System Overview and Testing Procedure
Our Z77 test system is comprised of the following components.
Processor: Intel Core i5-3570K
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 OC Formula
Video Card: Sparkle Calibre nVidia GTX x480
Memory: Samsung Green 30nm RAM (MV-3V4G3D) 2x 4GB
Power Supply: OCZ ZX850
Storage: 128GB Plextor M3 SSD
Cooling: Thermaltake WATER2.0 Pro
Case: NZXT Switch 810 SE Gunmetal
We will be testing the Z77 OC Formula at stock settings, and then again at our optimal overclock of 4.6 Ghz, which also has overclocked memory at 2400Mhz (10-11-11-24-2).
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