Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z97

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	11% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	42.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z97 (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '17 at 22:32
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	24%
CPU Throttled	99%

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 i5-5675C-$289 945 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 114 2-Core 218 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 406 52% 392 Pts	64-Core 445 28% 445 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 91%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 368E) 2GB CLim: 1611 MHz, MLim: 1927 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.53 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 30% Great: 36%
Intel Iris Pro HD 6200 (Desktop) 1,198 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4624 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	11% Very poor	Lighting 12 Reflection 13.3 Parallax 15.7 10% 13.7 fps	MRender 14.4 Gravity 11.9 Splatting 20.3 13% 15.5 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 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 106 106 14073138 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 134982232193246 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2093 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 624 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 38 65 68723736614 (C2) HDA temperature 38 65 68723736614 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14073138 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14073138 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14073138 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 22338 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15294 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15294 (F2) Unknown 0 0 21076	42.1% Average	Read 178 Write 72.8 Mixed 103 26% 118 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 81.2 4K Mixed 10.9 91% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 91.6 DQ Mixed 21.5 39% 76.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 73%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 82GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 139 3900 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4956 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 4 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12429 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1528 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 95 6 (BC) Unknown 100 95 25770197007 (BE) vendor-specific 60 54 689700904 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 116 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4894 (C4) Reallocation count 198 198 2 (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	57.4% Above average	Read 114 Write 86.6 Mixed 99.8 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.42 91% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	MC Read 41 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 34.5 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 18.9 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 63%

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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 i7-4770KIntel $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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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