Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z97

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 43.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	15% 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	83.3% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

CPU throttled at 70% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z97 (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '17 at 09:29
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	0%
CPU Throttled	70%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4160-$79 48,506 User benchmarks, average bench 55% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Memory 57.6 1-Core 52.2 2-Core 68.8 39% 59.5 Pts	4-Core 174 8-Core 175 23% 175 Pts	64-Core 191 12% 191 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 67%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560-$180 23,273 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 2326) 1GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	15% Very poor	Lighting 17.4 Reflection 20.1 Parallax 15.4 14% 17.7 fps	MRender 24.4 Gravity 17.7 Splatting 19.7 17% 20.6 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 Pro 256GB-$149 1,385 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 231GB free Firmware: JURA0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^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 100 100 160 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1228 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 103 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1064 (C2) HDA temperature 71 58 180389937181 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	86.2% Excellent	Read 515 Write 478 Mixed 504 112% 499 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 83.2 4K Mixed 22.8 113% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 27.8 DQ Write 90.2 DQ Mixed 22.2 28% 46.7 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 102%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 3277 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2277 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A8) Unknown 100 100 163 (A9) Unknown 100 100 395 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 62 (AE) Unknown 100 100 989 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 122 (C2) HDA temperature 63 48 206159544357 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 116 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 518 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 16470 (F1) Unknown 253 253 9635 (F2) Unknown 253 253 14915 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	83.3% Excellent	Read 506 Write 427 Mixed 459 104% 464 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 18.3 118% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 33.7 DQ Write 86.7 DQ Mixed 17.6 26% 46 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 114%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 176 5925 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2037 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6566 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1200 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 245 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 174 174 79249 (C2) HDA temperature 113 99 37 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.4% Good	Read 107 Write 103 Mixed 97.6 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.28 104% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 83%
WD Black 1.5TB (2010) 6,983 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 489GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8791 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5030 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15697 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2812 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 739 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4290 (C2) HDA temperature 107 91 45 (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 1	91.7% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 140 Mixed 133 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.19 4K Write 2.56 4K Mixed 0.41 142% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 85%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 240GB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 223GB free, PID b202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	301% Outstanding	Read 319 Write 336 Mixed 322 423% 326 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 57.2 4K Mixed 14.8 2,546% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 26.7 DQ Write 58 DQ Mixed 14.5 2,564% 33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 301% Great: 307%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99P5471-033.A00LF 1x8GB 805 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	29.9% Poor	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 9.2 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 8 26% 8.93 GB/s	Latency 135 30% 135 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 34%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

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 $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