Gigabyte Z77X-UP7 (Z77) Motherboard Review

PCMark 7

PCMark 7 provides a set of 7 suites for measuring different aspects of PC performance with a high degree of accuracy. Overall system performance is measured by the PCMark Suite. The Lightweight Suite measures the capabilities of entry level systems and mobility platforms unable to run the full PCMark suite. Common use performance is measured by the Entertainment, Creativity and Productivity scenario suites. Component performance is measured by the Computation and Storage hardware suites. The Storage suite is ideal for testing SSDs and external hard drives in addition to the system drive.

Next up we have PCMark 7 , which like 3DMark11, did show us a surprise with the board not topping off the rankings at stock speeds, this time being the third fastest board that we have seen at stock. This said though, once overclocked, the UP7 proved to be one of the fastest Z77 boards that we have seen.