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.
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Test System Setup |
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CPU |
Intel Core i7-4770K (3.5GHz, 35 x 100MHz Base Clock) |
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Motherboards |
GIGABYTE Z87X-UD5H GIGABYTE Z87X-OC Force MSI Z87 XPower |
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Memory |
Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 modules (1600MHz, 9-10-9-27-1T) |
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Hard Drive |
Samsung 840 EVO 250GB SSD Intel 520 240GB SSD Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA III HD |
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Sound Card |
Onboard sound |
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Video Card |
NVIDIA GTX 570 1.25GB |
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CPU Cooling |
Corsair Hydro Series™ H100i Extreme Performance CPU Cooler |
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Video Drivers |
NVIDIA 320.18 |
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Power Supply |
Corsair HX750 |
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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 NVIDIA GTX 570 1.25GB video card, and an Intel 520 240GB or a Samsung 840 EVO 250GB SSD drive (the two SSD drives were found to perform the same in testing). Using the selected components gives us the ability to demonstrate the motherboard's capabilities rather than that of the components themselves.
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
Any idea on how to get
Any idea on how to get Secureboot enabled, im getting the stupid watermark on my desktop in Windows 8.1- Secureboot isnt configured correctly?
I ran into the same isssue on
I ran into the same isssue on my desktop. See the MS Technet post for information:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn441535.aspx
In the above Technet post, there is a link to a hotfix that MS just released to remove the watermark entirely. I installed this on my system and it worked like a charm (I'm currently running with a GIGABYTE Z87X-OC FORCE board).
Good Luck…
it Worked perfectly!! Thanks
it Worked perfectly!! Thanks
Is a PetaByte bigger than a
Is a PetaByte bigger than a GigaByte ?
Will this support Broadwell ?
Will this support Broadwell ? Or is Intel changing the BGA again ?
Unknown at this point, but if
Unknown at this point, but if Intel follows there typical patterns, broadwell will most likely be released with a new type of socket. But again, that is pure speculation at this point on my part…