Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper 3

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89% 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	105% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper 3 (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120823
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '17 at 21:09
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 98.2 1-Core 108 2-Core 213 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 549 57% 459 Pts	64-Core 552 34% 552 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8548) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 119 Parallax 117 93% 117 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 105 Splatting 95.3 81% 99.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 23907 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2457 (E8) Unknown 100 100 129818234163 (E9) Unknown 93 0 93	105% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 472 Mixed 430 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 38.5 148% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 128 136% 227 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1TB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 117319688 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7758 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 18 (07) Seek error rate 54 53 352210137776 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13305 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3743 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 65 17180655908 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 44 4883939363 (C2) HDA temperature 35 56 55834574883 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 27 117319688 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 22174916167539 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1692765541 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2561265694	44.2% Average	Read 91.9 Write 62 Mixed 78.9 58% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.48 106% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 61%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 753GB free Firmware: 2AR20002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 7 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 90 89 3051 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1722 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8137 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 305 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1872 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 53 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 40 257698037790 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 546 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 305 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 287140	45.6% Average	Read 78.9 Write 79.9 Mixed 77.7 59% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.31 77% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 59%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 406GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 91 2569 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2184 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5265 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 935 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 73 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 158914838555 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 174 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1425 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 35 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 140892	40.4% Average	Read 60.2 Write 80.5 Mixed 34 43% 58.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.19 63% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 59%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 306GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 85 2593 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1457 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4930 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 879 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 87 (C2) HDA temperature 64 54 197569478684 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 100 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 18 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 135264	28.5% Poor	Read 49.9 Write 49.2 Mixed 25.4 31% 41.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.23 58% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 59%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 277GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 176 7758 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1681 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3470 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1497 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1361 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15127 (C2) HDA temperature 117 92 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	52.3% Above average	Read 97.6 Write 84.5 Mixed 65.9 62% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.16 68% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 100%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 65GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 172 6150 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3994 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8388 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2225 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1559 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2434 (C2) HDA temperature 114 97 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	46.7% Average	Read 89.2 Write 73.2 Mixed 53.7 54% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.12 62% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x4GB 6,123 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	72.2% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 21.6 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 44.9 89% 44.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 90%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper 3

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	64x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	11x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	9x

GPU
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	7x
GTX 680Nvidia $360Bench 32%, 38,995 samples	6x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	6x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	6x
BX500 480GBCrucial $38Bench 63%, 83,298 samples	4x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	4x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	8x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	7x
RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 9,944 samples	4x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $270

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	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