Gigabyte GA-A520M S2H

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% 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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	70.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.9% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-A520M S2H (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20211014
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '21 at 09:30
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

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 7 3800X-$285 141,122 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 83.6 1-Core 157 2-Core 312 99% 184 Pts	4-Core 588 8-Core 1,049 99% 819 Pts	64-Core 1,510 93% 1,510 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Asus(1043 8539) CLim: 1467 MHz, MLim: 1790 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 496.13 Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.3% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 118 Parallax 106 82% 108 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 99.3 Splatting 0 47% 65.6 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate BarraCuda Q1 SSD ZA480CV10001 480GB 2,539 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 262GB free (System drive) Firmware: STWSH012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 468 402 4.2 4.1 4.6 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 374 Write 418 Mixed 375 SusWrite 224 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 40 150% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 171 151% 224 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 97%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 133 127 131 134 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 114 Write 114 Mixed 39 SusWrite 130 72% 99 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.4 88% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 524GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 148 147 146 147 147 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 111 Write 99.6 Mixed 71.1 SusWrite 147 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 109%
WDC WD10 PURX-64E5EY0 1TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 344GB free, PID 0502 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 37 37 39 38 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	21.4% Poor	Read 36.8 Write 37.2 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 37.8 48% 35.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 122% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 21%
WDC WD10 PURX-64D85Y0 1TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 319GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 105 104 102 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 120 Write 126 Mixed 63.4 SusWrite 104 138% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 130% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 49%
Kingston DTR30G2 64GB 753 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 1GB free, PID 16a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 125 Write 54.5 Mixed 34 75% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 11.9 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.3 119% 4.7 MB/s
Poor: 10% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 51,435 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3266 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 34.1 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 27.4 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 36.1 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 108%

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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 S2H

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $125Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	224x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	160x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	123x

GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	145x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	92x
RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)AMDBench 13%, 162,082 samples	66x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	36x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	24x
SNV2S1000G 1TBKingstonBench 260%, 75,739 samples	22x

RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	46x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	43x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	37x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $153

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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