Gigabyte GA-A520M DS3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	72.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-A520M DS3H (all builds)
Memory	6.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1824 x 1026 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '22 at 11:52
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing below expectations (22^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-$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 below expectations (12^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 66.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 252 80% 149 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 772 75% 616 Pts	64-Core 836 52% 836 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4013) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 512.95 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.3% Very good	Lighting 90 Reflection 90.1 Parallax 83.6 73% 87.9 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 80.2 Splatting 72.1 70% 88.4 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
JAJM600M256C 256GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2200SC6A SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 413 427 431 434 439 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 72% Great: 89%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 98 85 86 91 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 138 Write 144 Mixed 31 SusWrite 90.1 73% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.2 48% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 250GB-$23 32,491 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 5GB free Firmware: KC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 68 68 69 66 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 70.3 Write 68.5 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 67.6 46% 62.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$38 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 24 64% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 18.3 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 103%

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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 DS3H

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $129Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	220x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	161x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	100x

GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	165x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	65x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	55x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	32x
SNVS500G 500GBKingstonBench 186%, 34,043 samples	24x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	20x

RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	44x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	42x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	35x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $157

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