Gigabyte GA-MA790X-DS4

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 47.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.04% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-MA790X-DS4 (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090812
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 22 '22 at 19:44
Run Duration	274 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 940 3,675 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Memory 64.7 1-Core 45.8 2-Core 89.4 42% 66.6 Pts	4-Core 176 8-Core 177 24% 176 Pts	64-Core 178 11% 178 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 56%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro 600 15,964 User benchmarks, average bench 3% HP(103C 0835) 1GB CLim: 640 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 372.95 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.04% Terrible	Lighting 3.6 Reflection 5.5 Parallax 2 3% 3.7 fps	MRender 5.2 Gravity 4.2 Splatting 3 3% 4.13 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.04% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 96 95 98 101 100 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	46.5% Average	Read 163 Write 115 Mixed 130 SusWrite 97.2 28% 126 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 52.3 4K Mixed 25.3 92% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 74.4 70% 110 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 61%
Sandisk SD9SB8W1T001122 1TB 189 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 293GB free Firmware: X6107000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 214 220 221 226 225 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	70.8% Very good	Read 252 Write 230 Mixed 223 SusWrite 221 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 59.9 4K Mixed 39.4 131% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 142 107% 143 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 263GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 158 161 159 159 161 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 116 Mixed 74.7 SusWrite 159 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 114%
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB-$136 7,908 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 270GB free Firmware: SD1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 73 73 73 73 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 71.7 Write 12.7 Mixed 40.2 SusWrite 72.7 36% 49.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 59%
Seagate ST3250620A 250GB-$80 471 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 164GB free Firmware: 3.AAF SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 73 75 75 75 75 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 71.3 Write 55.1 Mixed 42.1 SusWrite 74.4 45% 60.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 42%

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)	26.2% Poor	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 10.4 26% 9.2 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 5.6 SC Mixed 7.2 17% 6.1 GB/s	Latency 115 35% 115 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 45%

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 49%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA790X-DS4

CPU
Phenom II X4 945AMDBench 51%, 12,746 samples	2x
Phenom II X4 940AMDBench 49%, 3,675 samples	2x
Phenom II X6 1090TAMD $240Bench 57%, 23,506 samples	1x

GPU
GeForce 9600 GTNvidiaBench 4%, 20,826 samples	1x
HD 7870AMD $203Bench 26%, 42,130 samples	1x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	1x

SSD
530 Series 120GBIntel $79Bench 67%, 15,015 samples	1x
MX300 275GBCrucial $100Bench 79%, 67,541 samples	1x
120GB 120GBSSDBench 59%, 4,995 samples	1x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	9x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	3x
4GBUnknownBench 26%, 42,830 samples	1x

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Value: 6% - Terrible

Total price: $79

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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