Gigabyte GA-X38-DS4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 55.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	32.7% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X38-DS4 (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20080904
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '19 at 17:05
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Memory 80.7 1-Core 46 2-Core 91.6 48% 72.8 Pts	4-Core 182 8-Core 175 24% 178 Pts	64-Core 179 11% 179 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E221) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 18% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$52 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF510000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 35 43 34 55 109 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	32.7% Below average	Read 190 Write 133 Mixed 168 SusWrite 76.9 32% 142 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 24.1 4K Mixed 18.7 62% 19.8 MB/s	DQ Read 19.6 DQ Write 27.2 DQ Mixed 15.7 14% 20.8 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 55%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 164GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 221 220 223 223 223 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	59.5% Above average	Read 201 Write 213 Mixed 204 SusWrite 221 47% 210 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 47.7 4K Mixed 35.4 114% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 33.5 DQ Write 63.3 DQ Mixed 43 34% 46.6 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 134%

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 (69^th percentile)	26.1% Poor	MC Read 8.8 MC Write 8 MC Mixed 7.9 24% 8.23 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 8.5 23% 7.9 GB/s	Latency 79.3 50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 45%

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

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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 $62Bench 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: 46% - Average

Total price: $162

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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