Benchmarks: CPU
A Core i7-3770K at 4.6GHz? That'll do nicely, and it's enough to power the 3XS Z77 Node Titan to the top of the PiFast chart. Though it's worth remembering that Scan's compact rig costs almost twice as much as anything else in our line-up - it has to come out on top in terms of performance, nothing else will do.
Continuing what's certain to be a trend, the Node Titan excels in the multi-core Cinebench test. Having a hyper-threaded CPU does prove to be useful in certain scenarios.
Make no mistake, this is an extremely fast small-form-factor rig. With a Samsung 840 Series SSD in place as the system disk, Scan gets close to hitting 7,000 PCMarks. We've never seen a score as high as this in the HEXUS labs, from any system at any price, and as expected the Node Titan feels suitably responsive at all times.
