X99 Motherboard Group Test: Asus, EVGA, Gigabyte and MSI

Written by Antony Leather

September 9, 2014 | 18:50

Tags: #best-2011-motherboard #best-haswell-e-motherboard #haswell-e #lga2011-v3 #x99

Companies: #asus #bit-tech #evga #gigabyte #msi

X99 Motherboard Group test: Test Setup


X99 Motherboard Group Test: Asus, EVGA, Gigabyte and MSI X99 Motherboard Group Test - Test Setup
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X99 Motherboard Group Test: Asus, EVGA, Gigabyte and MSI X99 Motherboard Group Test - Test Setup
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  • 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 2,666MHz DDR4 RAM
  • Intel Core i7-5960X
  • 2 x XFX R9 290 Double Dissipation Edition
  • 512GB Crucial MX100 SSD, Samsung 850 Pro (SATA 6Gbps speed tests)
  • Corsair H100i cooler
  • Corsair AX860i PSU
  • Windows 7 SP1
Thanks to Corsair for supplying the PSU, memory and CPU cooler, to Crucial for the SSD and to XFX for the graphics cards.

Tests:

  • PCMark 8 Video 4K encoding
  • PCMark 8 Photo Editing
  • Custom PC Media benchmark suite
  • Cinebench R15
  • Terragen 3
  • Bioshock Infinite
  • Battlefield 4
  • SATA 6Gbps and M.2
  • Rightmark Audio Analyser
  • Power consumption

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