ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME - Haswell Z87 Motherboard ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME motherboard with Intel Z87 Haswell chipset. Benchmarking and compared to Intel H87 motherboard. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Intel DH87RL: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Haswell Desktop (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Intel Connection I217-V + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.10.0-6-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2, Display Driver: intel 2.21.12, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.1.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Haswell Desktop (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.10.0-6-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2, Display Driver: intel 2.21.12, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.1.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME @ 4.2GHz: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Haswell Desktop (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.10.0-6-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2, Display Driver: intel 2.21.12, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.1.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel DH87RL ................... 35.70 |======================================= ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME .......... 22.43 |========================= ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME @ 4.2GHz . 21.87 |======================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Intel DH87RL ................... MIN: 2 AVG: 28 MAX: 63 ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME .......... MIN: 2 AVG: 45 MAX: 98 ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME @ 4.2GHz . MIN: 2 AVG: 46 MAX: 98 Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel DH87RL ................... 97.00 |======================================= ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME .......... 66.97 |=========================== ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME @ 4.2GHz . 65.13 |========================== Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Intel DH87RL ................... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 10.2 MAX: 20.0 ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME .......... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 14.9 MAX: 26.0 ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME @ 4.2GHz . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 15.2 MAX: 28.0 Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel DH87RL ................... 135.68 |====================================== ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME .......... 80.02 |====================== ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME @ 4.2GHz . 78.31 |====================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel DH87RL ................... 41.30 |======================================= ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME .......... 31.22 |============================= ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME @ 4.2GHz . 30.55 |============================= GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Intel DH87RL ................... 6968 |======================================== ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME .......... 4726 |=========================== ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME @ 4.2GHz . 4608 |========================== GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Intel DH87RL ................... 338 |========================================= ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME .......... 245 |============================== ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME @ 4.2GHz . 239 |============================= GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Intel DH87RL ................... 24280 |======================================= ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME .......... 11471 |================== ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME @ 4.2GHz . 10679 |================= GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Intel DH87RL ................... 82 |========================================= ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME .......... 83 |========================================== ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME @ 4.2GHz . 82 |========================================= LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein Loop Time < Lower Is Better Intel DH87RL ................... 42.65 |======================================= ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME .......... 32.93 |============================== ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME @ 4.2GHz . 31.31 |============================= TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2z Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Intel DH87RL ................... 125.38 |============================ ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME .......... 165.72 |===================================== ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME @ 4.2GHz . 172.00 |====================================== VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel DH87RL ................... 26.62 |================================ ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME .......... 29.25 |=================================== ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME @ 4.2GHz . 32.54 |======================================= x264 2013-06-08 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel DH87RL ................... 156.63 |============================= ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME .......... 186.02 |================================== ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME @ 4.2GHz . 205.20 |====================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel DH87RL ................... 98.90 |======================================= ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME .......... 73.59 |============================= ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME @ 4.2GHz . 67.25 |=========================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel DH87RL ................... 22.93 |======================================= ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME .......... 22.41 |====================================== ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME @ 4.2GHz . 20.15 |================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel DH87RL ................... 8.72 |======================================== ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME .......... 7.71 |=================================== ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME @ 4.2GHz . 7.20 |================================= Primesieve 4.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel DH87RL ................... 79.28 |======================================= ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME .......... 76.88 |====================================== ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME @ 4.2GHz . 69.04 |================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel DH87RL ................... 83 |========================================== ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME .......... 81 |========================================= ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME @ 4.2GHz . 73 |===================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel DH87RL ................... 4.70 |======================================== ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME .......... 4.48 |====================================== ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME @ 4.2GHz . 4.25 |==================================== FFmpeg 2.0 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel DH87RL ................... 13.91 |======================================= ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME .......... 12.12 |================================== ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME @ 4.2GHz . 11.54 |================================ Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel DH87RL ................... 22603.70 |===================== ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME .......... 35732.49 |================================= ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME @ 4.2GHz . 39049.66 |====================================