The fourth slot saw a 6% reduction in performance compared to the first.

The third PCIe slot was down 13% on performance compared to the first.

Again, we see similar margins in Tomb Raider as we did when testing with Hitman.

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The Asrock Z97X Killer works well with three-way setups as does the Gigabyte Z97X-SOC Force.

The Z97X-SOC Force takes a slight hit on the fourth PCIe slot, dropping a few frames per second.

The BioShock Infinite results are interesting.

The Asrock Z97 Extreme6 provided maximum performance on slots one and two while the third was 15% slower.

This slot was 28% slower than the first and second, obviously a significant reduction.