatting 60.1 54% 66.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SX6000LNP 256GB 9,539 User benchmarks, average bench 168% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: V9001c00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 873 877 881 880 882 247 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	193% Outstanding	Read 1337 Write 861 Mixed 736 SusWrite 773 207% 927 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 59.1 236% 92.4 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 743 DQ Mixed 277 266% 400 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 228%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 171 173 171 173 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 173 Mixed 105 SusWrite 172 117% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 36.3 95% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 25.3 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 33.6 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 111%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 21%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A520M DS3H

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $129Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	220x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	161x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	100x

GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	165x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	65x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	55x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	32x
SNVS500G 500GBKingstonBench 186%, 34,043 samples	24x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	20x

RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	44x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	42x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	35x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $157

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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