Biostar TZ77XE4 Motherboard Review

In this review we are going to benchmark the i7-3770K at reference clock speeds and when overclocked to 4.7 GHz. We will be comparing it to a similarly clocked i7-2700K chip. Both of these processors were cooled using a Be Quiet! Shadow Rock TopFlow CPU Cooler.

Test System:

Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K and Intel Core i7-2700K
Motherboard: Biostar Z77XE4
Cooler: Be Quiet! Shadow Rock TopFlow
Thermal Paste: Arctic Cooling MX-4
Memory: 8 GB G.Skill @ 1600 MHz 9-9-9-24
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 6950
Power Supply: NZXT Hale90 750W
System Drive: Intel 520 Series 240 GB
Monitor: Viewsonic VX2260WM
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)

Software:

PCMark 7
3DMark 11
SiSoft Sandra 2012 SP3
Cinebench R11.5
CrystalDiskMark
Cyberlink MediaEspresso 6.5
VLC Media Player
Performance Monitor
Unigine Heaven Benchmark
Super Pi 1.5 Mod
CPUID Hardware Monitor
CPU-Z
DiRT 3
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City

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