Gigabyte GA-A520M S2H

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	17% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	86% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

22 months ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-A520M S2H (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '22 at 12:31
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G-$125 14,368 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 71.7 1-Core 161 2-Core 322 97% 185 Pts	4-Core 614 8-Core 899 94% 757 Pts	64-Core 1,112 69% 1,112 Pts
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU) 140,621 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 30.0.13014.8 Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Lighting 21.8 Reflection 20.1 Parallax 28.8 18% 23.6 fps	MRender 11.6 Gravity 22.8 Splatting 21.1 16% 18.5 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
V-GEN01SM22FS256HY 256GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: U0628A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 436 300 139 78 71 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 497 Write 392 Mixed 426 SusWrite 243 87% 390 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 24.9 139% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 35.7 85% 170 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 733GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 189 190 191 194 193 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 179 Mixed 88.1 SusWrite 191 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 32,187 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.3% Very good	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 26.8 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 24.2 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 97.5 41% 97.5 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 110%

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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%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A520M S2H

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $125Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	224x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	160x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	123x

GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	145x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	92x
RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)AMDBench 13%, 162,082 samples	66x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	36x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	24x
SNV2S1000G 1TBKingstonBench 260%, 75,739 samples	22x

RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	46x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	43x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	37x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $153

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16