Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 51.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.13% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	51.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 16 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z87 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20131016
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '22 at 12:31
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Memory 56.1 1-Core 95.6 2-Core 187 62% 113 Pts	4-Core 271 8-Core 272 36% 271 Pts	64-Core 328 20% 328 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5171 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.13% Terrible	Lighting 3.6 Reflection 2.3 Parallax 5.4 3% 3.77 fps	MRender 5.8 Gravity 2.2 Splatting 4.8 4% 4.27 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.13% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Bliksem 120GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: HPS2227N SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 42 0 0 132 183 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.3% Above average	Read 314 Write 227 Mixed 228 SusWrite 91.1 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 70.3 4K Mixed 11.5 90% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 15.6 55% 118 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 76%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 143GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 76 71 53 65 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 69.2 Write 70.3 Mixed 43.4 SusWrite 68.5 46% 62.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 2,100 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	31.8% Below average	MC Read 9.7 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 10.4 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 8.5 26% 9.03 GB/s	Latency 140 29% 140 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 63%

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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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Gaming 40%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G1.Sniper Z87 - $120

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	105x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	74x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	63x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	32x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	25x
RX 590AMD $200Bench 57%, 122,060 samples	24x

SSD
BX500 480GBCrucial $38Bench 63%, 83,298 samples	34x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	20x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	13x

RAM
CML16GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-1600C9-8GXM 0215 CML16GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-1600C9-8GXM 32GBUnknownBench 65%, 17 samples	13x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 51%, 10,062 samples	11x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 4,160 samples	9x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $478

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