Gigabyte GA-A520M AORUS ELITE

Performance Results


Gaming 131% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 122% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	138% 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	275% 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-A520M AORUS ELITE (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '22 at 23:03
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 5600-$145 9,841 User benchmarks, average bench 93% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 76.8 1-Core 162 2-Core 316 98% 185 Pts	4-Core 617 8-Core 915 95% 766 Pts	64-Core 1,173 73% 1,173 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% EVGA(3842 4667) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.40 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 198 Reflection 180 Parallax 172 162% 183 fps	MRender 188 Gravity 140 Splatting 122 119% 150 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 256GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1298 971 990 1004 1001 882 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	275% Outstanding	Read 2,015 Write 2,239 Mixed 1,767 SusWrite 1,024 396% 1,761 MB/s	4K Read 51.6 4K Write 179 4K Mixed 77.3 272% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1,204 DQ Write 934 DQ Mixed 1,051 791% 1,063 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 275% Great: 297%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 211GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 340 161 119 101 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 450 Mixed 346 SusWrite 214 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 38.8 148% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 182 171% 266 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 862GB free Firmware: CC35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 124 124 124 125 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 116 Write 118 Mixed 73.4 SusWrite 124 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.5% Good	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 26 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 26 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 86.7 46% 86.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 109%

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

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 23%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A520M AORUS ELITE

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	56x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $155Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	54x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $125Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	9x

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Value: 115% - Outstanding

Total price: $125

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