Test Setup
CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K (3.3GHz) Sandy Bridge
Intel Core i5-3570K (3.40GHz) Ivy Bridge
Intel Core i7-3770K (3.50GHz) Ivy Bridge
Intel Core i5-4670K (3.40GHz) Haswell
Intel Core i7-4770K (3.50GHz) Haswell
- Intel Core i7-4790K
Cooling Corsair Hydro Series H105
Motherboard MSI Z97 XPOWER AC (Core i7-4790K & i7-4770K only)
Memory 16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 2800MHz CL12 DDR3
Graphics XFX R7970 Black Edition
Storage Corsair Neutron GTX 480GB
PSU Corsair HX1050 80 Plus Gold Certified PSU
Intel Core i5-3570K (3.40GHz) Ivy Bridge
Intel Core i7-3770K (3.50GHz) Ivy Bridge
Intel Core i5-4670K (3.40GHz) Haswell
Intel Core i7-4770K (3.50GHz) Haswell
- Intel Core i7-4790K
Cooling Corsair Hydro Series H105
Motherboard MSI Z97 XPOWER AC (Core i7-4790K & i7-4770K only)
Memory 16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 2800MHz CL12 DDR3
Graphics XFX R7970 Black Edition
Storage Corsair Neutron GTX 480GB
PSU Corsair HX1050 80 Plus Gold Certified PSU
Benchmarks
Cinebench R15 – CPU/OpenGL Score
x264 HD 4.0 – 1st and 2nd pass encoding
SiSoftware SANDRA 2014 – CPU & Memory benchmarks
AIDA64 – CPU benchmarks
PCMark 8 – Home Suite
3DMark FireStrike – DX11 3D Benchmark
Games – Tomb Raider, THIEF
x264 HD 4.0 – 1st and 2nd pass encoding
SiSoftware SANDRA 2014 – CPU & Memory benchmarks
AIDA64 – CPU benchmarks
PCMark 8 – Home Suite
3DMark FireStrike – DX11 3D Benchmark
Games – Tomb Raider, THIEF
Other Software
Temperature Analysis: Core Temp
Stress Testing Software: LinX
CPU Specification Monitoring: CPU-Z
Stress Testing Software: LinX
CPU Specification Monitoring: CPU-Z
NOTE: Some benchmarks do not have full comparative models because we have since introduced new testing applications to give expand analysis and are not able to re-test older chips.
