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There's nothing finer than a new chipset to kick the summer off and this year it's the Intel Z77 Express. In this review PCSTATS will put the performance oriented Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H motherboard, which is built on Intel's shiny new Z77 Express chipset, through its paces with the exceptionally popular 32nm 2nd Gen. Intel Core i3/i5/i7 'Sandy Bridge' processor.
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Test System Hardware and Specs

PCSTATS has worked to keep its test hardware static so plenty of comparisons can be made between different chipsets and motherboards. The Intel Z77 platform demands a few critical changes though, so moving forward we've retired Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit in favour of Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit. For the most part, 32-bit benchmarks will see negligible change.

PCSTATS installed 4GB's of high end Crucial Ballistix DDR3-1600 8-8-8-24 memory into the Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H test system. This is some good quick DDR3 RAM and it features thermal monitoring.

Storage devices have changed dramatically in recent years, you'll notice PCSTATS is using a quick OCZ Vertex 2 SSD (120GB, SATAII). The effect on system-wide benchmarks is dramatic compared to the old Western Digital Raptor HDD.

Thanks to Intel, Crucial Memory, OCZ Technology and Gigabyte for help outfitting this test platform.

Details on how the Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H motherboard was configured for benchmarking - including specific hardware, software drivers, operating system and benchmark versions - is listed in the Test System Spec chart below. Please take a moment to look over PCSTATS test system configurations before moving on to the individual benchmark results.

PCSTATS Test System Specs

		test system
processor:	intel core i7 3820 (32nm)	intel core i5 2500k (32nm)	amd fusion a8-3850 (32nm)	amd Phenom II X6 1090T (45nm)	Intel Core i7 920 (45nm)
Clock Speed:	36 x 100MHz = 3.6 GHz	33 x 100 MHz = 3.3 GHz	29 x 100 MHz = 2.9 GHz	16 x 200 MHz = 3.2 GHz	20 x 133 MHz = 2.67 GHz
Socket:	Socket LGA2011	Socket LGA1155	Socket FM1	Socket AM3 / AM2+	Socket LGA1366
Motherboard:	- Intel X79 - Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5	- Intel Z77 - Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H ECS Z77H2-A2X - Intel Z68 - Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5-B3 Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3-iSSD - Intel P67 - Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD7 Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4-B3 Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4 ASUS P8P67 Pro MSI P67A-GD65 ECS P67H2-A - Intel H67 - ASUS P8H67-M Evo Biostar TH67XE ECS H67H2-M Intel DH67BL	- AMD A75 - Gigabyte GA-A75-UD4H Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H Biostar TA75M+	- AMD 990FX - Biostar TA990FXE* Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7* ASUS Crosshair V Formula* - AMD 890FX - Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD7 ASUS Crosshair IV Formula Biostar TA890FXE MSI 890FXA-GD70 - AMD 790FX - Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P - AMD 785G - MSI 785GM-E65	- Intel X58 - Gigabyte G1.Assassin*
Videocard:	Gigabyte GV-N470SO-13I (Geforce GTX470)			ASUS ENGTS250 DK (Geforce GTS250)
Memory:	x32 - 4GB / x64 - 4x4GB Corsair CMZ16GX3M-4X1600C9 DDR3-1600 9.9.9.24	2x 2GB Crucial Ballistix DDR3-1600 8.8.8.24		2x 2GB Corsair XMS3-1600C8	3x 2GB Corsair TR3X6G1600C8D DDR3
Memory Speed:	DDR3-1600	DDR3-1333	DDR3-1333	DDR3-1066 *DDR3-1333	DDR3-1333
Hard Drive:	120GB OCZ Vertex2 SSD (3GB/s SATA II)	120GB OCZ Vertex2 SSD (3GB/s SATA II) Intel SRT Tests: 74GB Western Digital Raptor WD 740 & 20GB Intel Larson Creek 311 SSD		74GB Western Digital Raptor WD 740 (3GB/s SATA II) *120GB OCZ Vertex2 SSD (3GB/s SATA II)
Optical Drive:	Plextor PX-B310U Blu-Ray			ASUS BC-1205PT-BD
Power Supply:	NoFan P-400A (400W)	Seasonic SS-760KM (760W)		PC Power & Cooling TurboCool 750W
Heatsink:	Zalman CNPS11X Performa Heatsink	Intel Reference LGA1155 Heatsink	AMD Reference Heatsink	AMD Reference Heatsink	Intel Reference LGA1366 Heatsink
Monitor (1080p):	ASUS MK241 24" HD LCD
Software Setup:	Microsoft Windows 7 Ultiimate 32-bit & 64-bit Intel INF 9.2.3.1020 nVidia 285.62	Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate x32/x64 Intel 9.2.0.1025 nVIDIA 266.58	Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate x32/x64 AMD Catalyst 8.86RC2 nVIDIA 266.58	Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate AMD Catalyst 9.12 nVIDIA Forceware 195.62	Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Intel INF 9.1.0.1012 nVIDIA Forceware 182.08
Benchmarks:	System Benchmarks: Sysmark 2012, SYSmark 2007, PCMark Vantage, SiSoft Sandra 2011 Gaming B/M: 3DMark 11, 3DMark Vantage, 3DMark 06

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