Testing Configuration and Benchmarks Used
To verify that the motherboard works as advertised, the board was run through our standard benchmark suite. In most cases, the results are presented for the motherboard under review as well as a different similar-class motherboard for performance comparison purposes. The benchmark tests used should give you a good understanding of the board’s capabilities for both office and gaming use so that you, the reader, can make a more informed purchasing decision.
Test System Setup |
|
CPU |
Intel Core i7-4770K (3.5GHz, 35 x 100MHz Base Clock) Intel Core i5-3570K (3.4GHz, 34 x 100MHz Base Clock) |
Motherboards |
ASUS Maximus VI Extreme ASUS Gryphon Z87 GIGABYTE Z77X-UP7 |
Memory |
Intel Z87 Testing: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 modules (1600MHz, 9-10-9-27-1T) Intel Z77 Testing: G.SKILL 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 modules (1600MHz, 11-11-11-30-1T) |
Hard Drive |
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA III HD |
Sound Card |
Onboard sound |
Video Card |
AMD Radeon HD 5870 1GB |
CPU Cooling |
Laing DDC pump with EK-DDC X-TOP Rev 2 Plexi Swiftech MCR320-QP Radiator Swiftech Apogee HD water block |
Video Drivers |
AMD ATI Catalyst 13.1 |
Power Supply |
Corsair 650w |
Operating System |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 |
Test Setup Explanation
The 64-bit Windows 7 based test bench used for Intel Z87 LGA1150 board testing includes an Intel Core i7-4770K CPU, 16GB of DDR3-1866 memory, an AMD Radeon 5870 1GB video card, and a Western Digital Black 1TB SATA hard drive. Using the selected components gives us the ability to demonstrate the motherboard’s capabilities rather than that of the components themselves.
The 64-bit Windows 7 based test bench used for Intel Z77 LGA1155 board testing includes an Intel Core i5-3570K CPU, 8GB of DDR3-2133 memory, an AMD Radeon 5870 1GB video card, and a Western Digital Black 1TB SATA hard drive. Using the selected components gives us the ability to demonstrate the motherboard’s capabilities rather than that of the components themselves. It was decided that the components used for the Intel Z77 testing originally were close enough for a valid comparison to the Intel Z87 platform performance.
Benchmark Tests used for evaluation:
- SiSoft Sandra 2012
- LinX Intel Linpack Benchmark v0.6.4
- Handbrake video transcoder v0.9.8
- Maxon Cinebench 11.5
- FutureMark PCMark 7
What is the point in having
What is the point in having 10 SATA3 ports (theoretical 60Gbit) when the DMI 2.0 bus connecting the CPU and chipset is limited to 20Gbit?
Because if you fill it up
Because if you fill it up with drives they are not reading and writing all simulatenously, it just allows extra dives to be connected
Wow I am a sucker for the The
Wow I am a sucker for the The OC Panel!!!!
Isn’t the 4770k an i7?
Isn’t the 4770k an i7?
Thank you for pointing this
Thank you for pointing this out. References fixed…
Where is the 4770k
Where is the 4770k overclocking part of the review??
OC results as well as other
OC results as well as other areas will be covered in followup review…
So why should I upgrade from
So why should I upgrade from my current Asus Maximus V Extreme , 3770k and 32Gb Vengeance @2133MHZ ?
This MB should accommodate 64GB RAM.
The way I see it, is just lame marketing, no significant improvement.
If you;ve got a 3770K you
If you;ve got a 3770K you probably shouldn’t you’ll get 15% improvement at best. But this is a new socket and your current socket is basically discontinued now.
Hey Morry, just a heads up,
Hey Morry, just a heads up, but you that MSI included port covers for this board on page 2. I blame Josh. Because reasons.
Thanks for the heads up, I
Thanks for the heads up, I blame too many motherboards and not enough sleep 😉
Its been fixed…
just before I saw the check
just before I saw the check of $6179, I be certain …that…my friend could really taking home money part-time from there new laptop.. there neighbor had bean doing this for only 6 months and resently cleared the debts on their appartment and purchased Lotus Elise. this is where I went, Exit35.com
Can anyone give me an idea
Can anyone give me an idea where to purchase the rog_ext cable and the metal drive bay adapter for normal mode? Any help would be really appreciated! I’ve got the panel with no accessory kit!!!!? PLEASE HELP!
in extreme mode (rampage V
in extreme mode (rampage V extreme),
do both cables (ROG & SATA power)
simply hang out via an open slot in the back after removing the plate?
or 5.25″ bay opening?
Manual, on page 2-23, simply say connect both cables.
cables plug into ports at
cables plug into ports at bottom of OC Panel device. Cable orientation does not change whether unit is used with the mount enclosure or in Extreme mode (outside of the case).
Will this board take a 3770k?
Will this board take a 3770k?