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Test Setup & Methodology & Benchmarks
Test Setup
CPU:Â Intel Core i7-4770K @4.5GHz
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Silver Arrow Extreme SB-E
Motherboard:Â ECS GANK DRONE Z87H3-A3X
RAM:Â G.SKILL TridentX DDR3-2400MHz 2x4GB CAS 10
PSU:Â Enermax MaxRevo 1350W 80PLUS Gold
OS:Â 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.
Motherboards:
ASRock Extreme3
ASUS Z87 Maximus VI Hero
ECS GANK DRONE Z87H3-A3XÂ
MSI MPOWER MAX
MSI Z87-GD43 Gaming
MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming
MSI Z87I
3D Benchmarks:
3DMark 11 – Performance and Extreme presets
3DMark Fire Strike – Normal and Extreme presets
Hitman: Absolution (gaming benchmark)
2D Benchmarks:
AIDA64
CINEBENCH
SiSoftware SANDRA 2013
x264 HD v5.0.1
