Legit Reviews Test System

Before we look at the numbers, here is a brief glance at the test systems that were used. All testing was done on a fresh install of Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. All benchmarks were completed on the desktop with no other software programs running.

ASUS P9X79 Deluxe motherboard – $369.99

Intel Test Rig
Processor	Intel Core I7 3820	Live Pricing
Motherboard	See Above	Live Pricing
Sound Card	Creative Fatality X-FI	Live Pricing
Memory	Crucial 1866MHz	Live Pricing
Storage Device(S)	Crucial M4SSD2128 SSD 2 X Seagate Momentus 320 HDDs 1 X Western Digital 1 TB HDD	Live Pricing Live Pricing Live Pricing
Video Card	2 X AMD Radeon HD6970	Live Pricing
Cooling	Koolance CPU 360 CPU water block 2 x Koolance 697 Video card water blocks Swiftech triple 120mm radiator XSPC quad 120mm radiator
Chassis	CoolerMaster	Live Pricing
Power Supply	PC Power & Cooling	Live Pricing

ASUS P9X79 Deluxe System Settings

To keep things fair during the testing portion of this review, and to ensure I would not get any erroneous or stray readings, the only thing that I changed on the hardware was the motherboards and CPU, all other hardware remained the same.

These items include:

• Crucial 1866MHz 9-9-9-24 memory
• 2 x Seagate Momentus 320 HDDs in RAID 0
• 1 x Western Digital 1 TB HDD
• 1 x Crucial M4SSD2128GB SSD
• 2 x AMD Radeon HD6970 video cards
• 1 x Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatality
• PC Power & Cooling 950 WATT PSU
• 1 x Koolance CPU 360 CPU water block
• 2 x Koolance 697 full cover video card water blocks
• 1 x Swiftech triple 120mm radiator
• 1 x XSPC quad 120mm radiator
• With a dual loop shared 1 gallon reservoir.

Again the only things I did change was the motherboards/CPU combination. The tested motherboards and CPU combinations are as fallows:

• ASUS Rampage II Extreme with a Core i7 970
• ASUS P8P67 EVO with a Core i7 2600K
• ASUS P9X79 Deluxe with a Core i7 3820