Gigabyte GA-A520M DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.5% 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	193% 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

22 months ago, 21 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-A520M DS3H (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210118
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '22 at 06:40
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing as expected (51^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 3500X-$160 33,544 User benchmarks, average bench 82% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 72.5 1-Core 135 2-Core 268 85% 159 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 658 76% 590 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 86F0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.40 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.5% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 102 Parallax 112 93% 109 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 100 Splatting 93.4 88% 110 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8250G 250GB 42,173 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 182 266 228 173 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	193% Outstanding	Read 1,520 Write 1,180 Mixed 1,041 SusWrite 228 221% 992 MB/s	4K Read 64.7 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 84.7 288% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 813 DQ Write 475 DQ Mixed 264 298% 517 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 149GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 170 157 123 124 162 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 162 Mixed 80.9 SusWrite 153 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 113%

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% Very good	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 28.9 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 23.7 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 95.8 42% 95.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 111%

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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%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A520M DS3H

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $137Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	221x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	161x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $149Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	100x

GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	166x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 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	43x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	35x

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Value: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $165

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 $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