Gigabyte GA-X38-DS4

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 46.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.98% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	57.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X38-DS4 (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 6 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090424
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '20 at 11:04
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 Q6600-$100 59,658 User benchmarks, average bench 42% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Memory 70.8 1-Core 34.7 2-Core 69.2 39% 58.2 Pts	4-Core 136 8-Core 135 18% 136 Pts	64-Core 138 8% 138 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT 8,099 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Gigabyte(1458 3455) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.01 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	1.98% Terrible	Lighting 2.27 Reflection 4.31 Parallax 0.81 2% 2.46 fps	MRender 3.38 Gravity 1.67 Splatting 3.09 2% 2.71 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.98% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 212 210 219 174 125 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	57.5% Above average	Read 222 Write 239 Mixed 181 SusWrite 185 47% 207 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 65.2 4K Mixed 31.3 111% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 27.7 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 37.3 37% 56.2 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 98%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 279GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 103 105 105 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 102 Write 105 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 105 70% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 69%
Seagate ST380011A 80GB-$43 2,329 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 62GB free Firmware: .360 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 31 30 31 31 31 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Read 26.3 Write 29.5 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 30.4 20% 27 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 149% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 30%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 126GB free Firmware: 02.03E02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 78 78 80 80 78 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Read 79.4 Write 78.4 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 78.3 53% 72.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6GB 111,301 User benchmarks, average bench 25% null MHz 2048, 1024, 2048, 1024 MB Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	18.6% Very poor	MC Read 6.2 MC Write 5.6 MC Mixed 5.4 16% 5.73 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 5.8 16% 5.6 GB/s	Latency 99.6 40% 99.6 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 46%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical GA-X38-DS4 Builds (Compare 13 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 42%

Speed boat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X38-DS4

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	13x

GPU
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	7x
GeForce 8600 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 8,099 samples	4x
GTX 1050Nvidia $101Bench 26%, 269,381 samples	2x

SSD
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $60Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	5x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	2x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $68Bench 224%, 92,081 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	8x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	4x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	1x

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Value: 47% - Average

Total price: $160

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