Gigabyte GA-A520M DS3H

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 17%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 16%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics13.7% 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.
Boot Drive201% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-A520M DS3H  (all builds)
Memory7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20201125
Uptime0.5 Days
Run DateApr 02 '21 at 18:15
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 100%

 PC Performing as expected (50th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4350G Graphics
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
69.7% Good
Memory 61.2
1-Core 121
2-Core 223
73% 135 Pts
4-Core 420
8-Core 658
66% 539 Pts
64-Core 569
35% 569 Pts
Poor: 64%
This bench: 69.7%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)
Gigabyte(1458 D000) 512MB
Ram: 512MB, Driver: 20.10.35.02
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
13.7% Very poor
Lighting 17.2
Reflection 17
Parallax 22.1
14% 18.8 fps
MRender 9.3
Gravity 17.5
Splatting 19.2
13% 15.3 fps
Poor: 8%
This bench: 13.7%
Great: 17%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston OM8PDP3256B-AI1 256GB
134GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFK0S03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 705 323 320 331 330 323 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
201% Outstanding
Read 1,289
Write 1,179
Mixed 1,118
SusWrite 389
222% 994 MB/s
4K Read 53.9
4K Write 184
4K Mixed 75.7
276% 104 MB/s
DQ Read 910
DQ Write 941
DQ Mixed 850
660% 900 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 201%
Great: 211%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
410GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 159 162 164 164 163 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
95.9% Outstanding
Read 172
Write 145
Mixed 83.1
SusWrite 162
103% 141 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 95.9%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
69.6% Good
MC Read 27.1
MC Write 26.7
MC Mixed 24.8
75% 26.2 GB/s
SC Read 13.3
SC Write 21.5
SC Mixed 16.8
49% 17.2 GB/s
Latency 124
32% 124 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 69.6%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-A520M DS3H Builds (Compare 995 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 22%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 21%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A520M DS3H

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 90% - Outstanding Total price: $165
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