Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z97

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.68% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48.9% 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.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z97 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '18 at 14:34
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 102 2-Core 184 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 518 52% 422 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
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 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.68% Terrible	Lighting 4 Reflection 6.73 Parallax 6.53 3% 5.75 fps	MRender 5.43 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 7.74 4% 5.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.68% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 169 184 183 142 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 418 Write 238 Mixed 211 SusWrite 167 57% 258 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 29.2 4K Mixed 14.9 59% 20 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 49.4 DQ Mixed 83.5 64% 89.9 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 503GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 169 169 167 170 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 140 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 169 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 765GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 86 88 86 88 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 93 Write 103 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 87 61% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	55.8% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17.5 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 16.5 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 63%

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Typical GA-G1.Sniper Z97 Builds (Compare 569 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $160Bench 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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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 $46

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