Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z97

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	8.37% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	89.5% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

CPU throttled at 70% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z97 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '17 at 11:22
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	0%
CPU Throttled	70%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4160-$79 48,506 User benchmarks, average bench 55% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 72.7 2-Core 118 60% 93.7 Pts	4-Core 198 8-Core 197 26% 197 Pts	64-Core 199 12% 199 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 67%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 260-$250 11,945 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Nvidia(10DE 068E) 896MB Ram: 896MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	8.37% Terrible	Lighting 11.4 Reflection 9.42 Parallax 5.25 9% 8.69 fps	MRender 9.14 Gravity 9.03 Splatting 6.61 7% 8.26 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.37% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 Pro 256GB-$149 1,385 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 231GB free Firmware: JURA0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 167 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1286 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 103 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1103 (C2) HDA temperature 69 58 180389937183 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	97.2% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 472 Mixed 445 106% 476 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 34.6 129% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 71 84% 149 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 102%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 3528 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2532 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A8) Unknown 100 100 182 (A9) Unknown 100 100 395 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 68 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1123 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 122 (C2) HDA temperature 60 49 210454511656 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 116 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 538 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 18043 (F1) Unknown 253 253 10421 (F2) Unknown 253 253 16229 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	89.5% Excellent	Read 500 Write 449 Mixed 382 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 91.1 4K Mixed 13.8 117% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 32.9 70% 147 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 114%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 946GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 176 5616 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2181 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6791 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1344 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 305 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 173 173 81965 (C2) HDA temperature 111 99 39 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.9% Good	Read 107 Write 109 Mixed 98.8 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.29 102% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 83%
WD Black 1.5TB (2010) 6,983 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 489GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 7850 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5188 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15929 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2970 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 806 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4381 (C2) HDA temperature 103 91 49 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	86.4% Excellent	Read 161 Write 139 Mixed 73.1 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 2.68 4K Mixed 0.51 154% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 85%
ASMT 2115 250GB 637 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 213GB free, PID 1153 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	299% Outstanding	Read 313 Write 311 Mixed 287 389% 304 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 58.3 4K Mixed 18.1 2,703% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 31.9 DQ Write 78.3 DQ Mixed 21.2 3,503% 43.8 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 299% Great: 209%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99P5471-033.A00LF 1x8GB 805 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	34% Below average	MC Read 11.8 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 9.2 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 10.4 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 34%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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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 $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