Gigabyte GA-A520M DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-A520M DS3H (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '21 at 12:41
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 85.4 1-Core 149 2-Core 298 96% 177 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 835 82% 672 Pts	64-Core 1,091 68% 1,091 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC8) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Lighting 93.1 Reflection 86.9 Parallax 78.7 76% 86.2 fps	MRender 66.8 Gravity 82.4 Splatting 73.9 61% 74.4 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 2.5" PHISON 256GB PS3111-S11 TLC 25 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFD00.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 74 74 32 65 36 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 492 Write 297 Mixed 330 SusWrite 66.4 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 34.7 148% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 72.4 118% 225 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 85%
Kingston SA2000M8500G 500GB 87,883 User benchmarks, average bench 197% 370GB free Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1718 1720 1538 661 542 541 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	275% Outstanding	Read 1704 Write 1,755 Mixed 1,303 SusWrite 1,120 330% 1,470 MB/s	4K Read 66.3 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 93.2 321% 117 MB/s	DQ Read 764 DQ Write 1,000 DQ Mixed 347 411% 703 MB/s
Poor: 118% ↑ This bench: 275% Great: 277%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 515GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 142 143 145 145 143 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 160 Write 151 Mixed 104 SusWrite 143 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.2 241% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 37,374 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 34.8 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 25.9 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 34.9 80% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 107%

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

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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 $137Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	221x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	161x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	100x

GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	166x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	65x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 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: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $165

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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