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HWBOT Report Haswell Jun-Apr Power User Report Version v7 by HWBOT, 25/04/14

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- In Q2 2014, 50% of the HWBOT enthusiasts used Haswell architecture - The adoption rate of Haswell was similar to that of Sandy Bridge, and topped higher with 500 active users 9 months after launch - The Core i7 4770K (50%) and Core i5 4670K (25%) remain to be the most popular Haswell CPUs - 80-90% of the Haswell benchmarking is done using multi-threaded processor and 3D benchmarks - 35-55% of the Haswell overclockers opt for water cooling - Asus remains top pick for mainboard brands. In the past two months, MSI is growing strong in user base and closing in on 25% market share. Gigabyte drops from 30% to sub 25% in the past 6 months. - The GIGABYTE Z87X-OC is the most popular mainboard with 8% overall user base - Between Aug’13 and Feb’14 the Z87X-OC was the most popular overclocking motherboard, but in the past two months the ASUS ROG series took over - G.SKILL remains top pick for memory, both in terms of user base and user activity. G.SKILL owners use their memory 2,31x more than Corsair owners and 5,71x more than Kingston owners - G.SKILL TridentX remains the most popular DRAM SKU with 22% market share. Second is Corsair Vengeance with 12% share - Haswell owners at HWBOT own primarily Nvidia based high-end graphics cards like GTX 780, GTX 770 and GTX 760 - MSI and its Lightning brand remain top pick for VGA solution, although ASUS and DirectCu II are closing in

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Page 1: HWBOT Analysis: Haswell Jun-Apr Power User Report (v7)

HWBOT ReportHaswell Jun-Apr Power User Report

Version v7

by HWBOT, 25/04/14

Page 2: HWBOT Analysis: Haswell Jun-Apr Power User Report (v7)

General Information

Original report compiled on Dec 16, 2013 for HWBOT Premium Partners

ASRock, GIGABYTE, G.Skill, Intel, and MSI

Confidential information

More info, contact [email protected]

Data provided in terms of

Result = quantity of submissions (“how many results are submitted”)

User = quantity of unique users (“how many users are submitting”)

Timeframe: June, July, August, September, October, November, December 2013. January, February, March, April 2014.

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Changelog

v7: 25/04: update data, add mainboard model trend, add summary

v6: 31/03: update data

v5: 16/12: update data, add K/X-sku adoption rate

v4: 27/10: updated charts, add vga information

v3: 02/09: fixed title memory model choice table

v2, 02/09: fixed mainboard charts

Ran a couple of update scripts to improve links between XTU hardware profiles and HWBOT hardware database

Change affects mainboard brand and model charts

v1, 01/09: initial compilation

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Summary

In Q2 2014, 50% of the HWBOT enthusiasts used Haswell architecture

The adoption rate of Haswell was similar to that of Sandy Bridge, and topped higher with 500 active users 9 months after launch

The Core i7 4770K (50%) and Core i5 4670K (25%) remain to be the most popular Haswell CPUs

80-90% of the Haswell benchmarking is done using multi-threaded processor and 3D benchmarks

35-55% of the Haswell overclockers opt for water cooling

Asus remains top pick for mainboard brands. In the past two months, MSI is growing strong in user base and closing in on 25% market share. Gigabyte drops from 30% to sub 25% in the past 6 months

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Summary

The GIGABYTE Z87X-OC is the most popular mainboard with 8% overall user base

Between Aug’13 and Feb’14 the Z87X-OC was the most popular overclocking motherboard, but in the past two months the ASUS ROG series took over

G.SKILL remains top pick for memory, both in terms of user base and user activity. G.SKILL owners use their memory 2,31x more than Corsair owners and 5,71x more than Kingston owners

G.SKILL TridentX remains the most popular DRAM SKU with 22% market share. Second is Corsair Vengeance with 12% share

Haswell owners at HWBOT own primarily Nvidia based high-end graphics cards like GTX 780, GTX 770 and GTX 760

MSI and its Lightning brand remain top pick for VGA solution, although ASUS and DirectCu II are closing in

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CPU Architecture Transition (by user)Clarkdale Gulftown Haswell Ivy Bridge Lynnfield Sandy Bridge Sandy Bridge-E Ivy Bridge-E

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Haswell CPU Model Choice

Haswell CPU Model Choice

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Model Pct. Model Pct.

