Gigabyte GA-A520M AORUS ELITE

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 98.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	170% 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 (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago, 7 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-A520M AORUS ELITE (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210708
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '22 at 10:02
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	BGD-User
Background CPU	28%

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 5500-$99 3,830 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Memory 85.1 1-Core 156 2-Core 305 98% 182 Pts	4-Core 603 8-Core 877 92% 740 Pts	64-Core 1,102 68% 1,102 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$32 12,447 User benchmarks, average bench 163% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: V0714C0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1208 929 329 153 157 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,440 Write 1,076 Mixed 933 SusWrite 493 220% 985 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 29.8 182% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 395 DQ Write 910 DQ Mixed 382 368% 562 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 228%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 789GB free Firmware: MS2OA8R0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 173 172 172 172 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 166 Mixed 20.9 SusWrite 172 95% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 140% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 12,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	88.6% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 30.2 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 29.2 SC Write 34.3 SC Mixed 30.4 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	56x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	54x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $137Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	9x

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Value: 115% - Outstanding

Total price: $126

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