Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.84% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	33.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte X38-DS5
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20090424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '18 at 14:59
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q9505-$250 2,124 User benchmarks, average bench 47% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Memory 70.8 1-Core 49.1 2-Core 97.1 46% 72.3 Pts	4-Core 190 8-Core 186 25% 188 Pts	64-Core 193 12% 193 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series (Engineering Sample - WDDM v1.1) 155 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 1590) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.93.7.0 Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	4.84% Terrible	Lighting 5.9 Reflection 8.65 Parallax 3.75 5% 6.1 fps	MRender 5.48 Gravity 3.5 Splatting 8.13 5% 5.7 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.84% Great: 5%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 525ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 6017055 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -25013889527721 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1019 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 142 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 49 64427720736 (C2) HDA temperature 32 49 64427720736 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6017055 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6017055 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6017055 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6339 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8458 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8458 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7307	33.8% Below average	Read 129 Write 85.1 Mixed 77.2 21% 97 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 59.1 4K Mixed 9.83 74% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 20.7 DQ Write 79.5 DQ Mixed 7.9 18% 36 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 73%

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 above expectations (64^th percentile)	23.7% Poor	MC Read 7.2 MC Write 8.3 MC Mixed 7.3 22% 7.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 7.7 21% 7.47 GB/s	Latency 99.6 40% 99.6 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 45%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical GA-X38-DQ6 Builds (Compare 47 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 50%

Yacht

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	10x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	7x
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	4x
Radeon HD 3870ATIBench 6%, 554 samples	4x
GeForce GT 240NvidiaBench 4%, 11,020 samples	3x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	3x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	32x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	5x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	4x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $627

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $37	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