Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z97

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	91.6% 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	95.7% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z97 (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	10.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '17 at 15:30
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	7%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 98 1-Core 124 2-Core 223 86% 148 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 326 43% 321 Pts	64-Core 329 20% 329 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36DD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 121 Parallax 109 98% 117 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 106 Splatting 87 79% 97.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 461GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9041 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2150 (B1) Unknown 98 98 13 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1237 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14536832030	97.9% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 349 Mixed 359 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 74.4 4K Mixed 29.7 144% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 103 131% 236 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 126%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q 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 97 97 12489 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1377 (B1) Unknown 87 87 151 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 56 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 50 (EB) Unknown 99 99 154 (F1) Unknown 99 99 79028566724	95.7% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 348 Mixed 354 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 26.9 139% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 82 119% 225 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 118%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 21536648 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 641 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11689202 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3971 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 499 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 62 487915549 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5884 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 77309411357 (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 21595095568271 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6151466438 (F2) Unknown 100 253 234149714912	85.5% Excellent	Read 120 Write 177 Mixed 124 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 5.28 4K Mixed 0.89 228% 2.31 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 74 (03) Spinup time 130 130 21493973283 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4050 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17555 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1850 (C0) Power-off retract count 89 89 13200 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 13200 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 163209674780 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	101% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 172 Mixed 176 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.23 99% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 117710168 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2728 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 51939739 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12414 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1378 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 61 487850012 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 94 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 58626 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 47244640284 (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 83867826394049 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31124455154 (F2) Unknown 100 253 29113574124	85.7% Excellent	Read 157 Write 142 Mixed 142 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.3 86% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	83.1% Excellent	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 27 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 25.3 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 45.9 87% 45.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 119%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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 i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	67x
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 $94Bench 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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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