Biostar Gaming Z97X (LGA 1150) Motherboard Review

The Test System and Test Software

Before we delve into any testing we would like to take this opportunity to review our test system.

Test System

• Motherboard: varies by review
• CPU: Intel Core i7 4770K processor
• GPU: Sapphire R9 290 Tri-X graphics card
• RAM: Cruicial Ballistix 16GB 1866MHz dual-channel kit
• Cooling: Thermaltake Water 3.0 AIO with Gelid GC-Extreme
• Case: Lian Li T80 Test Bench
• Storage Drives: Main storage: Crucial M550 512GB, Test Devices: SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB SSD, Plextor 256GB M6e M.2 SSD and Patriot SuperSonic Magnum 256GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive
• PSU: Be Quiet Power Zone 1000W
• Operating System: Windows 8.1 64-bit
• Networking: ASUS RT-AC68U router

Test Software

• SiSoft Sandra Engineer – available here
• WPrime – available here
• Cinebench – available here
• 3DMark – available here
• Bioshock Infinite – available here
• Tomb Raider – available here
• AIDA 64 Engineer – available here
• Latencymon – available here
• Rightmark Audio Analyser – available here
• LAN Speed Test Lite – available here
• Passmark – available here