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 Z97X-Gaming G1-WIFI-BK ASUS Z97-Deluxe 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 |
On-board sound |
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Video Card |
NVIDIA GTX 570 1.25GB ASUS Poseidon GTX 780 3GB |
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CPU Cooling |
Corsair Hydro Series™ H100i Extreme Performance CPU Cooler |
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Video Drivers |
NVIDIA 335.23 |
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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). For the Z97-based board testing, an ASUS Poseidon GTX 780 3GB video card was used for testing – both it and the GTX 570 had no effect on the benchmark tests run. 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:
- SoftPerfect Research NetWorx Speed Test
- LanBench v1.1.0
- ATTO Disk Benchmark v2.47
- SiSoft Sandra 2012
- LinX Intel Linpack Benchmark v0.6.4
- Maxon Cinebench 11.5
“Performance
The Z97X-Gaming
“Performance
The Z97X-Gaming G1-WiFi-BK Black Edition motherboard lives up to its elite moniker, performing well no matter what was thrown at it. I performs exactly as we’ve come to expect from high-end —ASUS— boards – flawlessly. At both stock and overclocked settings, the board took everything we threw at it with blinking.”
High end Asus boards huh? Thought this was a gigabyte review….lol..
I can see your already getting buried in motherboards….haha
Thanks for the heads up.
Thanks for the heads up. That has been corrected…
WOW i Want this
WOW i Want this