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Testing Setup:

Motherboard: ASRock Z170 OC Formula
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K @ 3.7 GHz (for comparison reasons)
CPU Cooling: EK Supremacy EVO, Black Ice 140mm (fat), 2x 140mm fans in push/pull, DDC Ultra
GPU: GALAX GTX 980 SOC @ 1228 (1329 boost)/1800 MHz
RAM: G.SKILL RipJaws V 2x4GB 3466 C16 (Samsung E-die)
PSU: Enermax MaxRevo 1350W 80PLUS Gold
OS: Windows 10 Professional x64

2D Benchmarks

AIDA64 – CPU Queen, CPU Photoworxx & CPU AES
Cinebench 11.5 – CPU & OpenGL
Cinebench R15 – CPU & OpenGL
SiSandra – Processor Arithmetic, Processor Multi-Media, Multi Core Efficiency, Memory Bandwidth, Cache and Memory Latency & Cache Bandwidth

3D Benchmarks

3DMark 11 – Performance
3DMark Fire Strike – Normal