Review: ASRock Z77 OC Formula
Category : Z77
Published by Marc Büchel on 04.12.12
With the Z77 OC Formula, ASRock dares to introduce their first motherboard which has been optimized towards extreme overclocking. This board has been developed under the lead of the well known overclocker NickShih who now works at ASRock as a product manager. During the past months NickShih has already proven that this board si very capable for extreme overclocking, setting several records.



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The OC Formula is ASRock's high end overclocking motherboard regarding Intels latest Z77 chipset. Therefore we're really curious what they've come up with from the layout and design as well as feature perspective.

Page 1 - Introduction Page 11 - PC Mark 7
Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery Page 12 - SiSoft Sandra 1
Page 3 - Features Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 2
Page 4 - Layout Page 14 - UC Bench
Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 15 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
Page 6 - BIOS Page 16 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
Page 7 - Test setup Page 17 - Games
Page 8 - 3D Mark 11 Page 18 - Power Consumption
Page 9 - 3D Mark Vantage Page 19 - Performance Rating
Page 10 - 3D Mark 2001 SE  Page 20 - Conclusion



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Specs and Delivery

CPU Intel Socket 1155 3rd/2nd Generation Core i7/i5/i3/Pentium/Celeron (22/32nm)
Chipset Intel Z77 Express
Memory Dual Channel
4 x DIMM, max. 32GB, DDR3 3000+(OC)/2800(OC)/2666(OC)/2400(OC)/2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory, XMP 1.3
Multi-GPU NVIDIA 3-Way SLI
AMD 3-Way CrossFireX
LucidLogix Virtu MVP Technology
Slots 2 x PCI-Express 3.0 x16 (PCIE2/PCIE4: single at x16 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE4) or dual at x8/x8 mode)
1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (PCIE5: x4 mode)
2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots
Audio Supreme FX Audio Codec
Storage 2 x SATA 6.0 Gbps (Intel)
4 x SATA 6.0 Gbps (Marvell SE9172)
Bluetooth Bluetooth v4.0
Wireless Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n
LAN 1 x Gigabit LAN Broadcom BCM57781
I/O internal
  • 4 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s connectors
  • 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors
  • 1 x IR header
  • 1 x CIR header
  • 1 x COM port header
  • 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header
  • 1 x Power LED header
  • V-Probe: 2 x 7-set of onboard voltage measurement points laid
  • 2 x CPU Fan connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin)
  • 4 x Chassis Fan connectors (1 x 4-pin, 3 x 3-pin)
  • 1 x Power Fan connector (3-pin)
  • 1 x MOS Fan connector (3-pin)
  • 24 pin ATX power connector
  • 8 pin 12V power connector
  • 4 pin 12V power connector
  • SLI/XFire power connector
  • Front panel audio connector
  • 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports)
  • 1 x USB 3.0 header (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports)
  • 1 x Dr. Debug with LED
  • 1 x Power Switch with LED
  • 1 x Reset Switch with LED
  • 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED
  • Rapid OC Button: +/- buttons to adjust OC frequency
  • 1 x PCIe ON/OFF Switch
  • 1 x Post Status Checker (PSC)
    		•
    I/O Back Panel
  • 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port
  • 1 x HDMI Port
  • 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
  • 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
  • 6 x Ready-to-Use USB 3.0 Ports
  • 1 x RJ-45 LAN Ports with LED
  • 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED
  • HD Audio Jack: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone
    		•
    Forfactor Extended-ATX (30.5cm x 26.7cm)


      



  • 1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card
  • Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
  • 6 x SATA Data Cables
  • 2 x SATA 1 to 1 Power Cables
  • 1 x Front USB 3.0 Panel
  • 4 x HDD Screws
  • 6 x Chassis Screws
  • 1 x Rear USB 3.0 Bracket
  • 10 x OC Stands
  • GELID GC-Extreme Thermal Compound



    • Page 1 - Introduction Page 11 - PC Mark 7
    Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery Page 12 - SiSoft Sandra 1
    Page 3 - Features Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 4 - Layout Page 14 - UC Bench
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 15 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 16 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 17 - Games
    Page 8 - 3D Mark 11 Page 18 - Power Consumption
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Vantage Page 19 - Performance Rating
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 2001 SE  Page 20 - Conclusion



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    Features

    12 + 4 Phase Power Design Since quite some time ASRock has been equipping its boards with digital power designs. With the OC Formula they are very proud about their quite complex solution which consists of Dual-Stack MOSFET's (DSM), three different filter caps (DIP solid caps, POSCAP's and MLCC's), as well as high quality alloy chokes.

