Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 46.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	40.4% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (all builds)
Memory	2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1824 x 1026 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20090622
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '19 at 16:51
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon X3363 352 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.85 GHz Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	46.2% Average	Memory 67.7 1-Core 39.9 2-Core 78.8 40% 62.1 Pts	4-Core 147 8-Core 138 19% 142 Pts	64-Core 142 9% 142 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 56%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC8) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.7% Good	Lighting 73.1 Reflection 87.3 Parallax 84.3 60% 81.6 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 80 Splatting 77.7 63% 76.6 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 26 28 29 29 30 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	40.4% Average	Read 211 Write 198 Mixed 164 SusWrite 27.6 34% 150 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 41.3 4K Mixed 25.5 91% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 31.5 DQ Write 64 DQ Mixed 34.2 30% 43.2 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 128%
Faspeed H5-500G 500GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 98GB free Firmware: N1114B SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 83 84 85 87 90 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	46.2% Average	Read 213 Write 211 Mixed 183 SusWrite 84.6 39% 173 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 46.7 4K Mixed 29.3 96% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 27.6 DQ Write 76.7 DQ Mixed 39.8 34% 48 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 103%
Hitachi HUS726060ALE614 6TB 343 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 1.5TB free Firmware: APGNW907 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 28 29 29 30 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 189 Write 150 Mixed 53 SusWrite 28.9 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.7 177% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 119%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 883GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 111 111 107 112 113 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 118 Write 111 Mixed 73.8 SusWrite 110 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 86%
WD Purple 3TB (2014)-$81 6,631 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 903GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 95 100 84 92 90 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 130 Write 110 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 94.2 67% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 92% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 85%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$46 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 535GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 83 84 85 87 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 142 Write 145 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 84.6 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 216% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 108%
WDC WDS2 40G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB 28GB free, PID 0578 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 27 27 27 27 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31.5% Below average	Read 32.8 Write 29.5 Mixed 30 SusWrite 26.7 40% 29.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.5 4K Write 6.3 4K Mixed 6.3 453% 6.37 MB/s

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 expectations (35^th percentile)	19.2% Very poor	MC Read 6.1 MC Write 6.2 MC Mixed 6.1 18% 6.13 GB/s	SC Read 5 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 5.3 15% 5.33 GB/s	Latency 107 37% 107 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.2% 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 $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 $45	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