Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.5% 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	57.7% 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 Z87 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140424
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '17 at 15:46
Run Duration	261 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$55 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 231 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 404 59% 432 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36CB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.5% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 111 Parallax 99.9 88% 106 fps	MRender 88.9 Gravity 95.8 Splatting 83.7 73% 89.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1815 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 509 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 849 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 88 (C2) HDA temperature 68 51 210454511648	57.7% Above average	Read 497 Write 130 Mixed 207 60% 278 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 39.4 4K Mixed 7.32 72% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 35.7 76% 160 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 578GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 230544736 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3628 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 55 55 1103905100956 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11541 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2538 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 77 77 23 (BE) vendor-specific 68 57 4833083424 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 272 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 20 20 161757 (C2) HDA temperature 32 43 -140737488355296 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 2057289342755 (F1) Unknown 100 253 46520473078 (F2) Unknown 100 253 65066703491	78% Very good	Read 139 Write 134 Mixed 139 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 0.84 4K Mixed 0.25 71% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 114%
JetFlash TS256MJF120 0GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 0GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	5.23% Terrible	Read 9.69 Write 8.07 Mixed 6.85 10% 8.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.85 4K Write 0.22 4K Mixed 0.22 37% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.23% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,124 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	56.4% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 19.5 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 19.1 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 62%

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Gaming 40%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

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

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	106x
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	33x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	25x
RX 590AMD $80Bench 57%, 122,060 samples	24x

SSD
BX500 480GBCrucial $38Bench 63%, 83,298 samples	35x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	20x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16