Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z97

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	92.9% 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	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 (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z97 (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	19.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '16 at 18:49
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 85.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 228 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 534 58% 458 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 372.90 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Lighting 68.2 Reflection 68.5 Parallax 60.1 56% 65.6 fps	MRender 71.4 Gravity 63.6 Splatting 56.6 52% 63.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 782GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 409 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 135 (A5) Unknown 100 100 983050 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 48 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1213 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 62 266289283099 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 8589934594 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 165 (EA) Unknown 100 100 217 (F1) Unknown 253 253 200 (F2) Unknown 253 253 23 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	80.7% Excellent	Read 471 Write 261 Mixed 211 69% 314 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 72.3 4K Mixed 19.3 114% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 27.8 89% 198 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 107%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 60GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2614 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1154 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 56 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 10 (F1) Unknown 99 99 976042261	112% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 412 Mixed 414 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 91.2 4K Mixed 42.6 171% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 109 139% 251 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 115%
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2356 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1388 (AB) Unknown 100 100 39449680 (AE) Unknown 100 100 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 410 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 87 87 87 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8663 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7955 (F9) Unknown 100 100 445988745	92.9% Outstanding	Read 447 Write 375 Mixed 403 91% 409 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 23.1 129% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 73.5 123% 237 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 98%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 86 (03) Spinup time 128 128 38686425575 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 245 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 20380 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 240 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 305 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 305 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 184684904478 (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	83% Excellent	Read 147 Write 142 Mixed 115 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.43 118% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.1% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 14.6 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 14.3 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 62%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

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 i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	70x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	66x
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 $109Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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