Gigabyte GA-EX38-DQ6

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 12% 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 49.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	37.7% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EX38-DQ6 (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20080730
Uptime	26.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '16 at 19:30
Run Duration	395 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	13%

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 Xeon X3360 631 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.85 GHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Memory 75.3 1-Core 39.7 2-Core 78.8 43% 64.6 Pts	4-Core 139 8-Core 140 19% 140 Pts	64-Core 139 9% 139 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gigabyte(1458 3603) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Lighting 45.3 Reflection 41.1 Parallax 55.4 37% 47.3 fps	MRender 55.4 Gravity 53 Splatting 38.7 39% 49.1 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 14 2249 (03) Spinup time 92 92 3200 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 757 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 1 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 30889 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 724 (0D) Soft read error rate 98 14 2249 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 8351 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 62 487325720 (C2) HDA temperature 75 60 520880153 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 476759365 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 9 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 99 4 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 98 94 108	42.1% Average	Read 74.8 Write 71.9 Mixed 28.7 43% 58.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.34 76% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 59%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$65 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 45GB free Firmware: 12.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 42 (03) Spinup time 165 155 4725 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2728 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 1 1 72835 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 607 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 322 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2768 (C2) HDA temperature 117 82 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	29.7% Poor	Read 42 Write 61.1 Mixed 35.8 34% 46.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.32 91% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 58%
TettraStore 2TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 3GB free Firmware: 0000 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	21.2% Poor	Read 48.3 Write 25.9 Mixed 9.92 20% 28 MB/s	4K Read 0.15 4K Write 0.28 4K Mixed 0.14 27% 0.19 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 30%
SanDisk Cruzer Switch 4GB 500 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 0GB free, PID 5572 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	8.11% Terrible	Read 15.5 Write 3.35 Mixed 5.58 8% 8.14 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 1.19 102% 2.46 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.11% Great: 12%

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)	20.1% Poor	MC Read 7 MC Write 5.8 MC Mixed 5.9 18% 6.23 GB/s	SC Read 5.6 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 6.4 16% 5.73 GB/s	Latency 89.7 45% 89.7 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 45%

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 53%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EX38-DQ6

CPU
Core2 QuadIntel $90Bench 43%, 5,765 samples	1x
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	1x

SSD
870 QVO 2TBSamsung $145Bench 102%, 41,734 samples	1x

RAM
4GBUnknownBench 26%, 42,830 samples	1x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	1x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $294

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