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 (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 49.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	5.94% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	58.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090622
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '18 at 15:51
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 Q9650-$170 16,719 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	49.6% Average	Memory 70.2 1-Core 43 2-Core 84.2 43% 65.8 Pts	4-Core 169 8-Core 170 23% 169 Pts	64-Core 173 11% 173 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% XFX(1682 7240) 2GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	5.94% Terrible	Lighting 7.3 Reflection 8.85 Parallax 9.09 6% 8.41 fps	MRender 7.05 Gravity 6.33 Splatting 8 6% 7.13 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.94% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU 800 256GB 336 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q092 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 92 86 88 88 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 326 Write 296 Mixed 278 SusWrite 92.3 56% 248 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 54.9 4K Mixed 33.3 110% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 55.5 DQ Mixed 0.9 33% 83.5 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 109%
MB2000EBZQC 2TB 993 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: HPG0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 152 151 149 154 152 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Read 153 Write 147 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 151 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.2 216% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 86%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 239GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 105 103 103 104 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 121 Write 112 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 104 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1 159% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 143GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 74 87 86 89 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 145 Write 129 Mixed 70 SusWrite 77 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 192% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 635GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 92 87 88 87 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 177 Write 147 Mixed 79.7 SusWrite 89.4 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 188GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 87 85 87 85 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Read 78.3 Write 79 Mixed 58 SusWrite 86.3 56% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 68%

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 as expected (42^nd percentile)	20.2% Poor	MC Read 6.6 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 6.1 18% 6.47 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 5.3 16% 5.5 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 45%

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Gaming 50%

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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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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