Gigabyte GA-A520M S2H

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	23.1% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-A520M S2H (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '21 at 17:25
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 77 1-Core 148 2-Core 290 92% 171 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 815 80% 657 Pts	64-Core 1,057 65% 1,057 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1263) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.8% Very good	Lighting 103 Reflection 101 Parallax 91.1 84% 98.2 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 93.2 Splatting 0.1 46% 64 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB 30,264 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFME1.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 70 5.3 6.7 6.6 64 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	23.1% Poor	Read 163 Write 72.9 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 32.1 16% 75 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 16.7 4K Mixed 2.8 47% 14.2 MB/s	DQ Read 58.1 DQ Write 16.1 DQ Mixed 20 19% 31.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 102%
Samsung FIT USB 3.0 32GB-$27 3,642 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 3GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 24 22 24 26 26 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 209 Write 13.2 Mixed 47.1 SusWrite 24.9 69% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 11.8 4K Mixed 12.5 884% 13.3 MB/s	DQ Read 18.4 DQ Write 17.7 DQ Mixed 13.5 1,130% 16.5 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 90%
WD easystore 25FC 1TB 3,002 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 63GB free, PID 25fc Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 38 39 38 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 38.6 Write 36.3 Mixed 17.9 SusWrite 38.2 44% 32.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-18-18 D4-3200 2x8GB 16,678 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.8% Very good	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 29.6 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 27.7 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 86.3 46% 86.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 107%

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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 $137Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	220x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	160x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $153Bench 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: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $165

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