Core i7 4770K 58,80% Core i7 4770K 49,19%

Core i5 4670K 18,83% Core i5 4670K 25,64%

Core i7 4700MQ 4,66% Core i7 4700MQ 7,87%

Core i7 4700HQ 2,72% Core i7 4700HQ 4,83%

Core i7 4770 1,61% Core i7 4770 2,95%

Core i7 4900MQ 1,30% Core i7 4800MQ 1,69%

Core i7 4800MQ 1,00% Core i7 4900MQ 1,63%

Core i5 4570 0,82% Core i5 4570 1,51%

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Haswell Benchmark Choice

Haswell Benchmark ChoiceBy result By user

Benchmark Pct. Benchmark Pct.

XTU 57,54% XTU 87,40%

3DMark05 2,77% SuperPi - 1M 10,48%

3DMark03 2,45% SuperPi - 32M 10,39%

3DMark06 2,43% Cinebench R11.5 10,36%

Aquamark 2,32% CPU Frequency 8,52%

3DMark2001 SE 2,21% 3DMark11 - Performance 8,33%

SuperPi - 32M 2,21% 3DMark06 8,21%

Cinebench R11.5 2,12% 3DMark05 7,81%

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Haswell Chipset Choice

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Z87 Mainboard Brand Choice

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Haswell Mainboard Model Choice

Z87 Mainboard Model ChoiceBy result By user

Brand Model Pct. Brand Model Pct.

GIGABYTE Z87X-OC 9,45% GIGABYTE Z87X-OC 8,26%

Asus Maximus VI Extreme 8,56% Asus Maximus VI Hero 6,60%

Asus Maximus VI Hero 6,35% Asus Maximus VI Extreme 6,36%

MSI Z87-G45 Gaming 3,44% Asus Maximus VI Formula 4,04%

GIGABYTE Z87X-UD3H 3,06% MSI Z87-G45 Gaming 3,77%

Asus Maximus VI Formula 2,83% GIGABYTE Z87X-D3H 3,11%

Asus Z87-Pro 2,78% ASRock Z87 OC Formula 3,01%

ASRock Z87M OC Formula 2,62% GIGABYTE Z87X-UD3H 2,90%

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Haswell Memory Brand Choice

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Brand Pct. Brand Pct.

G.SKILL 44,52% G.SKILL 38,79%

Corsair 19,24% Corsair 35,99%

Kingston Technology 7,79% Kingston Technology 20,07%

TeamGroup 6,85% TeamGroup 7,51%

Avexir 4,26% Crucial 5,38%

ADATA 2,80% Avexir 5,04%

Hynix 1,69% Patriot 4,82%

Patriot 1,30% Samsung 3,59%

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Haswell Memory Model Choice

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Brand Model Pct. Brand Model Pct.

G.SKILL TridentX 22,45% G.SKILL TridentX 22,65%

TeamGroup Xtreem LV 4,72% Corsair Vengeance 12,44%

G.SKILL PI 4,20% G.SKILL RipjawsX 10,09%

Corsair Vengeance 3,27% Corsair Dominator Platinum 8,18%

Corsair Dominator Platinum 2,99% G.SKILL PI 8,07%

G.SKILL RipjawsX 2,90% Corsair Dominator 5,61%

Avexir Core Series 2,37% G.SKILL Vengeance Pro 5,27%

Corsair Dominator 2,10% Avexir Core Series 4,71%

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Haswell GPU Brand Choice

Haswell GPU Choice at HWBOT

By result By user

Brand Model Pct. Brand Model Pct.

Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 10,53% Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 13,68%

Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 10,28% Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 12,85%

Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 7,86% Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 11,01%

Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 3,61% Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti 5,70%

Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 3,50% Nvidia GeForce GTX 780M 5,26%

Nvidia GeForce GTX 780M 3,45% Kingston GeForce GTX 765M 4,82%

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Haswell VGA Brand Choice

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MSI 25,11% MSI 36,14%

Asus 20,18% Asus 33,00%

GIGABYTE 13,21% GIGABYTE 22,61%

Sapphire 8,36% Evga 15,51%

Evga 7,63% AMD 13,20%

AMD 3,73% Sapphire 12,87%

Nvidia 3,13% Nvidia 9,74%

Intel 2,85% XFX 7,92%

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Haswell VGA Series

Haswell VGA Product SeriesBy result By user

Brand Model Pct. Brand Model Pct.

Asus Direct CU II 6,41% MSI Lightning 13,04%

MSI Lightning 5,61% Asus Direct CU II 11,06%

GIGABYTE WindForce 3X 3,43% GIGABYTE WindForce 3X 6,77%

MSI Hawk 1,92% MSI Hawk 5,12%

Evga Superclocked 1,76% MSI MSI 3,47%

MSITwin Frozr III Power

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Asus Asus 1,49% MSITwin Frozr III Power

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MSI Twin Frozr 1,35% Asus DirectCU II TOP 2,64%