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Testing Setup
- CPU: Intel Core i7-5960x @4.0GHz
- CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i – Push/Pull
- Motherboard: MSI X99S Gaming 7
- RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 2400MHz CL16 (4x4GB) – 16GB
- PSU: Cooler Master V850 850w
- OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
Methodology:
All benchmarks are done on a fresh install of Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit that is fully up-to-date with Windows Updates to ensure that the performance reflects a real-world scenario and not that of a tweaked benchmarking system. Every benchmark runs for a total of three times and then an average is taken of those results.
Memory on test:
- Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 2400MHz CL16 – XMP 2.0
- Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 2666MHz CL14 – Overclocked
- Corsair Vengeance LPX 2666MHz CL15 – XMP 2.0
- Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200MHz CL16 – Overclocked
- HyperX Predator 2133MHz CL13 – XMP 2.0
- HyperX Predator 2666MHz CL14 – Overclocked
Benchmarks:
- AIDA64
- MaxxMem
- SiSoftware Sandra
- Cinebench 11.5
- Cinebench 15
