Gigabyte GA-A520M K V2

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14% 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 Drive	223% 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	40GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 40GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (79%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-A520M K V2 (all builds)
Memory	35.6 GB free of 40 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20230608
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '23 at 14:26
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	79%

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 5600G-$119 14,368 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 71.7 1-Core 164 2-Core 329 98% 188 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 916 80% 680 Pts	64-Core 1,127 70% 1,127 Pts
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU) 140,621 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 22.20.02 Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Lighting 17.2 Reflection 15.7 Parallax 25.4 14% 19.4 fps	MRender 6.3 Gravity 22.6 Splatting 20.6 14% 16.5 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Consistent NVME S6 256GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 149% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: V0513A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1448 1509 1474 1500 436 268 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 1,835 Write 1,532 Mixed 1,207 SusWrite 1,106 318% 1,420 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 33 181% 72.2 MB/s	DQ Read 428 DQ Write 898 DQ Mixed 413 386% 580 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 223%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$20 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 461GB free Firmware: CC62 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 198 197 197 200 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 182 Mixed 76.7 SusWrite 197 117% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3600 C20 Series 3600 C20 Series 39GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2666, 2666 MHz 8192, 32767 MB Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	44.9% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 13.7 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 16 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 129%

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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	42	7	60	19"	1280 720	LEN114F LEN L1900pA

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 22%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A520M K V2

CPU
Ryzen 5 5500AMD $80Bench 86%, 3,830 samples	89x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $119Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	52x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	43x

GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	30x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	28x
RX 6600AMD $330Bench 86%, 14,868 samples	21x

SSD
CT500P3SSD8 500GBBench 198%, 13,020 samples	12x
AGI512G16AI198 512GBBench 174%, 722 samples	10x
SNV2S500G 500GBKingstonBench 233%, 18,653 samples	9x

RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	15x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $34Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	14x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	12x

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Value: 121% - Outstanding

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