Test Systems and Procedures
Before we delve into any testing we would like to take this opportunity to overview our test system and thank those sponsors who kindly provided us with test equipment to make our work possible. We offer our thanks to:
Intel for supplying us with a Core i7 4960X processor, which we reviewed here.
ASUS for supplying us with a Rampage IV Extreme motherboard, which we reviewed here.
Be Quiet for supplying us with a Power Zone 1000W modular power supply.
Kingston for supplying us with a Hyper X 240GB SSD, which we reviewed here.
AMD for supplying us with a Dell U2711 Ultra Sharp monitor.
Corsair for supplying us with a Hydro Series H100i liquid CPU cooler, which we reviewed here, and the Corsair Vengeance Pro Series 1866MHz 16GB memory kit, which we reviewed here.
Lian Li for supplying us with a PC-T60A test bench.
Noctua for supplying us with NT-H1 thermal compound.
Test System
- Motherboard – ASUS Rampage IV Extreme X79 LGA 2011 Motherboard
- Processor – Intel Core i7 4960X at Stock 3.6GHz with Turbo Mode disabled
- RAM – 16GB (2 X 8GB) Corsair Vengeance Pro Series 1866MHz at 9-10-9-27
- CPU Cooler – Corsair H100i with Quiet Fan Profile with Noctua NT-H1 Thermal Compound
- Power Supply – Be Quiet Power Zone 1000W
- Main Storage Drive – Kingston HyperX 240GB SSD
- Chassis – Lian Li T60 Test Bench
- Displays – Dell U2711 Ultra Sharp
- Operating System – Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit
Driver Details
- ASUS GTX 760 Striker Platinum – Nvidia GeForce 340.52 WHQL
- Gigabyte GTX 780 Ti GHz Edition – Nvidia GeForce 340.52 WHQL
Hardware Used
- “Killawatt” style electricity usage meter wall plug
- Benetech GM1351 decibel meter
Games Used
- Batman Arkham Origins
- Battlefield 4
- Bioshock Infinite
- Hitman Absolution
- Metro Last Light
- Tomb Raider
Software Used
- Unigine Heaven
- Unigine Valley
- Furmark
- CPU-ID HWMonitor
