Gigabyte GA-Sabre 15

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	25.4% 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	91% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Sabre 15 (all builds)
Memory	3.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180130
Uptime	11.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '19 at 23:54
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 78.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 214 75% 134 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 522 53% 431 Pts	64-Core 504 31% 504 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050 (Mobile) 160,694 User benchmarks, average bench 23% Clevo(1558 850A) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.4141 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	25.4% Poor	Lighting 32.7 Reflection 24.2 Parallax 29.6 27% 28.8 fps	MRender 34.6 Gravity 31.4 Splatting 21.8 23% 29.3 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend MTS800 M.2 128GB-$126 5,326 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1225G SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 203 205 187 184 204 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 205 Mixed 254 SusWrite 196 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 91 4K Mixed 43.7 156% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 178 150% 220 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 82%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 642GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 126 129 129 130 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 129 Write 104 Mixed 29 SusWrite 128 70% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston CBD24D4S7S8MB-8 1x8GB 376 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 10.9 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 11.1 SC Mixed 11 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 82.6 48% 82.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 43%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $300	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