Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z97

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z97 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	7.6 Days
Run Date	May 12 '21 at 11:27
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	3%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 258 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 686 72% 577 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Lighting 79.4 Reflection 89.2 Parallax 86.4 65% 85 fps	MRender 79.1 Gravity 77.6 Splatting 69 61% 75.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intenso Sata III 256GB 2,573 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0628A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 212 103 145 93 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	56% Above average	Read 442 Write 391 Mixed 377 SusWrite 142 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 1.2 92% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 18.2 DQ Mixed 1.1 28% 72.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 95%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 835GB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 145 144 141 146 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 159 Mixed 83.6 SusWrite 144 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 89%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 420GB free Firmware: HP70 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 174 175 172 173 173 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Read 111 Write 156 Mixed 32.9 SusWrite 172 85% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.3 417% 3 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 112%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 769GB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 111 110 110 110 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	60% Good	Read 99.1 Write 125 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 110 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 4,979 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	85.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 26.5 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 26.4 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 49.2 81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 103%

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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	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 $109Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

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 $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) $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