Come abbiamo testato le schede madre

ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Asus Z97 Pro (Wi-Fi ac), Gigabyte Z97X-UD5H, MSI Z97 MPower e Supermicro C7Z97-OCE. Schede madre tra 160 e 200 euro per CPU Intel LGA 1150 alla prova.

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Configurazione di prova
CPU Intel Core i7-4790K (Haswell): 4.0-4.4 GHz, 8 MB di cache L3 condivisa, LGA 1150
CPU Cooler Thermalright MUX-120 con pasta Zalman ZM-STG1 
RAM Patriot Viper 3 PV316G240C1K (16 GB) a DDR3-1600 C9 

Corsair CMY32GX3M4A2800C12R (32 GB) a XMP-2800 C12 

Graphics PowerColor PCS+ AXR9 290X 4GBD5-PPDHE: 1050 MHz GPU, 4 GB GDDR5-5400
Hard Drive Samsung 840 Pro MZ-7PD256, 256 GB SSD
Sound HD Audio integrato
Network Gigabit Networking integrata
Power Corsair AX860i: ATX12V v2.3, EPS12V, 80 PLUS Platinum
Software
OS Microsoft Windows 8 Professional RTM x64
Graphics AMD Catalyst 14.4
Chipset Intel INF 10.0.13
Configurazione dei benchmark
Giochi 3D
Battlefield 4 Version 1.0.0.1, DirectX 11, 100-sec. Fraps "Tashgar"

Test Set 1: Medium Quality Preset, No AA, 4X AF, SSAO

Test Set 2: Ultra Quality Preset,  4X MSAA, 16X AF, HBAO

Grid 2  Version 1.0.85.8679, Direct X 11, Built-in Benchmark

Test Set 1: High Quality, No AA

Test Set 2: Ultra Quality, 8x MSAA

Arma 3 Version 1.08.113494, 30-Sec. Fraps "Infantry Showcase"

Test Set 1: Standard Preset, No AA, Standard AF

Test Set 2: Ultra Preset, 8x FSAA, Ultra AF

Far Cry 3  V. 1.04, DirectX 11, 50-sec. Fraps "Amanaki Outpost"

Test Set 1: High Quality, No AA, Standard ATC, SSAO

Test Set 2: Ultra Quality, 4x MSAA, Enhanced ATC, HDAO

Adobe Creative Suite
Adobe After Effects CC Version 12.0.0.404: Create Video which includes 3 Streams, 210 Frames, Render Multiple Frames Simultaneously
Adobe Photoshop CC Version 14.0 x64: Filter 15.7 MB TIF Image: Radial Blur, Shape Blur, Median, Polar Coordinates
Adobe Premeire Pro CC Version 7.0.0 (342), 6.61 GB MXF Project to H.264 to H.264 Blu-ray, Output 1920x1080, Maximum Quality
Codifica Audio/Video 
iTunes Version 11.0.4.4 x64: Audio CD (Terminator II SE), 53 minutes, default AAC format 
LAME MP3 Version 3.98.3: Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 min, convert WAV to MP3 audio format, Command: -b 160 --nores (160 Kb/s)
HandBrake CLI Version: 0.99: Video from Canon Eos 7D (1920x1080, 25 FPS) 1 Minutes 22 Seconds

Audio: PCM-S16, 48,000 Hz, Two-Channel, to Video: AVC1 Audio: AAC (High Profile)

TotalCode Studio 2.5 Version: 2.5.0.10677: MPEG-2 to H.264, MainConcept H.264/AVC Codec, 28 sec HDTV 1920x1080 (MPEG-2), Audio: MPEG-2 (44.1 kHz, Two-Channel, 16-Bit, 224 Kb/s), Codec: H.264 Pro, Mode: PAL 50i (25 FPS), Profile: H.264 BD HDMV
Produttività
ABBYY FineReader Version 10.0.102.95: Read PDF save to Doc, Source: Political Economy (J. Broadhurst 1842) 111 Pages
Adobe Acrobat 11 Version 11.0.0.379: Print PDF from 115 Page PowerPoint, 128-bit RC4 Encryption
Autodesk 3ds Max 2013 Version 15.0 x64: Space Flyby Mentalray, 248 Frames, 1440x1080
Blender Version: 2.68A, Cycles Engine, Syntax blender -b thg.blend -f 1, 1920x1080, 8x Anti-Aliasing, Render THG.blend frame 1
Visual Studio 2010 Version 10.0, Compile Google Chrome, Scripted
Compressione file
WinZip Version 18.0 Pro: THG-Workload (1.3 GB) to ZIP, command line switches "-a -ez -p -r"
WinRAR Version 5.0: THG-Workload (1.3 GB) to RAR, command line switches "winrar a -r -m3"
7-Zip Version 9.30 alpha (64-bit): THG-Workload (1.3 GB) to .7z, command line switches "a -t7z -r -m0=LZMA2 -mx=5"
Benchmark sintetici e impostazioni
3DMark 11 Version: 1.0.5.0, Benchmark Only
3DMark Professional Version: 1.2.250.0 (64-bit), Fire Strike Benchmark
PCMark 8 Version: 1.0.0 x64, Full Test
SiSoftware Sandra Version 2014.02.20.10, CPU Test=CPU Arithmetic / Multimedia / Cryptography, Memory Bandwidth Benchmarks