Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z97

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 50.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	88.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (97%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z97 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	9.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '17 at 10:56
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	97%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Memory 58.3 1-Core 32.1 2-Core 157 44% 82.4 Pts	4-Core 250 8-Core 221 32% 236 Pts	64-Core 247 15% 247 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 110 Parallax 110 92% 111 fps	MRender 95.9 Gravity 102 Splatting 101 82% 99.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^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 7031 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2156 (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 80 80 8385 (0A) Spinup retry count 143 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 315 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 35 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2437 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 240518955046 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 82 82 7380 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 210 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	79.8% Very good	Read 147 Write 131 Mixed 145 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.23 105% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 104%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 138 138 25789333756 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 369 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8566 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 364 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 369 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 369 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 227634446373 (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	59.4% Above average	Read 98.6 Write 109 Mixed 126 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.18 61% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	43.9% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 14.6 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 15.7 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 133 30% 133 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.9% 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 i7-4790Intel $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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

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