Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z97

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.7% 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	72.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z97 (all builds)
Memory	7.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 08 '18 at 03:12
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th 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 (98^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 211 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 562 59% 475 Pts	64-Core 573 36% 573 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% XFX(1682 9380) CLim: 990 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Lighting 43.3 Reflection 50.4 Parallax 53.3 35% 49 fps	MRender 49.7 Gravity 39.1 Splatting 36.5 34% 41.8 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 120GB-$80 7,194 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6493 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1233 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (AA) Unknown 100 100 380 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5963942 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 72 (C2) HDA temperature 62 56 188979740710 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (DA) Unknown 100 100 2 (E7) Temperature 100 100 97 (E9) Unknown 100 100 10519 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5761 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6680 (F4) Unknown 100 100 91 (F5) Unknown 100 100 166 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3121056	72.3% Very good	Read 503 Write 340 Mixed 397 92% 413 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 78.2 4K Mixed 13.3 101% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 29.5 DQ Write 88 DQ Mixed 12.2 23% 43.2 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 104%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 240753576 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1934 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17620138 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5574 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1199 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 53 606208036 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15232 (C2) HDA temperature 36 47 68719476772 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -62659277877381 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6821576552 (F2) Unknown 100 253 194014451624	106% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 172 Mixed 150 129% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 5.27 4K Mixed 0.59 196% 2.21 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 448GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 132338489 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6026 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 915856674 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 42508 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 2033 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 5 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 46 555679777 (C2) HDA temperature 33 54 68719476769 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 18 132338489 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -99677600956972 (F1) Unknown 100 253 933752950 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2865574660	70.3% Very good	Read 126 Write 119 Mixed 123 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.57 123% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 70%
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 403GB free Firmware: CA14 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 221856677 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 988 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 253540784 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25586 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 466 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 866 (BE) vendor-specific 70 53 505217054 (C2) HDA temperature 30 47 55834574878 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 55 45 221856677 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	60% Above average	Read 104 Write 105 Mixed 99.9 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.48 110% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/8G 12GB 116 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.1% Below average	MC Read 10 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 8.6 27% 9.53 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 8 25% 8.67 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 56%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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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 i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	67x
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 $94Bench 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 $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 $179	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