Gigabyte GA-A520M K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-A520M K (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20221115
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '23 at 13:45
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 5600G-$125 14,368 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 49.1 1-Core 164 2-Core 324 90% 179 Pts	4-Core 649 8-Core 895 97% 772 Pts	64-Core 1,112 69% 1,112 Pts
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 84.7% 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 Ram: 512MB, Driver: 23.7.2 Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Lighting 18.3 Reflection 10.6 Parallax 26.1 15% 18.3 fps	MRender 8 Gravity 22.7 Splatting 20.5 14% 17.1 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 503 Write 416 Mixed 95.2 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 58.4 4K Mixed 1.3 66% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 0.5 46% 109 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 85%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 140GB free Firmware: 05.01A05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 109 108 108 108 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 87.5 Write 88.4 Mixed 51.8 SusWrite 108 62% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 62%
WDC WD10 JPCX-24UE4T0 1TB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 39GB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 86 87 88 83 88 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	33.2% Below average	Read 62.2 Write 63.4 Mixed 42.3 SusWrite 86.4 88% 63.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905743-151.A00G 1x8GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.6% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 11.9 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 10.8 SC Mixed 11.6 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 164 24% 164 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 60%

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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	107	58	60	21.7"	1920 1080	TUO2400 SJ200

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Gaming 24%

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Desktop 93%

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Workstation 23%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A520M K

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $125Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	21x
Ryzen 5 5600AMD $139Bench 93%, 9,841 samples	18x
Ryzen 5 5500AMD $80Bench 86%, 3,830 samples	15x

GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	13x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	13x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	6x

SSD
SNV2S1000G 1TBKingstonBench 260%, 75,739 samples	10x
SNV2S500G 500GBKingstonBench 233%, 18,653 samples	5x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $106Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	4x

RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	11x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	5x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	4x

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Value: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $125

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16