System Overview and Testing Procedures
Our Z77 test system is comprised of the following components.
Processor: Intel Core i5-3570K
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme6
Video Card: Sparkle Calibre nVidia GTX x480
Memory: Mushkin Enhanced Blackline DDR3 1600MHz
Power Supply: OCZ ZX850
Storage: 128GB Plextor M3 SSD
Cooling: Thermaltake WATER2.0 Performer
Case: NZXT Phantom
We will be testing the system at the Core i5-3570K’s stock speed of 3.4GHz and again at our chosen overclock of 4.5GHz. Here are the tests we will be running.
CPU & Memory Testing
SiSoftware Sandra
– Processor Arithmetic Benchmark
– Processor Multimedia Benchmark
AIDA64 Extreme Edition
– Cache & Memory Benchmark
System Testing
SiSoftware Sandra
– Overall Benchmark
PCMark 7
PCMark Vantage
PassMark Performance Test 7.0
Video Testing
3DMark 11
3DMark Vantage
Heaven Demo 2.5
Stone Giant
Game Testing
Alien vs Predator
S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Call of Pripyat
Battlefield 3