Testing methodology
Comparison Motherboard Configurations |
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Asus Z170S Sabertooth |
Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI |
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| MSRP | £160 |
£100 |
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| BIOS | 1702 |
F5a |
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| Chipset Revision | Intel Z170 |
Intel Z170 |
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| CPU | Intel Core i7-6700K |
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| Memory | Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 16GB (2 x 8GB) |
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| Memory Timings | 16-16-16-39-2T @ 2,133MHz |
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| Discrete Graphics | Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 (361.75) |
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| System Drive | SK hynix Canvas SC300 (512GB) |
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| Chassis | Corsair Graphite 600T |
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| Power Supply | Corsair AX760i |
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| Operating System | Windows 10 (64-bit) |
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CPU and Memory Benchmarks |
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| HEXUS PiFast | Our number-crunching benchmark stresses a single core by calculating Pi to 10m places | ||||||||||
| Cinebench R15 | Using Cinebench's multi-CPU render, this cross-platform benchmark stresses all cores | ||||||||||
| Handbrake 1.0.2 | Free-to-use video encoder that stresses all CPU cores (64-bit) | ||||||||||
Gaming Benchmarks |
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| Grand Theft Auto V | DX11, 1,920x1,080, ultra quality | ||||||||||
| Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor | DX11, 1,920x1,080, ultra quality | ||||||||||
| Total War: Rome II | DX11, 1,920x1,080, high quality | ||||||||||
Miscellaneous Benchmarks |
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| Power consumption | Power consumption when idle, running HandBrake and when gaming playing Mordor | ||||||||||