Gigabyte GA-A520M S2H

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	142% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

24 months ago, 23 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-A520M S2H (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '22 at 21:29
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	MNE-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 5500-$99 3,830 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 73.1 1-Core 154 2-Core 300 93% 176 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 828 83% 674 Pts	64-Core 1,124 70% 1,124 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$270 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Nvidia(10DE 1530) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 134 Parallax 132 122% 138 fps	MRender 145 Gravity 105 Splatting 100 93% 117 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston RBUSNS8154P3256GJ1 256GB 13,793 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FK12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 828 791 376 234 221 214 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 772 Write 819 Mixed 768 SusWrite 444 158% 701 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 47.4 177% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 676 DQ Write 682 DQ Mixed 577 462% 645 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 136%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 298GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 101 101 101 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 101 Mixed 67.4 SusWrite 101 68% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 205 200 203 200 200 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 145 Write 171 Mixed 82 SusWrite 202 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 135% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905713-030.A00G JM2666HLB-8G 16GB 2666, 2666 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	66.3% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 24.5 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 20.8 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 94.4 42% 94.4 ns

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A520M S2H

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $125Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	220x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	160x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $154Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	123x

GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	143x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	90x
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
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	36x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $153

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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