Review: Scan 3XS Z97 Performance Q10

by Parm Mann on 8 October 2014, 15:00

Tags: SCAN, Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA), EVGA, Corsair, Noctua

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Test Methodology

Comparison Systems

System Name Gigabyte Brix Gaming Mesh Nightblade 3 HEX PC Specialist Vanquish Mini 130 Scan 3XS Z87 Hadron Hydro Scan 3XS Z97 Performance Q10 Scan 3XS Z97 Vengeance 780 Scan 3XS X99 Micro
Overclocked No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
CPU Intel Core i5-4200H @ up to 3.40GHz Intel Core i7-4790K @ up to 4.40GHz Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz Intel Core i7-4770K @ 4.20GHz Intel Core i5-4690K @ 4.60GHz Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.70GHz Intel Core i7-5820K @ 4.25GHz
CPU Cores / Threads 2 / 4 4 / 8 2 / 4 4 / 8 4 / 4 4 / 8 6 / 12
CPU TDP 47W 88W 54W 84W 88W 88W 140W
CPU Cooler Gigabyte Brix Gaming reference Asetek 550LC liquid cooler Intel reference Custom EVGA liquid cooler Thermalright True Spirit 140 Corsair Hydro Series H80 liquid cooler Corsair Hydro Series H100i liquid cooler
Motherboard Gigabyte M4HM8AP MSI Z97I Gaming AC Asus H81I-Plus EVGA Z87 Stinger Asus Z97-K Asus Z97-K EVGA X99 Micro
Memory G.Skill 8GB DDR3 (2x4GB) (added) AMD Radeon R9 Gamer Series (2x8GB) Kingston Hyper-X Genesis 8GB DDR3 (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB DDR3 (2x8GB) Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB DDR3 (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB DDR3 (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4 (4*4GB)
Memory Speed 11-11-11-28-1T @ 1,600MHz 11-12-12-31-2T @ 2,400MHz 11-11-11-28-1T @ 1,600MHz 11-11-11-27-2T @ 2,133MHz 11-11-11-27-2T @ 2,133MHz 11-11-11-27-2T @ 2,133MHz 15-17-17-35-2T @ 2,666MHz
Integrated Graphics - - - - - - -
Discrete Graphics Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 6GB MSI GeForce GTX 780 Ti Gaming 3GB Palit GeForce GTX 660 2GB EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti Superclocked ACX 3GB EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Superclocked ACX 4GB EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Superclocked ACX 3GB EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti Superclocked ACX 3GB
Sound Card Onboard audio Onboard audio Onboard audio Onboard audio Onboard audio Creative Sound Blaster Audigy FX 5.1 Onboard audio
Primary Storage 180GB Intel mSATA SSD (added) 2x 128GB Plextor M6M mSATA SSDs 1TB Toshiba HDD 500GB Samsung 840 Evo SSD 500GB Samsung 840 Evo SSD 256GB SanDisk X110 SSD 500GB Samsung 840 Evo SSD
Secondary Storage - 2TB Seagate Barracuda HDD - - - 2TB WD Green HDD 2TB WD Green HDD
Optical Drive - Lite-On Slim Slot-loading DVD Writer Lite-On DVD Writer EVGA slot-loading DVD Writer Samsung DVD Writer Samsung DVD Writer EVGA slot-loading DVD Writer
PSU Delta Electronics (180W, external) SilverStone Strider Essential Gold (600W, internal) Corsair VS450 (450W, internal) EVGA 1U PSU (500W, internal) Corsair RM550 (550W, internal) Corsair RM550 (550W, internal) Corsair RM550 (550W, internal)
Chassis Gigabyte Brix Gaming MSI Nightblade Cooler Master Elite 130 EVGA Hadron Hydro Corsair Obsidian Series 550D Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 Fractal Design Node 804
Operating System Windows 8.1 (64-bit, added) Windows 8.1 (64-bit) Windows 8.1 (64-bit) Windows 8.1 (64-bit) Windows 8.1 (64-bit) Windows 8.1 (64-bit) Windows 8.1 (64-bit)
Standard Warranty Two years Standard Warranty - (1 Year Parts, Lifetime Labour,1 Month Collect & Return) Three years (one-year collect-and-return, one-year parts, three-year labour) Three years (first year onsite, second year return-to-base with parts and labour, third year return-to-base with labour only) Three years (first year onsite, second year return-to-base with parts and labour, third year return-to-base with labour only) Three years (first year onsite, second year return-to-base with parts and labour, third year return-to-base with labour only) Three years (first year onsite, second year return-to-base with parts and labour, third year return-to-base with labour only)
Approx. System Cost £800 £1,499 £549 £1,749 £1,249 £1,300 £1,899

CPU Benchmarks

HEXUS PiFast Our number-crunching PiFast test is used to benchmark the computational power of each system's CPU.
Cinebench Using Cinebench's multi-CPU render, this cross-platform benchmark stresses as many cores as possible.
HandBrake Free-to-use video encoder that stresses all CPU cores.

Memory and Storage Benchmarks

AIDA64 Benchmark that analyses memory bandwidth and latency.
CrystalDiskMark Popular free-to-use storage benchmark, used to gauge sequential performance and aggregated 4K QD32 speeds.

System and Gaming Benchmarks

PCMark 8 System-wide examination that uses the Home preset, run with OpenCL acceleration.
3DMark DX11, run at the Firestrike default test.
BioShock Infinite 1080p and 4K, various quality settings.
Total War: Rome II 1080p and 4K, various quality settings.

Miscellaneous Benchmarks

Power Consumption Noted for system idling, under HandBrake video-transcoding load, and for GPU playing Aliens vs. Predator.
Temperature Noted for CPU idling, under HandBrake video-transcoding load, and for GPU playing Aliens vs. Predator.