Gigabyte GA-EX38-DS5

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 52.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	29.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39% 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

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EX38-DS5 (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20080725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '22 at 15:31
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 Q9650-$170 16,719 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	52.3% Above average	Memory 72.3 1-Core 43.8 2-Core 95.4 45% 70.5 Pts	4-Core 192 8-Core 176 25% 184 Pts	64-Core 189 12% 189 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 372C) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.6% Poor	Lighting 36.7 Reflection 43.6 Parallax 35.6 30% 38.6 fps	MRender 46.8 Gravity 38.2 Splatting 25.6 29% 36.9 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Vi550 S3 SSD 256GB 1,488 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 175 138 54 57 56 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	39% Below average	Read 181 Write 142 Mixed 152 SusWrite 104 32% 144 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 30.8 4K Mixed 21.2 78% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 25.1 DQ Write 42.4 DQ Mixed 25.3 22% 30.9 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 103%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 1TB-$50 17,310 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 764GB free Firmware: VC22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 118 124 125 124 118 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 160 Write 124 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 118 85% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 119%

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 (42^nd percentile)	20% Poor	MC Read 6.8 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 6.2 19% 6.5 GB/s	SC Read 4 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 5.2 14% 4.73 GB/s	Latency 96.1 42% 96.1 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20% 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-EX38-DS5 Builds (Compare 16 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 14%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

Gunboat

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EX38-DS5

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9300Intel $38Bench 46%, 10,428 samples	8x
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	6x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 1050Nvidia $101Bench 26%, 269,381 samples	6x
GeForce 8600 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 8,099 samples	6x
R9 270XAMD $199Bench 27%, 77,943 samples	1x

SSD
S3 SSD 256GBVi550Bench 75%, 1,488 samples	4x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	4x
330 Series 60GBIntelBench 57%, 2,582 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	12x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	1x
3x2GBUnknownBench 30%, 45,030 samples	1x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $139

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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