Gigabyte GA-Sabre 15

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 51.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.27% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

CPU throttled at 60% 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-Sabre 15 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170726
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '17 at 10:34
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%
CPU Throttled	60%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 1.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Memory 71 1-Core 54.2 2-Core 105 48% 76.8 Pts	4-Core 176 8-Core 297 29% 236 Pts	64-Core 289 18% 289 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Clevo(1558 850A) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4550 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.27% Terrible	Lighting 1.33 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 1.22 1% 4.7 fps	MRender 1.95 Gravity 1.17 Splatting 2.57 2% 1.89 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 1.27% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend MTS800 M.2 256GB-$141 1,971 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1225G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 26 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 179 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 146 (A3) Unknown 100 100 19 (A4) Unknown 100 100 29265 (A5) Unknown 100 100 36 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 14 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1011 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 80951 (F2) Unknown 100 100 81090 (F5) Unknown 100 100 117060	63% Good	Read 499 Write 372 Mixed 432 97% 434 MB/s	4K Read 11.1 4K Write 39.9 4K Mixed 18.2 61% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 17.4 DQ Write 39.2 DQ Mixed 60.8 37% 39.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 97%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 930GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 130 130 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 332 (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 100 100 159 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 111 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1194 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 244814118947 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	69% Good	Read 129 Write 111 Mixed 136 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.2 76% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston CBD24D4S7D8MB-16 1x16GB 1,209 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 11.4 37% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 11.2 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 99.1 40% 99.1 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 45%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 59%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Sabre 15

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	103x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	8x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	60x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	23x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples	15x

SSD
MTS800 M.2 128GBTranscend $126Bench 69%, 5,326 samples	16x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 219%, 21,747 samples	7x
CV3-8D256 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 4,538 samples	7x

RAM
CBD24D4S7D8MB-16 1x16GBKingstonBench 42%, 1,209 samples	14x
TN48G24S817-VHA/R 1x8GBUnknownBench 39%, 174 samples	10x
CBD24D4S7S8MB-8 1x8GBKingstonBench 39%, 376 samples	9x

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Value: 5% - Terrible

Total price: $126

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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