Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z97

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	19% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z97 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '19 at 20:03
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 183 78% 131 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 506 52% 421 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Sapphire(174B E324) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.1.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Lighting 75.4 Reflection 64.2 Parallax 95.8 61% 78.5 fps	MRender 63.7 Gravity 68.5 Splatting 82.9 60% 71.7 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 112 96 112 106 147 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	19% Very poor	Read 40.7 Write 32.7 Mixed 30.8 SusWrite 114 12% 54.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 11.4 4K Mixed 10.6 29% 9.4 MB/s	DQ Read 32.4 DQ Write 12.9 DQ Mixed 18.7 15% 21.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 56%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 74GB free Firmware: CCA4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 70 71 72 71 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 68.5 Write 68 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 71 49% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 215GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 139 136 140 138 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 173 Write 174 Mixed 97.3 SusWrite 138 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 222% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 138GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 99 95 97 86 95 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 204 Write 155 Mixed 105 SusWrite 98 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 247% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/8GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 167 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	41.1% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 11.4 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 13.1 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 58%

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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 $134	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