Gigabyte GA-A520 AORUS ELITE

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	181% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-A520 AORUS ELITE (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200904
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '21 at 10:11
Run Duration	286 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 75.9 1-Core 149 2-Core 298 93% 174 Pts	4-Core 587 8-Core 857 90% 722 Pts	64-Core 1,083 67% 1,083 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.41 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (75 fps cap detected)	61.2% Good	Lighting 75 Reflection 75 Parallax 75 61% 75 fps	MRender 75 Gravity 75 Splatting 75 61% 75 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 490 23 50 51 56 56 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 1,464 Write 910 Mixed 899 SusWrite 121 188% 849 MB/s	4K Read 61.3 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 79.1 284% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 869 DQ Mixed 221 280% 480 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 242%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 105GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 420 409 411 411 402 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 495 Mixed 397 SusWrite 413 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 59.3 203% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 251 222% 333 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 126%
ICY BOX BOX IB-3620 2TB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 377GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 119 119 119 119 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 149 Write 154 Mixed 28.9 SusWrite 118 145% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 99% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 57%
ICY BOX BOX IB-3620 6TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 3TB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 119 119 119 119 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 219 Write 203 Mixed 134 SusWrite 118 219% 168 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 1.2 263% 7.33 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.9% Very good	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 28.8 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 27.7 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 88.5 45% 88.5 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 90%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 37: 4R 5G 2B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
37%	28%	39	87	71	60	31.5"	1920 1080	ACR0568 Acer ET322QR

History: Score 9: 0R 0G 9B | Score 61: 9R 5G 1B | Score 37: 4R 5G 2B

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A520 AORUS ELITE

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $119Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	180x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	178x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	67x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 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 $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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: 110% - Outstanding

Total price: $409

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Gigabyte GA-A520 AORUS ELITE

Performance Results

PC Performing above expectations (76th percentile)

System Memory Latency Ladder

SkillBench Score 37: 4R 5G 2B (High Scores)

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)