Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


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 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.3% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z87 (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141121
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	May 10 '19 at 05:00
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	23%

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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 i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 77.5 1-Core 124 2-Core 239 81% 147 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 577 61% 486 Pts	64-Core 618 38% 618 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 370E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 152 Parallax 129 120% 143 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 146 Splatting 115 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 182 164 181 181 129 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 463 Write 416 Mixed 263 SusWrite 188 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 39.9 132% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 240 201% 294 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 101%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 46GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,652 Write 1,538 Mixed 770 292% 1320 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 78.2 4K Mixed 44.8 149% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 570 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 482 351% 463 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
SanDisk Extreme 240GB-$200 7,034 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 26GB free Firmware: R201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 150 179 188 180 184 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 371 Write 211 Mixed 268 SusWrite 177 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 34.2 131% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 232 184% 258 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 91%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 710GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 102 104 105 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 179 Write 178 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 103 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.8 215% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BD160B.C16 4x8GB 804 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.2% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 16.2 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 10.2 SC Mixed 12.8 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 85.2 47% 85.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 60%

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

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Typical GA-G1.Sniper Z87 Builds (Compare 373 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 40%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z87 - $120

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	105x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	74x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	63x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	32x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	25x
RX 590AMD $200Bench 57%, 122,060 samples	24x

SSD
BX500 480GBCrucial $38Bench 63%, 83,298 samples	34x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	20x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	13x

RAM
CML16GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-1600C9-8GXM 0215 CML16GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-1600C9-8GXM 32GBUnknownBench 65%, 17 samples	13x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 51%, 10,062 samples	11x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 4,160 samples	9x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $478

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