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Review: Cyberpower Infinity Hercules Pro

by Parm Mann on 24 February 2015, 17:22

Tags: Cyberpower

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Test Methodology

Comparison Systems

System Name Cyberpower Infinity Hercules Pro Gigabyte Brix Gaming Mesh Nightblade 3 HEX PC Specialist Magma A10 PC Specialist Vanquish Mini 130 Scan 3XS Z97 Performance Q10 Scan 3XS Z97 Vengeance 780
Overclocked Yes No No No No Yes Yes
CPU Intel Core i5-4690K @ 4.3GHz Intel Core i5-4200H @ up to 3.4GHz Intel Core i7-4790K @ up to 4.4GHz AMD A10-7850K @ up to 4.0GHz Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.4GHz Intel Core i5-4690K @ 4.6GHz Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.7GHz
CPU Cores / Threads 4 / 4 2 / 4 4 / 8 4 / 4 2 / 4 4 / 4 4 / 8
CPU TDP 88W 47W 88W 95W 54W 88W 88W
CPU Cooler Corsair Hydro Series H55 Gigabyte Brix Gaming reference Asetek 550LC AMD reference Intel reference Thermalright True Spirit 140 Corsair Hydro Series H80
Motherboard Asus Z97-P Gigabyte M4HM8AP MSI Z97I Gaming AC Asus A88XM-Plus Asus H81I-Plus Asus Z97-K Asus Z97-K
Memory Kingston Hyper-X Fury 8GB DDR3 (2x4GB) G.Skill 8GB DDR3 (2x4GB) (added) AMD Radeon R9 Gamer Series (2x8GB) Kingston Hyper-X Beast 8GB DDR3 (2x4GB) Kingston Hyper-X Genesis 8GB DDR3 (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB DDR3 (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB DDR3 (2x4GB)
Memory Speed 10-11-10-30-1T @ 1,866MHz 11-11-11-28-1T @ 1,600MHz 11-12-12-31-2T @ 2,400MHz 11-12-11-30-1T @ 2,133MHz 11-11-11-28-1T @ 1,600MHz 11-11-11-27-2T @ 2,133MHz 11-11-11-27-2T @ 2,133MHz
Integrated Graphics - - - AMD Radeon R7 - - -
Discrete Graphics MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 6GB MSI GeForce GTX 780 Ti Gaming 3GB - Palit GeForce GTX 660 2GB EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Superclocked ACX 4GB EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Superclocked ACX 3GB
Sound Card Onboard audio Onboard audio Onboard audio Onboard audio Onboard audio Onboard audio Creative Sound Blaster Audigy FX 5.1
Primary Storage 120GB Kingston SSDNow V300 SSD 180GB Intel mSATA SSD (added) 2x 128GB Plextor M6M mSATA SSDs 1TB Seagate ST1000DX001 SSHD 1TB Toshiba HDD 500GB Samsung 840 Evo SSD 256GB SanDisk X110 SSD
Secondary Storage 1TB Seagate Barracuda HDD - 2TB Seagate Barracuda HDD - - - 2TB WD Green HDD
Optical Drive - - Lite-On Slim Slot-loading DVD Writer Samsung DVD Writer Lite-On DVD Writer Samsung DVD Writer Samsung DVD Writer
PSU Corsair VS450 (450W, internal) Delta Electronics (180W, external) SilverStone Strider Essential Gold (600W, internal) Corsair VS350 (350W, internal) Corsair VS450 (450W, internal) Corsair RM550 (550W, internal) Corsair RM550 (550W, internal)
Chassis NZXT Source 340 Gigabyte Brix Gaming MSI Nightblade Aerocool DS Cube Red Edition Cooler Master Elite 130 Corsair Obsidian Series 550D Fractal Design Arc Midi R2
Operating System Windows 8.1 (64-bit, added) Windows 8.1 (64-bit, added) Windows 8.1 (64-bit) Windows 8.1 (64-bit) Windows 8.1 (64-bit) Windows 8.1 (64-bit) Windows 8.1 (64-bit)
Standard Warranty Three years (one-month collect-and-return, two-year parts, three-year labour) Two years Standard Warranty - (1 Year Parts, Lifetime Labour,1 Month Collect & Return) Three years (one-year collect-and-return, one-year parts, three-year labour) Three years (one-year collect-and-return, one-year parts, three-year labour) Three years (first year onsite, second year return-to-base with parts and labour, third year return-to-base with labour only) Three years (first year onsite, second year return-to-base with parts and labour, third year return-to-base with labour only)
Approx. System Cost £800 £600 £1,499 (EOL) £469 £549 £1,300 £1,300 (EOL)

CPU Benchmarks

HEXUS PiFast Our number-crunching PiFast test is used to benchmark the computational power of each system's CPU.
Cinebench Using Cinebench's multi-CPU render, this cross-platform benchmark stresses as many cores as possible.
HandBrake Free-to-use video encoder that stresses all CPU cores.

Memory and Storage Benchmarks

AIDA64 Benchmark that analyses memory bandwidth and latency.
CrystalDiskMark Popular free-to-use storage benchmark, used to gauge sequential performance and aggregated 4K QD32 speeds.

System and Gaming Benchmarks

PCMark 8 System-wide examination that uses the Home preset, run with OpenCL acceleration.
3DMark DX11, run at the Firestrike default test.
BioShock Infinite 1080p and 4K, various quality settings.
Total War: Rome II 1080p and 4K, various quality settings.

Miscellaneous Benchmarks

Power Consumption Noted for system idling, under HandBrake video-transcoding load, and for GPU playing Aliens vs. Predator.
Temperature Noted for CPU idling, under HandBrake video-transcoding load, and for GPU playing Aliens vs. Predator.