Gigabyte GA-A520 AORUS ELITE

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	293% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-A520 AORUS ELITE (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200904
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '22 at 08:07
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 82.1 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 90% 164 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 828 80% 658 Pts	64-Core 1,043 65% 1,043 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 4072) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 120 Parallax 123 106% 125 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 105 Splatting 91.3 90% 113 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 720 833 854 848 850 640 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	293% Outstanding	Read 2,592 Write 2,400 Mixed 1,833 SusWrite 791 426% 1,904 MB/s	4K Read 67.7 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 83.8 299% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,259 DQ Write 942 DQ Mixed 1,093 819% 1,098 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 293% Great: 355%
Sandisk Z400s 2.5 7MM 128GB 973 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 109GB free Firmware: Z2329012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 177 177 176 176 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 495 Write 172 Mixed 180 SusWrite 176 56% 256 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 14.1 113% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 76.7 84% 140 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 69%
Toshiba MK5059GSXP 500GB-$50 5,600 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 448GB free Firmware: GT001H SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 67 67 69 69 68 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 64 Write 66.8 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 67.2 40% 54.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 44%
Prolific RAID1 4TB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 3TB free, PID 2775 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	22.4% Poor	Read 49.7 Write 38.2 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 39.3 51% 38.9 MB/s	4K Read 9.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1.1 121% 4.1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL8G32C16U4B.M8FE1 2x8GB 12,012 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.7% Excellent	MC Read 37 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 35.5 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 25.3 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 35.6 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 76.7 52% 76.7 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 111%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A520 AORUS ELITE

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	182x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	179x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $206Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	67x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	65x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	56x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	36x

SSD
SNVS500G 500GBKingstonBench 186%, 34,043 samples	24x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	16x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	42x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	33x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	28x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $432

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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