Gigabyte GA-A520M DS3H AC

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	74.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-A520M DS3H AC (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20221109
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '23 at 10:55
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 3600-$84 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 below expectations (30^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 74.2 1-Core 131 2-Core 245 82% 150 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 772 75% 614 Pts	64-Core 891 55% 891 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-$464 20,866 User benchmarks, average bench 86% Asus(1043 05D5) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.5.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.4% Very good	Lighting 89.2 Reflection 137 Parallax 171 73% 133 fps	MRender 0.3 Gravity 93.4 Splatting 159 78% 84.3 fps
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 480GB (2018)-$69 25,452 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: UG400400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 100 47 76 24 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 409 Write 330 Mixed 310 SusWrite 70.4 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 37.5 4K Mixed 15.6 68% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 95 DQ Write 95.4 DQ Mixed 34.5 43% 75 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 101GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 51 70 71 59 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	21.7% Poor	Read 12.7 Write 41.5 Mixed 24.6 SusWrite 62.7 26% 35.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 80% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 113%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 12,078 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 309GB free, PID 0900 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 108 111 111 112 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 139 Write 140 Mixed 20.7 SusWrite 109 132% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 38% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB 20,001 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	74% Very good	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 30.3 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 27.2 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 92 44% 92 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 95%

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

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Typical GA-A520M DS3H AC Builds (Compare 350 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 87%

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 81%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A520M DS3H AC

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	111x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $129Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	58x
Ryzen 3 3100AMDBench 75%, 50,446 samples	40x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	61x
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	31x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	24x

SSD
500GB SSD 500GBLexarBench 172%, 5,765 samples	35x
512GB SSD 512GBLexarBench 143%, 10,530 samples	27x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $42Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	16x

RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	40x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	20x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	16x

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Total price: $354

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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

Gigabyte GA-A520M DS3H AC

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PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)