This is the first ASRock board that we’ve looked at, and due to that it’s our first experience with their UEFI BIOS, and from the offset, it looks simple and effective, though sometimes it did cause some problems with initially getting into the BIOS. The main menu gives you a brief run-down of the main components including CPU and memory.
The OC Tweaker typically includes what we expect in regards to overclocking controls including the ability to load the CPU EZ OC settings or manually set the options yourself.
We can also tweak the memory options and this board fully supports XMP 1.3 based memory modules.
A nice feature of the BIOS is the ability to check out what components are installed into your system. As we’re show, we have four modules, a CPU and a PCI-Express x16 expansion card.
A lot more various screens are also available with the option to alter different memory, processor and general settings.
i like the black and gold colour scheme
You used BIOS v1.1 on this board? Or did you update it before testing? ASRock state BIOS must be 1.2 or 1.6 for all socket2011 CPUs.
How are you using USB3? This is not implemented in the Sandy Bridge E (or any CPU that I know of)
We used the latest BIOS at the time.
USB3 is implemented through use of a separate controller; usually ASMedia.