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To test the Gigabyte Z87-D3HP, we paired it with an Intel Core i7 4770K processor and 8GB of 2133MHz memory from Patriot. We will be outlining the Gigabyte Z87-D3HP motherboard's performance with the Core i7 4770K CPU at its stock frequency of 3.5GHz and when overclocked to 4.5GHz.
We will be comparing the Gigabyte Z87-D3HP motherboard's performance to that of MSI's Z87 XPower and ASRock's Z87 Extreme9/ac. All motherboards are partnered with identical hardware and software, so the results are directly comparable.
By default, the Gigabyte Z87-D3HP motherboard forces the 4770K to a constant 3.9GHz. This will be displayed as the ‘stock’ setting.
One performance aspect that we need to mention is the Z87-D3HP motherboard's insistence on setting the Patriot memory timings to 9-11-11-30, rather than the XMP profile's configuration of 11-11-11-30. Luckily, this didn't affect system stability as our Patriot memory could handle the slight overclock. With a different set of memory, system stability may have been affected.
Motherboard Test System:
- Processor: Intel Core i7 4770K 3.50GHz.
- Memory: 8GB Patriot Viper Xtreme Division 2 2133MHz.
- Graphics Card: nVidia GTX 760 2GB.
- System Drive: 500GB Samsung 840 Series SSD.
- CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i.
- Case: NZXT Phantom 630.
- Power Supply: Seasonic Platinum 1000W.
- Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit.
Compared Z87 Motherboard(s):
- Gigabyte Z87-D3HP (BIOS F4 – newest non-BETA).
- MSI Z87 XPower (BIOS v1.0).
- ASRock Z87 Extreme9/ac (BIOS v1.70).
Settings:
- Gigabyte Z87-D3HP BIOS F4.
- GeForce 320.49 VGA drivers.
- Intel 9.4.0.1017 chipset drivers.
Software Suite:
- 3DMark
- 3DMark 11
- PCMark 8
- Unigine Heaven Benchmark 4.0
- SiSoft Sandra 2013 SP4
- Cinebench 11.5 64 bit
- Super Pi
- VLC Media Player 2.0.7
- CyberLink Media Espresso 6.7
- HandBrake 0.9.9
- ATTO
- Battlefield 3
- Metro 2033
- Sleeping Dogs
Great price. and it seems all the more expensive boards with 12 power phase etc are a bit of a waste of cash as the cpus are very limited in regards to ocing
Seems like a winner, not very sexy looking, but at least the heatsinks arent gold!
It proves that unless you need a lot of the modded stuff these cheap boards are much better than they used to be. I like gigabytes new boards, better than the competition
maybe Gigabyte is OK.
I ordered one, Seems to be coming soon, Looks very nice 🙂 Not sure what’ll be when it turns up, But i’, gonna pimp out the 32gb And Intel 4770k 😀 Not straight away but eventually, will post results 😀