Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z87

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very 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.

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Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z87 (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1477 x 831 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131016
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 24 '23 at 17:16
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 191 79% 134 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 627 61% 503 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.1% 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: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3850 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 531.68 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 126 Parallax 148 118% 140 fps	MRender 150 Gravity 110 Splatting 94.2 94% 118 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 590GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 33 23 35 32 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	23.7% Poor	Read 50.8 Write 52.7 Mixed 11 SusWrite 31.7 26% 36.5 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0 15% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 59%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 466GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 90 90 89 86 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	51% Above average	Read 88.5 Write 91.1 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 88.9 61% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 931GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 101 108 102 104 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 116 Write 93.6 Mixed 62.6 SusWrite 104 69% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 68%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 252GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 146 149 149 146 149 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 140 Write 100 Mixed 91.5 SusWrite 148 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.4% 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 above expectations (65^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 17.3 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.8% 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 $269	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16