System Setup

For CPU performance

Intel Core i7-3770K (3.5GHz stock)
8GB (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance @ DDR3-1333 speeds
Intel Extreme DZ77GA-70K

Intel Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition (3.3GHz stock)
16GB (4x4GB) Corsair Vengeance @ DDR3-1600 speeds
Intel Extreme DX79SI

Intel Core i7-920 (2.66GHz stock)
6GB (3x2GB) OCZ Gold @ DDR3-1333 speeds
EVGA X58 3-Way SLI

2x AMD Radeon HD 6870 in Crossfire
Catalyst 11.10

Western Digital Caviar Black 1.5TB/1TB

Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit Service Pack 1

For graphics performance

Intel Core i7-3770K @ 4.5GHz
8GB (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance @ DDR3-1600 speeds
Intel Extreme DZ77GA-70K

Intel HD 4000 Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
AMD Radeon HD 6870
AMD Radeon HD 6850
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1GB

Catalyst 12.3
Forceware 301.24 Beta

Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB

Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit Service Pack 1

Benchmarks

Crysis 2
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Battlefield 3
Metro 2033
Sid Meier’s Civilization V
Total War: SHOGUN 2
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Aliens vs Predator
3DMark Vantage 1.10
3DMark ’11 1.03
Unigine Heaven 3.0
Cinebench 10 & 11.5
POV-Ray 3.62 & 3.7