Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 49.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	80.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	31.7% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '20 at 11:59
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 Q9450-$110 5,335 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Memory 74.4 1-Core 37.7 2-Core 76.8 42% 63 Pts	4-Core 150 8-Core 151 20% 150 Pts	64-Core 149 9% 149 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.5% Excellent	Lighting 98.8 Reflection 110 Parallax 106 80% 105 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 95.8 Splatting 101 80% 97.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$35 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF400400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 129 137 154 138 151 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	31.7% Below average	Read 219 Write 202 Mixed 110 SusWrite 145 38% 169 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 8.9 4K Mixed 11 44% 12.1 MB/s	DQ Read 18.5 DQ Write 18.6 DQ Mixed 16.4 13% 17.8 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 55%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 76 76 76 82 83 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 110 Write 91.5 Mixed 86.9 SusWrite 77.5 68% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 67%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 262GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 75 75 76 82 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 80 Write 87.5 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 77.2 57% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 62%

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 (56^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	MC Read 7.5 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 6.8 20% 7 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 7 19% 6.67 GB/s	Latency 91.6 44% 91.6 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 45%

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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%

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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