Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 50.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	72.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	35.9% 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	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090424
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '20 at 14:12
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (41^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 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 above expectations (66^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Memory 75.9 1-Core 38 2-Core 76.3 43% 63.4 Pts	4-Core 149 8-Core 149 20% 149 Pts	64-Core 147 9% 147 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 50.6% 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: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.8% Very good	Lighting 79.7 Reflection 119 Parallax 116 65% 105 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 105 Splatting 109 88% 107 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$50 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF400400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 176 136 141 128 132 MB/s Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	35.9% Below average	Read 226 Write 205 Mixed 178 SusWrite 147 42% 189 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 17.3 4K Mixed 16.3 55% 16.7 MB/s	DQ Read 17.7 DQ Write 20.3 DQ Mixed 18 14% 18.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 55%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$68 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 78 77 79 82 83 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 109 Write 97.5 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 79.1 67% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 67%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 404GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 78 77 79 82 83 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 89.6 Write 84.3 Mixed 58.4 SusWrite 78.9 57% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.5% 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)	21.7% Poor	MC Read 7.2 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 6.6 20% 6.8 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 6.6 18% 6.27 GB/s	Latency 88.6 45% 88.6 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 45%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 50%

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Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $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: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $422

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16