Gigabyte GA-A520M DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.4% 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	304% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-A520M DS3H (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20221109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '23 at 16:15
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	42%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 5500-$80 3,830 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 71.5 1-Core 155 2-Core 312 94% 180 Pts	4-Core 553 8-Core 840 86% 696 Pts	64-Core 1,028 64% 1,028 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% XFX(1682 5701) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.20.27.09 Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.4% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 139 Parallax 180 94% 145 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 134 Splatting 96.4 92% 114 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Lexar NM620 512GB 2,931 User benchmarks, average bench 239% 429GB free (System drive) Firmware: V1.27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2134 2137 2133 2142 1830 688 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	304% Outstanding	Read 1966 Write 2,219 Mixed 1,695 SusWrite 1,844 436% 1,931 MB/s	4K Read 58.6 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 64 241% 85.3 MB/s	DQ Read 938 DQ Write 838 DQ Mixed 111 296% 629 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 304% Great: 317%
Generic External 480GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 351GB free Firmware: 0111 SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 321 321 321 316 295 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 372 Write 279 Mixed 304 SusWrite 316 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 48.4 4K Mixed 34.6 112% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 146 116% 160 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF Samsung M378A1G43EB1-CPB HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF Samsung M378A1G43EB1-CPB 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 23.3 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 25.5 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 97.9 41% 97.9 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	0	54.9"	1280 720	GSM9E77 LG SIGNAGE

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 21%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A520M DS3H

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $125Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	222x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	161x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	100x

GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	166x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	66x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $195Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	56x

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	45x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	43x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	35x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $153

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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