Gigabyte GA-A520 AORUS ELITE

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	324% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-A520 AORUS ELITE (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20211001
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '21 at 14:46
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 74.9 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 90% 168 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 902 87% 715 Pts	64-Core 1,120 69% 1,120 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 214 Parallax 129 103% 156 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 131 Splatting 117 100% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$80 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 658GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42G1TBKA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1315 1073 1115 1112 1120 1111 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	324% Outstanding	Read 2,787 Write 2,123 Mixed 1,731 SusWrite 1,141 434% 1,946 MB/s	4K Read 59.3 4K Write 186 4K Mixed 87.8 301% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 1,259 DQ Write 969 DQ Mixed 642 608% 957 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 324% Great: 372%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 195GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 370 370 370 372 368 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 495 Mixed 451 SusWrite 387 104% 463 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 66.5 223% 78.6 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 365 DQ Mixed 373 281% 375 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 205 205 207 207 208 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 159 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 204 118% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 114%
SanDisk Cruzer Spark 123GB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 3GB free, PID 55a1 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.9 5.7 13 8.8 13 12 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Read 31.3 Write 10.6 Mixed 8.6 SusWrite 10.2 17% 15.2 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 3.4 226% 3.7 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 18%

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 (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.6% Very good	MC Read 31 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 29.6 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 28.7 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 90.5 44% 90.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 111%

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Typical GA-A520 AORUS ELITE Builds (Compare 709 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 99%

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A520 AORUS ELITE

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $152Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	180x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	177x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	67x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	64x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	56x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	36x

SSD
SNVS500G 500GBKingstonBench 186%, 34,043 samples	24x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	16x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	42x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	33x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	28x

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Total price: $476

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

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