Gigabyte GA-A520M DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	213% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-A520M DS3H (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20221109
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	May 12 '24 at 03:13
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 5600X-$120 383,420 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 79.9 1-Core 164 2-Core 299 98% 181 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 823 84% 678 Pts	64-Core 1,008 62% 1,008 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 552.22 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.4% Very good	Lighting 86 Reflection 154 Parallax 93.1 70% 111 fps	MRender 89.4 Gravity 90.8 Splatting 90.1 74% 90.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 92,081 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 311GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 709 247 293 227 184 203 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 1,593 Write 1,844 Mixed 1,580 SusWrite 310 299% 1,332 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 74.2 253% 92.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,343 DQ Write 972 DQ Mixed 1,087 831% 1134 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 295%
Patriot Burst 240GB 26,886 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 199GB free Firmware: SBFMK1.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 403 403 392 401 412 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 285 Write 203 Mixed 204 SusWrite 403 62% 274 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 43.5 4K Mixed 21.6 89% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 44.2 DQ Write 49.8 DQ Mixed 41.8 33% 45.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 94%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$117 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 223GB free Firmware: SAFM00.U SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 484 473 472 476 480 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 480 Mixed 332 SusWrite 477 101% 447 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 38.5 146% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 374 DQ Mixed 69.4 131% 258 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 111%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$26 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 346GB free Firmware: 0005HPM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 66 66 65 66 66 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 75.3 Write 53.8 Mixed 39.2 SusWrite 65.6 43% 58.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$40 87,344 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 35.9 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 32.4 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 80.9 49% 80.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 120%

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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	68	56	240	23.8"	1280 720	VSC3B3B XG2431

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 21%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A520M DS3H

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $115Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	222x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $81Bench 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	57x

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: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $143

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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