Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 48%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.86% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	75.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte X38-DS5
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (all builds)
Memory	6.7 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	Oct 17 '19 at 22:35
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q8400-$150 18,432 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	48% Average	Memory 70 1-Core 38.6 2-Core 76.5 41% 61.7 Pts	4-Core 153 8-Core 153 20% 153 Pts	64-Core 153 10% 153 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8576) 1GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.86% Terrible	Lighting 4.57 Reflection 4.38 Parallax 4.38 4% 4.44 fps	MRender 4.62 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 6.17 4% 4.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.86% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 428GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 228 232 244 241 244 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	75.5% Very good	Read 257 Write 249 Mixed 246 SusWrite 236 56% 247 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 62.2 4K Mixed 41.8 137% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 181 135% 180 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 129%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$51 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 191 190 194 193 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 193 Mixed 94.8 SusWrite 193 123% 168 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%
Imation Classic 32GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 20GB free, PID 070c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.9 6.2 11 13 13 13 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	8.15% Terrible	Read 21.8 Write 12.5 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 10.1 16% 13 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.7 60% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.15% Great: 10%

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 (49^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	MC Read 6.6 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 6.3 19% 6.53 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 6.6 18% 6.27 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.7% 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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	4x
Radeon HD 3870ATIBench 6%, 554 samples	4x
GeForce GT 240NvidiaBench 4%, 11,020 samples	3x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $88Bench 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: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $444

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16