To test this board, we are able to run all of our tests at stock speeds using a pre-defined setup of hardware. We will also be overclocking the processor to its limits on this board to see how it compares against the stock speed.
Test system:
- Asus Z77-A
- Intel i7-3770k
- Corsair Vengeance 1866MHz 8GB
- AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Corsair H80
- Corsair HX1050
- Kingston HyperX 240GB SSD
- Patriot Wildfire 120GB SSD
- Lian Li T60
- AOC E2795VH
We would like to thank AOC, Asus, Corsair, Kingston and Lian Li for supplying us with our test system components.
Many different software applications are also used to gain the broadest spectrum of results, which allows for the fairest testing possible.
Software used:
- 3DMark 11
- AIDA64
- Cinebench R11.5
- CPU-Z
- PCMark 7
- Super PI
After working with so many so called high end boards one tend to become jaded, simple boards like these are a breath of fresh air, they’re easy to work with, overclock surprisingly well and do exactly what they’re supposed to. To my way of thinking, simple is better.
The chipset heatsink is the exact same one which I had on the south bridge of my old Asus X58 board.
good motherboard for beginners like me..
eteknix can you please tell me if it can SLI.?
it can 2 way sli or crossfire and it comes with sli bridge