so-results Intel Core i7-4770K testing with a ASUS Z87-PLUS and Intel HD 4600 on LinuxMint 16 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i7-4770K: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Z87-PLUS, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 500GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Intel Connection I217-V OS: LinuxMint 16, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.0.14, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.904, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2960x1050 x264 2014-01-09 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-4770K . 178.25 |=================================================