Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 50.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	30% 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	42.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20080227
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '19 at 18:35
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (40^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 Q9550-$161 34,093 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.85 GHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Memory 78.5 1-Core 40.3 2-Core 80.4 44% 66.4 Pts	4-Core 136 8-Core 141 18% 138 Pts	64-Core 152 9% 152 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8420) 2GB CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30% Below average	Lighting 36.5 Reflection 34.6 Parallax 44.8 30% 38.6 fps	MRender 41.3 Gravity 43.7 Splatting 29.9 30% 38.3 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 105 104 109 89 88 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	42.4% Average	Read 204 Write 138 Mixed 170 SusWrite 95.9 34% 152 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 29.5 4K Mixed 22.2 70% 23 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 125 98% 136 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 88%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 48GB free Firmware: 1AA0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 71 70 69 71 74 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	46.5% Average	Read 90.3 Write 108 Mixed 46 SusWrite 71.2 58% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 209% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 62%
WD RE4 250GB (2010)-$33 1,397 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 92GB free Firmware: 01.01S01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 64 61 64 67 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 99.3 Write 92.5 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 63.6 58% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 198% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 79%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 72GB free Firmware: CR10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 39 40 40 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 32.5 Write 41.5 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 39.9 26% 35.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 44%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$55 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 101GB free Firmware: 01.01V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 64 61 63 66 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 122 Write 114 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 62.9 67% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 76%
Maxtor OneTouch 1TB 141 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 154GB free, PID 7300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 27 26 26 27 27 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Read 32.2 Write 3.8 Mixed 9.5 SusWrite 26.5 21% 18 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 54% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 21%

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 above expectations (60^th percentile)	23.1% Poor	MC Read 8.3 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 7.1 21% 7.33 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 6.7 18% 6.17 GB/s	Latency 83.4 48% 83.4 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23.1% 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%

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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