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 | |
Motherboards | Intel X99-based systems SUPERMICRO C7X99-OCE GIGABYTE X99 Gaming G1 ASUS X99-Deluxe EVGA X99 Classified Intel Z97-based system ASUS Maximus VII Formula |
CPU | Intel X99-based systems Intel Core i7-5960X (3.0GHz, 30 x 100MHz Base Clock) Intel Z97-based system Intel Core i7-4770K (3.5GHz, 35 x 100MHz Base Clock) |
Memory | Intel X99-based systems Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 modules (2133MHz, 15-17-17-35-2T, 1.225V) Intel Z97-based system Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 modules (1600MHz, 9-10-9-27-1T, 1.525V) |
Hard Drive | Intel 730 EVO 240GB SSD Samsung 840 EVO 250GB SSD Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA III HD |
Sound Card | On-board sound |
Video Card | ASUS Poseidon GTX 780 3GB |
CPU Cooling | XSPC Raystorm D5 Photon RX480 V3 WaterCooling Kit Corsair Hydro Series™ H100i Extreme Performance CPU Cooler |
Video Drivers | NVIDIA 335.23 |
Power Supply | Corsair HX750 |
Operating System | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 |
Test Setup Explanation
The 64-bit Windows 7 based test bench used for Intel X99 LGA2011-V3 board testing includes an Intel Core i7-5960X CPU, 32GB of DDR4-2666 memory, an ASUS Poseidon GTX 780 3GB video card, and an Intel 730 240GB SSD drive. For the Z97-based board testing, an Intel Core i7-4770K CPU, 16GB of DDR3-2400 memory, an ASUS Poseidon GTX 780 3GB video card, and a Samsung 840 EVO 250GB SSD drive were used in the test system. 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 2014 SP3
- LinX Intel Linpack Benchmark v0.6.5 with Intel Linpack version 11.1.3
- Maxon Cinebench R15
Glad to see Supermicro in
Glad to see Supermicro in prosumer market. I like their sys. boards and chassis. Good quality products.
What’s next, you’ll be
What’s next, you’ll be telling me about DFI’s X99 LAN Party board?
If DFI releases a new
If DFI releases a new LanParty board I’m no board for it.
Ahh..DFI how I miss thee,
Ahh..DFI how I miss thee, design wise it was very impressive for it’s times..
Still, as for this board, it looks quite good, but I’d stick to other manufacturers for the desktop segment.
apparently this board isn’t
apparently this board isn’t that good if it didn’t get at least a silver award for CMOS battery placement.
How come all the images
How come all the images provided by super micro show a vga port that isn’t in the photos you took morry?
suspect it could only used
suspect it could only used for IPMI – so for consumers they decided to just drop it?
unfortunately, that is the
unfortunately, that is the only one I could find of the rear panel…
The review is for the
The review is for the C7X99-OCE, thus video port is missing.
VGA/video port is only included with the C7X99-OCE-F (IPMI) variant.
PS/2 is very welcome. The
PS/2 is very welcome. The only thing missing is m.2 for me.. but nothing a PCIE adapter can’t handle. Interested to see a review of this board.
4x8GB is 32GB isn’t it?
4x8GB is 32GB isn’t it?
you are correct. Thanks for
you are correct. Thanks for the heads up…
Cool! Xeon E5 support right
Cool! Xeon E5 support right out of the box.