ASRock Fatal1ty X79 Champion Motherboard Review

1. Introduction2. ASRock X79 Champion: Packaging and Bundle3. ASRock X79 Champion: Layout and Features4. ASRock X79 Champion: BIOS and Overclocking5. Testing Methodology6. Synthetic: 3DMark 117. Synthetic: 3DMark Vantage8. Synthetic: PCMark 79. Synthetic: Unigine Heaven10. Synthetic: SiSoft Sandra 201211. Synthetic: Cinebench R11.512. Synthetic: Super Pi13. Synthetic: CrystalDiskMark14. Real World: Media Encoding15. Synthetic: MKV Playback16. Synthetic: Blu-Ray Playback17. Gaming: Battlefield 318. Gaming: Max Payne 319. Technical: Power Consumption20. Closing Thoughts21. View All Pages

In this review we are going to benchmark the i7-3930K at reference clock speeds and when overclocked to 4.8 GHz. We used the excellent Corsair H100 cooler for our tests as it's one of the best coolers available on the market.

Test System:

Processor: Intel Core i7-3930K
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty X79 Champion
Cooler: Corsair H100
Case: Silverstone Temjin TJ04E
Thermal Paste: Arctic Cooling MX-2
Memory: 16 GB Mushkin Redline 2133 MHz.
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 7950
Power Supply: Corsair HX 850W
System Drive: Crucial M4 256 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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