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EVGA Z77 FTW Intel Z77 Motherboard Review

Manufacturer: eVGA
Product: EVGA Z77 FTW
Date: Mon, Jul 16, 2012 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Dan Stoltz -
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Intel Z77 SATA III 6Gbps Performance Testing

CrystalDiskMark is a small benchmark utility for drives and enables rapid measurement of sequential and random read/write speeds. Note that CDM only supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ) with a queue depth of 32 (as noted) for the last listed benchmark score. This can skew some results in favor of controllers that also do not support NCQ.

Intel Z77 SATA III 6Gbps CrystalDiskMark Performance Benchmark Results

The SATA III 6Gbps performance testing was completed using a Corsair Force GT 240Gb SATA III 6Gbps SSD.

Intel Z77 SATA III 6Gbps CrystalDiskMark Performance

Benchmark Results: The sequential read of the EVGA Z77 FTW was a little on the low side in CrystalDiskMark and averaged only 486.8MB/s. This is the lowest performance that we have seen to date, but not by a whole lot. The average sequential write of our other boards is 499.4MB/s, which is only 2.5% faster on average. The sequential write speeds of the EVGA Z77 FTW were right on par with a performance of 305.0MB/s.

HD Tune Pro 4.01 is an extended version of HD Tune which includes many new features such as write benchmark, secure erasing, AAM setting, folder usage view, disk monitor, command line parameters and file benchmark.

Intel Z77 HD Tune Pro 5.00 Write Benchmark Results

Intel Z77 SATA III 6Gbps HD Tune Performance Benchmark Results

Intel Z77 HD Tune Pro 5.00 Read Benchmark Results

Intel Z77 SATA III 6Gbps HD Tune Performance Benchmark Results

Intel Z77 SATA III 6Gbps HD Tune Performance

Benchmark Results: The trend we saw in CrystalDiskMark continues in HD Tune. The EVGA Z77 FTW had the slowest average read speed with only 346.6MB/s while the average write speed was more in line with the other boards.

Next Page - Intel Z77 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Performance Testing


Review Index
Page 1 - EVGA Z77 FTW Mainboard
Page 2 - EVGA Z77 FTW Motherboard Retail Packaging
Page 3 - EVGA Z77 FTW Motherboard Layout
Page 4 - EVGA Z77 FTW (151-IB-E699-KR) System BIOS
Page 5 - The Legit Reviews Test System
Page 6 - SiSoftware Sandra 2012 Sp3 Memory Bandwidth
Page 7 - Futuremark 3DMark 11 DirectX 11 Gaming Benchmark
Page 8 - Battlefield 3
Page 9 - Mass Effect 3
Page 10 - Intel Z77 SATA III 6Gbps Performance Testing
Page 11 - Intel Z77 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Performance Testing
Page 12 - Power Consumption
Page 13 - EVGA Z77 FTW (151-IB-E699-KR) Overclocking
Page 14 - Final Thoughts and Conclusion