first Intel Core i7-4770 testing with a Gigabyte Z87P-D3 and Gigabyte AMD Radeon R7 260X 1024MB on Fedora 20 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Gigabyte AMD Radeon R7 260X: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770 @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z87P-D3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-1CH1 + 2 x 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R7 260X 1024MB (310.48MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: VA2231, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Fedora 20, Kernel: 3.13.6-200.fc20.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.12.3, Display Server: X Server 1.14.4, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 10.0.4 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20131212 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Gigabyte AMD Radeon R7 260X . 13264 |========================================== GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Gigabyte AMD Radeon R7 260X . 517 |============================================ GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Gigabyte AMD Radeon R7 260X . 30423 |========================================== GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Gigabyte AMD Radeon R7 260X . 1184 |===========================================