System setup
Comparison Motherboard Configurations |
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| CPU | Intel |
AMD |
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Core i7-4770K |
Core i7-3770K |
A10-5800K |
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| Motherboard | Asus Vanguard B85 |
Asus Z87 Sabertooth |
Gigabyte Z87-D3HP |
Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H |
Gigabyte F2-A85X-UP4 |
| BIOS | 1603 |
1007 |
F4 |
F14 |
F4 |
| Chipset Driver | Intel Inf 9.4.0.101 and IMEI 9 |
AMD 13.6 |
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| DDR3 Memory | G.Skill 8GB (2 x 4GB) |
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| Memory Timings | 11-11-11-30-2T @ 2,133MHz |
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| Integrated Graphics | HD 4600 |
HD 4000 |
HD 7660D |
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| Discrete Graphics | Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 3GB (ForceWare 320.18) |
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| Disk Drive | Samsung 840 Pro 250GB |
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| Optical Drive | Sony AD-7263S |
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| Chassis | Corsair Graphite 600T |
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| Power Supply | Corsair AX750 |
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| Operating System | Windows 8 64-bit |
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CPU-centric Benchmarks |
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| HEXUS PiFast |
Our number-crunching benchmark stresses a single core by calculating Pi to 10m places | ||||
| Cinebench | Using Cinebench's multi-CPU render, this cross-platform benchmark stresses all cores | ||||
| PCMark 7 |
An all-encompassing test to evaluate system performance | ||||
Discrete GPU Benchmarks |
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| 3DMark | DX11, Fire Strike benchmark | ||||
| BioShock Infinite | DX11, 1,920x1,080 ultra quality | ||||
| DiRT Showdown | DX11, 1,920x1,080 ultra quality | ||||
Miscellaneous Benchmarks |
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| Power Consumption | While idling and when running Cinebench and DiRT Showdown on the IGP | ||||