Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z97

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z97 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 20:32
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 113 2-Core 215 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 536 58% 463 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3775) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Lighting 81 Reflection 79.7 Parallax 69.9 66% 76.9 fps	MRender 71.4 Gravity 74.3 Splatting 75.7 61% 73.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 24289 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1935 (B1) Unknown 78 78 263 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 56 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 9 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1650 (F1) Unknown 99 99 51894329712	89.1% Excellent	Read 483 Write 340 Mixed 333 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 70.9 4K Mixed 24.3 127% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 67.5 101% 194 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 108%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 971GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 7 (03) Spinup time 185 168 7725 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1873 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 24083 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1419 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 686 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 26 26 524915 (C2) HDA temperature 118 105 34 (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	77.4% Very good	Read 152 Write 118 Mixed 118 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.31 73% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 87%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 238GB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 104 (03) Spinup time 133 133 21500002721 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 656 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8575 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 510 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 979 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 979 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 210454183976 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	72.5% Very good	Read 141 Write 111 Mixed 115 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 3.42 4K Mixed 0.34 128% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 16GB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z97

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	184x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	87x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	70x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	66x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	36x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	29x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	23x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	19x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 54%, 8,026 samples	31x
BLS4G3D169DS3.16FE 4x4GBCrucialBench 59%, 371 samples	28x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	25x

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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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