MSI Z77A-GD65 Gaming (Z77) Motherboard Review
Chris Hadley / 12 years ago
AIDA64
AIDA64 Extreme Edition is a streamlined Windows diagnostic and benchmarking software for home users. AIDA64 Extreme Edition provides a wide range of features to assist in overclocking, hardware error diagnosis, stress testing, and sensor monitoring. It has unique capabilities to assess the performance of the processor, system memory, and disk drives. AIDA64 is compatible with all current 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows operating systems, including Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
Memory bandwidth, like the MPower board didn’t come out as strong as expected, but this is not to say there is anything to worry about. The margins between different boards at stock are only slight and overclocking, as seen, opens up the processors memory controller, unleashing a heap of clearly noticeable bandwidth.