Gigabyte GA-Sabre 15

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	12.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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 (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 60% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Sabre 15 (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170324
Uptime	11.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '20 at 14:31
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	58%
CPU Throttled	60%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 1.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Memory 76 1-Core 52.4 2-Core 92.3 48% 73.6 Pts	4-Core 172 8-Core 284 28% 228 Pts	64-Core 289 18% 289 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050 (Mobile) 160,694 User benchmarks, average bench 23% Clevo(1558 850A) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 27.21.14.5206 Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	12.7% Very poor	Lighting 10 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 29.2 8% 16.9 fps	MRender 26 Gravity 32.4 Splatting 22.4 22% 26.9 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon CV3-8D128 128GB 3,328 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: T873001 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 458 Write 426 Mixed 364 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 36.2 4K Mixed 30 98% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 115 138% 241 MB/s
Poor: 43% Great: 90%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 384GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 104 106 104 103 105 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 110 Write 110 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 105 62% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston CBD24D4S7D8MB-16 1x16GB 1,209 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	41.5% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 12.3 40% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 13.3 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 88.2 45% 88.2 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 45%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical GA-Sabre 15 Builds (Compare 111 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Sabre 15

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	103x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	8x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	60x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	23x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples	15x

SSD
MTS800 M.2 128GBTranscend $126Bench 69%, 5,326 samples	16x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 219%, 21,747 samples	7x
CV3-8D256 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 4,538 samples	7x

RAM
CBD24D4S7D8MB-16 1x16GBKingstonBench 42%, 1,209 samples	14x
TN48G24S817-VHA/R 1x8GBUnknownBench 39%, 174 samples	10x
CBD24D4S7S8MB-8 1x8GBKingstonBench 39%, 376 samples	9x

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Value: 5% - Terrible

Total price: $126

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 $184	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) $35	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