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Asrock Z97 Extreme 4 Motherboard Review: Bang-for-Buck Beast
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Test System and Testing Procedures
| Processor | Intel Core i7-4770K (Retail) |
| CPU Cooler |
Noctua NH-D15 |
| Power Supply |
Corsair HX850W 80 Plus Gold PSU |
| Memory | Mushkin Stealth 2x4GB DDR3 2133 MHz 11-11-11-27 1T |
| Storage | OCZ Agility 4 256GB SSD (OS), OCZ Vertex 4 256GB SSD (test drive), Vantec NexStar (USB 3.0 enclosure). |
| Graphics | Integrated Intel, Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 WindForce OC |
| Drivers | NVIDIA 335.23 WHQL drivers. |
| Motherboard(s) | Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (P2.10), ASUS Maximus VI Gene (0603) |
| Router | Cisco E3200 stock firmware with 2x 6ft Cat5E cables for network testing |
| Operating System | Windows 8.1 Pro x64 |
Latest working BIOS, updates and drivers were used at the time of the review. Each test was conducted at least three times for accuracy.
System Benchmarks
- Aida64 Engineer 5.20.400
- CineBench R15
- PCMark 8 v2.4.304
- WinRAR 5.01
- x.264 FHD 1.0.1
- x.265 0.1.4
Subsystem Testing
- AS SSD for SATA and USB tests
- LatencyMON
- Rightmark Audio Analyzer 6.4.1
- Passmark Performance Test 8.0 – Network Speed Graph
Gaming Benchmarks
- 3DMark (Firestrike test) v1.5.915 – Default Preset
- Unigine Heaven 4.0 – Built-in Benchmark, Low preset DX11 on 640×480
- Tomb Raider – Built-in Benchmark, Low preset on 800×600
- Bioshock Infinite – Built-in Benchmark, Low Preset on 640×480
- Sleeping Dogs – Built-in Benchmark, Low Preset on 640×480
Great review Ron, thanks.
Thanks for reading Bob. :)