Gigabyte GA-A520M DS3H AC

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.6% 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	256% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-A520M DS3H AC (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200727
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '21 at 23:12
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (47^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-$80 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 above expectations (83^rd percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 74.7 1-Core 148 2-Core 271 89% 165 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 827 85% 686 Pts	64-Core 1,068 66% 1,068 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$274 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 87F5) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.6% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 112 Parallax 115 100% 116 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 97.6 Splatting 85.3 84% 106 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Lexar 500GB SSD 500GB 5,765 User benchmarks, average bench 172% 300GB free (System drive) Firmware: V2.1.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1166 1421 1423 1480 1441 1459 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 1,887 Write 1,403 Mixed 1,006 SusWrite 1,398 318% 1,424 MB/s	4K Read 54.2 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 45 229% 89.3 MB/s	DQ Read 397 DQ Write 827 DQ Mixed 63.6 204% 429 MB/s
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 246%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 135GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 131 122 106 106 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 157 Write 140 Mixed 91.5 SusWrite 116 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 220GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 88 95 94 91 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Read 33.5 Write 70.8 Mixed 48.7 SusWrite 93.3 45% 61.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.4 136% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 66%

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 @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.9% Very good	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 28.5 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 26.9 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 91.1 44% 91.1 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 111%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	144	23.5"	1280 720	ACR062A ED242QR A

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Typical GA-A520M DS3H AC Builds (Compare 351 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 87%

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 81%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A520M DS3H AC

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $80Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	111x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $137Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	59x
Ryzen 3 3100AMDBench 75%, 50,446 samples	40x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	61x
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	31x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	24x

SSD
500GB SSD 500GBLexarBench 172%, 5,765 samples	35x
512GB SSD 512GBLexarBench 143%, 10,530 samples	27x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $35Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	16x

RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	40x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	20x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	16x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $354

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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

Gigabyte GA-A520M DS3H AC

Performance Results

PC Performing as expected (47th percentile)

System Memory Latency Ladder

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)