Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 57.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6 (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '18 at 13:26
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (53^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 Q9550-$161 34,093 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Memory 77.9 1-Core 54.9 2-Core 109 51% 80.7 Pts	4-Core 215 8-Core 201 28% 208 Pts	64-Core 220 14% 220 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Zotac(19DA 1370) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.2% Good	Lighting 75.8 Reflection 81.1 Parallax 78.1 62% 78.3 fps	MRender 76.5 Gravity 70.3 Splatting 64.7 57% 70.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 21463395 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 132302172598437 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2952 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1707 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 37 64426934302 (C2) HDA temperature 30 37 64426934302 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 21463395 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 21463395 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 21463395 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10002 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8866 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8866 (F2) Unknown 0 0 38533	59.1% Above average	Read 258 Write 173 Mixed 198 46% 210 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 60 4K Mixed 24.8 106% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 14 45% 98.1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 113GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 87 118397056 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5830 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 57 98869995075 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16385 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3030 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 2014 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 60 60 40 (BE) vendor-specific 71 53 4833738781 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 836 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 236331 (C2) HDA temperature 29 47 -140737488355299 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 32 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 32 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -133826885967426 (F1) Unknown 100 253 25180593937 (F2) Unknown 100 253 35983229327	61.5% Good	Read 111 Write 103 Mixed 103 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 3.24 4K Mixed 0.2 91% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 114%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 61GB free Firmware: 3.AAC Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 101 82 55705080 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12551 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 839075879 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 31030 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6729 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 70 52 505217054 (C2) HDA temperature 30 48 77309411358 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 59 53 57488030 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 194 90 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	44.7% Average	Read 76.6 Write 79 Mixed 69.6 56% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.42 99% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 54%
WD WD1601ABYS-01C0A0 165GB 283 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 36GB free Firmware: 06.06H05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 160 2350 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5809 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 36711 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4344 (C2) HDA temperature 113 94 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2442 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	32.8% Below average	Read 57.7 Write 56.2 Mixed 56.7 43% 56.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.39 106% 1 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 44%
WD WD1601ABYS-01C0A0 165GB 283 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 27GB free Firmware: 06.06H05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 13 (03) Spinup time 160 156 2991 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7172 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 43 43 41893 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4944 (C2) HDA temperature 116 95 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 29722 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	39% Below average	Read 69.6 Write 65.9 Mixed 67 51% 67.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.36 100% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 44%

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 (69^th percentile)	25.7% Poor	MC Read 8.4 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 7.3 23% 8.17 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 7.5 23% 7.93 GB/s	Latency 84.6 47% 84.6 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 45%

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Desktop 45%

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Workstation 4%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	7x
Core2 Quad Q8300Intel $115Bench 44%, 20,482 samples	4x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	4x

GPU
GeForce GT 610NvidiaBench 2%, 62,458 samples	4x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	3x
GTX 760Nvidia $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples	2x

SSD
SU635 240GBAdata $20Bench 68%, 12,702 samples	4x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	2x
X110 128GBSanDisk $89Bench 71%, 11,245 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	27x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	11x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	1x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $181

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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