GIGABYTE Z97X-UD5H Review: Choose Your Storage Option
by Ian Cutress on May 14, 2014 9:00 AM EST- Posted in
- Motherboards
- Intel
- Gigabyte
- Z97
Gaming Benchmarks
F1 2013
First up is F1 2013 by Codemasters. I am a big Formula 1 fan in my spare time, and nothing makes me happier than carving up the field in a Caterham, waving to the Red Bulls as I drive by (because I play on easy and take shortcuts). F1 2013 uses the EGO Engine, and like other Codemasters games ends up being very playable on old hardware quite easily. In order to beef up the benchmark a bit, we devised the following scenario for the benchmark mode: one lap of Spa-Francorchamps in the heavy wet, the benchmark follows Jenson Button in the McLaren who starts on the grid in 22nd place, with the field made up of 11 Williams cars, 5 Marussia and 5 Caterham in that order. This puts emphasis on the CPU to handle the AI in the wet, and allows for a good amount of overtaking during the automated benchmark. We test at 1920x1080 on Ultra graphical settings.
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Bioshock Infinite
Bioshock Infinite was Zero Punctuation’s Game of the Year for 2013, uses the Unreal Engine 3, and is designed to scale with both cores and graphical prowess. We test the benchmark using the Adrenaline benchmark tool and the Xtreme (1920x1080, Maximum) performance setting, noting down the average frame rates and the minimum frame rates.
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Tomb Raider
The next benchmark in our test is Tomb Raider. Tomb Raider is an AMD optimized game, lauded for its use of TressFX creating dynamic hair to increase the immersion in game. Tomb Raider uses a modified version of the Crystal Engine, and enjoys raw horsepower. We test the benchmark using the Adrenaline benchmark tool and the Xtreme (1920x1080, Maximum) performance setting, noting down the average frame rates and the minimum frame rates.
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TelstarTOS - Thursday, May 15, 2014 - link
http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconduct...Get one of these and test all the Z97 M.2 port with it.
izdlang - Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - link
So I see on the website that there is now a revision 1.1.. I ordered a new one, and got revision 1.0. Does anyone know what the difference in the revisions are? Want to know if I should whine until I get a 1.1 vs the 1.0?swing848 - Tuesday, September 9, 2014 - link
Thank you for the review. I noticed that you are still pushing Nvidia ... You are comparing an GTX 770 to an AMD HD 7970. How many people are currently purchasing HD 7970 video cards?You could use an AMD R9 290 and an GTX 670, that would be just as fair ... come on, I know [Anand] has more than two video cards to use. This is pure Nvidia bias.