Gigabyte GA-A520M DS3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-A520M DS3H (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20221109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '24 at 14:30
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	ZMB-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 75.4 1-Core 163 2-Core 325 99% 188 Pts	4-Core 648 8-Core 894 97% 771 Pts	64-Core 1,132 70% 1,132 Pts
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% MSI(1462 C810) ≥ 4GB Ram: 6GB, Driver: 23.12.1 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	84.4% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 175 Parallax 178 88% 154 fps	MRender 92.6 Gravity 119 Splatting 78.3 78% 96.6 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT1000P3SSD8 1TB 44,174 User benchmarks, average bench 268% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: P9CR30A Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,038 Write 2,552 Mixed 2,082 499% 2,224 MB/s	4K Read 50 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 73.1 248% 90.4 MB/s	DQ Read 795 DQ Write 679 DQ Mixed 761 564% 745 MB/s
Poor: 102% Great: 394%
WD WD5000BUCT-63PUZY0 500GB 655 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 14GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 76 77 77 77 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 73.7 Write 72.5 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 76.9 50% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 50%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$23 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 7GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 70 69 67 60 61 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 89.2 Write 82 Mixed 54.2 SusWrite 67 54% 73.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KF3600C17D4/8GX 2x8GB 13,018 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	85.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 29.9 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 27.2 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 90.2 44% 90.2 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 121%

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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	70	57	60	21.5"	1280 720	AOC2279 2279WH

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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 $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	161x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $115Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	100x

GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	166x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	65x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $238Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	55x

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	44x
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 i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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