System Overview and Testing Procedures
Going over our Intel Z170 system it is made up of the following components.
Processor: Intel Core i7-6700K
Video Card: MSI GTX 770 GamingMSI GeForce GTX 1060 Gaming X 3GB
Motherboard: ASUS Z170-A
Memory: Mushkin Redline DDR4-3000 16GB
Storage: 120GB Kingston HyperX 3K
Power: Corsair AX860i
Cooling: Cooler Master MasterAir Pro 3
Case: HighSpeed PC Top Deck Tech Station
For testing we will run the memory at its stock or XMP profile settings using the below benchmarking software. We will then run the tests again our max overclock of 3200 MHz. Below is a list of benchmarking software that we use.
– SiSoftware Sandra Memory Bandwidth Benchmark
– SiSoftware Sandra Cache & Memory Latency Benchmark
– SiSoftware Cache Bandwidth Benchmark
– AIDA64 Cache & Memory Benchmark
– Cinebench R15 Multi-threaded test
– 3DMark Fire Strike Physics test
Now let’s get to testing!