Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z87

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.1% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z87 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1477 x 831 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131016
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 20 '23 at 04:47
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 85.7 1-Core 81.9 2-Core 195 69% 121 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 498 52% 418 Pts	64-Core 533 33% 533 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$255 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 4074) CLim: 2167 MHz, MLim: 3850 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 531.68 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.1% Very good	Lighting 105 Reflection 124 Parallax 134 86% 121 fps	MRender 148 Gravity 108 Splatting 0.3 61% 85.6 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 589GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 50 48 57 84 87 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 89 Write 82 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 62.4 58% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 59%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 466GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 90 89 90 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 89.2 Write 88.9 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 89.6 61% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 931GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 117 117 120 122 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 116 Write 118 Mixed 59.4 SusWrite 119 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 68%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 262GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 163 Write 158 Mixed 78 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.9 195% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.2 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 18.6 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 63%

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Gaming 40%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z87 - $120

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	105x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	74x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	63x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	32x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	25x
RX 590AMD $200Bench 57%, 122,060 samples	24x

SSD
BX500 480GBCrucial $38Bench 63%, 83,298 samples	34x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	20x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	13x

RAM
CML16GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-1600C9-8GXM 0215 CML16GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-1600C9-8GXM 32GBUnknownBench 65%, 17 samples	13x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 51%, 10,062 samples	11x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 4,160 samples	9x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $478

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16