Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z97

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.7% 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	317% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z97 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '20 at 15:53
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 (96^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 115 2-Core 219 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 616 64% 514 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.7% Excellent	Lighting 99.1 Reflection 110 Parallax 95.2 81% 101 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 99.1 Splatting 100 81% 98.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$96 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 326GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1640 1413 1402 1394 1375 1359 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	317% Outstanding	Read 2,486 Write 2,336 Mixed 1,858 SusWrite 1,430 455% 2,027 MB/s	4K Read 65.6 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 89.8 299% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 979 DQ Write 684 DQ Mixed 910 658% 858 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 317% Great: 410%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 2GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 509 Write 482 Mixed 385 102% 459 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 52.2 184% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 360 271% 364 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 127GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 118 116 117 119 118 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 178 Mixed 83.3 SusWrite 117 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	58.1% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.6 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 19.9 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 76%

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

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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	187x
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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	36x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	30x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	23x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	19x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16