Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.1% 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	101% 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	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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z87 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '18 at 21:23
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 203 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 614 61% 499 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 119D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.1% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 115 Parallax 106 82% 107 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 93.4 Splatting 99.6 79% 96.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 88%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1975 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 808 (E8) Unknown 100 100 22232311578 (E9) Unknown 99 0 99	101% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 410 Mixed 408 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 33.6 140% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 119 145% 256 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 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 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 253 253 5741 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2995 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2545 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1046 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 239 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2755 (C2) HDA temperature 117 103 35 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	82% Excellent	Read 139 Write 146 Mixed 132 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.19 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.4 135% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 85%
WD Blue 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$55 30,952 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 557GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 182 1650 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1243 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5025 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 941 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 61 42 (BC) Unknown 95 70 60130591360 (BE) vendor-specific 74 47 437780506 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 8863 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1206228 (C2) HDA temperature 121 94 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	44.8% Average	Read 78 Write 78.1 Mixed 85.6 61% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.2 65% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x8GB 7,008 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.2% Below average	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 11.2 MC Mixed 9.4 30% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 11.4 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 65%

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Gaming 40%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 34%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z87 - $120

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	105x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	74x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	63x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	32x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	25x
RX 590AMD $200Bench 57%, 122,060 samples	24x

SSD
BX500 480GBCrucial $38Bench 63%, 83,298 samples	34x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	20x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	13x

RAM
CML16GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-1600C9-8GXM 0215 CML16GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-1600C9-8GXM 32GBUnknownBench 65%, 17 samples	13x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 51%, 10,062 samples	11x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 4,160 samples	9x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $478

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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