In this review we are going to benchmark the i7-3770K at reference clock speeds and when overclocked to 4.8 GHz. We used a Phanteks PH-TC14PE Cooler for our tests.
Test System:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77X-UP4 TH
Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE
Thermal Paste: Arctic Cooling MX-2
Memory: 8 GB G.Skill @ 1600 MHz 9-9-9-24
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 6950
Power Supply: Thermaltake ToughPower XT 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
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