Motherboard Reviews
Gigabyte X99 Phoenix SLI Motherboard Review
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Test System and Testing Procedures
| Item | Name | Provided by: |
| Processor | Intel Core i7-6950x | Gigabyte |
| CPU Cooler |
EKWB Predator 360 | EKWB |
| Power Supply |
NZXT Hale 90 v2 1000 watt power supply | NZXT |
| Memory | Kingston HyperX Fury DDR4 4x4GB @ 2133MHz 14-14-14-35 2T (XMP) | Kingston |
| Storage | Samsung EVO 840, Kingston Predator M.2 SSD (OS) | – |
| Graphics | Zotac GTX 960 4g | Zotac |
| Drivers | Intel 10.1.2 NVIDIA 368.69 WHQL (Discrete) | – |
| Networking | Cisco Catalyst 2960G | – |
| Motherboard(s) | EVGA X99 Classified, MSI X99A Gaming 9 |
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| Operating System | Windows 10 Pro | – |
Latest working BIOS, updates and drivers were used at the time of the review. Each test was conducted at least three times for accuracy with the exception of PCMark 8 which already does three sets per benchmark run. *All performance benchmarks in this review and all reviews going forward will be using the Windows 10 operating system. **Thanks to our sponsors who provided hardware for the test system.
System Benchmarks
- Aida64 Engineer 5.30
- SiSoft Sandra Lite 2015 SP2b
- CineBench R15
- PCMark 8 v2.4.304
- WinRAR 5.01
- x.264 FHD 1.0.1
- x.265 0.1.4
Subsystem Testing
- CrystalDiskMark 5.0.3 for Storage tests
- LatencyMon for DPC monitoring
- Rightmark Audio Analyzer 6.4.1
- Passmark Performance Test 8.0 – Network Speed Graph
Gaming Benchmarks
- 3DMark Firestrike (Default)
- Unigine Heaven 4.0 (Max Settings, 1920 x 1080)
- Bioshock Infinite (Lowest Settings @ 640 x 480, Max Settings @ 1920 x 1080)
