Gigabyte GA-A520M AORUS ELITE

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	12.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	196% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-A520M AORUS ELITE (all builds)
Memory	24.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210325
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '21 at 08:21
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4350G Graphics 1,863 User benchmarks, average bench 78% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 67.9 1-Core 144 2-Core 267 86% 159 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 699 70% 570 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU) 162,082 User benchmarks, average bench 13% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 21.30.11.01 Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Lighting 15.1 Reflection 108 Parallax 20.2 12% 47.7 fps	MRender 10.2 Gravity 15.9 Splatting 17.3 12% 14.5 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 17%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SX6000LNP 512GB 11,097 User benchmarks, average bench 187% 266GB free (System drive) Firmware: V9002s65 SusWrite @10s intervals: 984 1080 1060 829 518 555 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 1,843 Write 1,038 Mixed 916 SusWrite 838 257% 1,159 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 41.1 152% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 413 DQ Write 665 DQ Mixed 553 415% 544 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 259%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$90 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 718GB free Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 452 442 441 451 422 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 456 Mixed 426 SusWrite 438 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 69.8 4K Mixed 44.9 141% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 357 DQ Mixed 360 273% 367 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 137%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 23GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.5 9.8 11 12 11 11 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Read 24.7 Write 21.2 Mixed 19.7 SusWrite 10.3 25% 19 MB/s	4K Read 7.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 3.5 234% 4.4 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 18%
WD My Passport 2626 2TB 8,368 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2TB free, PID 2626 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 112 111 111 114 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 118 Write 104 Mixed 71.1 SusWrite 112 135% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 8.6 4K Mixed 0.7 319% 3.3 MB/s	DQ Read 0.4 DQ Write 10 DQ Mixed 0.5 359% 3.63 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3000 DDR4 3200 DDR4 3000 DDR4 3200 32GB 321 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.6% Good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 23.7 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 31.2 SC Mixed 21.8 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 107%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 1: 0R 0G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
1%	50%	2	6	4	75	23.8"	1280 720	AOC2402 24G2W1G5

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 23%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A520M AORUS ELITE

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	56x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $149Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	54x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $137Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	51x

GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	32x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	19x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	15x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	18x
TM8FP6512G 512GBTeamBench 195%, 6,771 samples	11x
SNVS500G 500GBKingstonBench 186%, 34,043 samples	11x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	17x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	12x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	9x

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Value: 115% - Outstanding

Total price: $126

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 $184	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