Gigabyte GA-A520M S2H

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	72.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	164% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-A520M S2H (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200727
Uptime	8.2 Days
Run Date	May 14 '21 at 12:03
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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-$82 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 80.7 1-Core 146 2-Core 288 93% 172 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 834 84% 684 Pts	64-Core 1,056 65% 1,056 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4012) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.7% Very good	Lighting 90.7 Reflection 89 Parallax 83 74% 87.6 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 80 Splatting 71.6 70% 88.5 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS256GMTE110S 256GB 4,102 User benchmarks, average bench 148% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1111B1L SusWrite @10s intervals: 751 290 371 213 285 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	164% Outstanding	Read 1,413 Write 981 Mixed 848 SusWrite 343 199% 896 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 29.3 205% 86.1 MB/s	DQ Read 735 DQ Write 519 DQ Mixed 442 380% 565 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 191%
Kingston SHFS37A480G 480GB 1,387 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 44GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 189 153 158 178 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 418 Write 256 Mixed 246 SusWrite 175 61% 274 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 23.4 4K Mixed 26.5 78% 23.5 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 88.3 DQ Mixed 98.3 85% 129 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 1x16GB 14,281 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.1% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 20.9 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 22.1 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 79.3 50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 63%

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

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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 S2H

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $125Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	220x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	160x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	123x

GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	143x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	36x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $153

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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