Gigabyte GA-EX38-DS4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 39.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	52.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EX38-DS4 (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 15 '16 at 05:29
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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
Intel Core2 Quad Q6600-$100 59,658 User benchmarks, average bench 42% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	Memory 66.6 1-Core 27.9 2-Core 55.6 35% 50 Pts	4-Core 75.2 8-Core 98.4 11% 86.8 Pts	64-Core 102 6% 102 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R9 290X 3,695 User benchmarks, average bench 49% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1701.0 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Lighting 64.5 Reflection 59.5 Parallax 82.7 52% 68.9 fps	MRender 55 Gravity 57.4 Splatting 73.5 52% 62 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 363GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4967 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 331 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 59 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 35 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6161400033
Poor: 72% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 211GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 161132964 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1242 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 64510664 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13223 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 906 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 53 454492187 (C2) HDA temperature 27 47 55834574875 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 22 161132964 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -137795435741833 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1835147440 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1189515371	63.1% Good	Read 112 Write 108 Mixed 104 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.43 104% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 88%
Seagate ST980811AS 80GB-$100 1,707 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 74GB free Firmware: 3.BHD Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3547 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 133383082261 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7080 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3338 (BB) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 70 27 42683890008094 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 249 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 2 2 197350 (C2) HDA temperature 30 73 47244640286 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 81 53 134950420 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	24.7% Poor	Read 42 Write 43.8 Mixed 42.1 32% 42.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.29 66% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	16.7% Very poor	MC Read 6.6 MC Write 4.3 MC Mixed 4.8 15% 5.23 GB/s	SC Read 4.4 SC Write 4 SC Mixed 5 13% 4.47 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 45%

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Gaming 4%

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Desktop 41%

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Workstation 4%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EX38-DS4

CPU
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	14x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	10x
Core2 Duo E8500Intel $110Bench 42%, 18,841 samples	4x

GPU
GeForce GT 520NvidiaBench 2%, 16,336 samples	5x
GeForce GT 610NvidiaBench 2%, 62,458 samples	4x
GTX 550-TiNvidia $250Bench 9%, 54,392 samples	4x

SSD
SSDPR-CL100-120-G3 120GBBench 63%, 1,092 samples	7x
Burst 120GBPatriotBench 66%, 15,567 samples	5x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	13x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	11x
3x2GBUnknownBench 30%, 45,030 samples	6x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $89

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16