     
    Gelid Solutions GC-Extreme Thermal Compound Since this product mainly aims at extreme overclockers, NickShih tought about something quite special. He decided to bundle the board with Gelid's GC-Extreme thermal compound, since this is the best thermal grease you can get for extreme overclocking.
     
    NickShih's OC Profile Unexperienced overclockers might be familiar with the circumstance, that it can take ages until you've found rock solid and stable settings you make you CPU run at a much higher frequency. At this point NickShih prepared five different profiles where the perfect settings are going to be loaded instantly and you don't need to carry anymore. Therefore it's piece of cake to clock your CPU to very high frequencies.
     
    Rapid OC What you get with this feature are two buttons, which have been placed on the motherboard directly. Their purpose is to make overclocking even easier. In fact you can change the multiplyer, BCLK as well as VCore by simply pressing the plus or minus button

     
    Formula Drive Standard these days is a nice and decent software for widows, using which, one can adjust different settings related to the board from within the operating system. In case of the OC Formula you can control the fans attached to the board, overclock your CPU, use OC DNA, IES or XFast RAM or you can also monitor temperatures on your board by reading ou the differen thermal sensors.


    Page 1 - Introduction Page 11 - PC Mark 7
    Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery Page 12 - SiSoft Sandra 1
    Page 3 - Features Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 4 - Layout Page 14 - UC Bench
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 15 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 16 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 17 - Games
    Page 8 - 3D Mark 11 Page 18 - Power Consumption
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Vantage Page 19 - Performance Rating
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 2001 SE  Page 20 - Conclusion



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    Layout

    At a first glance the ASRock OC Formula leaves a very good impression with its harmonic design. The manfucaturer decided to go for a combination of black, yellow and gold, which suites nicely and in the end you get an aesthetic product. The layout itself is well thought and there is for example plenty of space around the CPU socket to install even todays largest CPU coolers. The fact that there are SATA connectors which have been angled by 90 degrees allow an easy installation of oversized graphics cards.


    The ASRock OC Formula comes with a digital 12+4 phase power design. The CPU gets twelve phases and the memory gets a stable current supply from four individual phases. As we've already mentioned on the feature's page, ASRock decided to go for quite a complex power design where there are for example three different filtering stages to get smooth and highly constant voltages. Especially when it comes to extreme overclocking, the power design can be what tipped the scales in the end.


    Totally you'll find four DIMM-slots on the OC Formula. Officially supported are DDR3 3000+(OC) / 2800(OC) / 2666(OC) / 2400(OC) / 2133(OC) / 1866(OC) / 1600 / 1333 / 1066 MHz. There is engough space between the DIMM-slots and the CPU socket which means that you wont encounter compatibility problems with big coolers even when you choose to install RAM with big heatspreaders. Also supported are Xtreme Memory Profiles (XMP) in version 1.3.


    On the OC Formula the southbridge as well as current converters got separate cooling blocks. In case of the southbridge there is a single block made from aluminium, which provides appropriate cooling. A closer look at the current converters shows that there are two individual blocks connected to one another by a watercooling channel. Furthermore ASRock decided to equip the power design coolers with a 40 millimeter fan. For extreme overclockers this is a nice addition, but if you should decide to put this board into a case and you expect low operating noise, then you'll be disappointed after at last half a year. Those small fans quite quickly show issues related to the bearing and they are also very sensitive to dust. In case of putting this board into an enclosure we recommend to unplug the fan.

      


    Page 1 - Introduction Page 11 - PC Mark 7
    Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery Page 12 - SiSoft Sandra 1
    Page 3 - Features Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 4 - Layout Page 14 - UC Bench
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 15 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 16 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 17 - Games
    Page 8 - 3D Mark 11 Page 18 - Power Consumption
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Vantage Page 19 - Performance Rating
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 2001 SE  Page 20 - Conclusion



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    Connectors and I/O

    Totally ASRock equipped the OC Formula with no less then ten angled SATA ports. This is enough for any office setup, gaming system or overclocking setup. You'll also find practical onboard power- and reset-buttons in the top right corner of the board. There is even a debug display. Furthermore in this area of the board there are voltage read out points as well as ASRocks Rapid-OC buttons which allow an overclocker to change the multiplyer, BLCK as well as voltages on the fly.

     

    Totally you'll find eight fan header on the OC Formula which is more than enough, to provide a well equipped high-end or overclocking-system with fresh air. The fan headers are located around the CPU socket as spread over the motherboard.

      

    Looking at the external connectors directly at the back-panel ASRock equipped the OC Formula with six USB 3.0/2.0 ports, four USB 2.0/1.1 ports, one gigabit ethernet port, an HDMI connector as well as an optical out and an analogue audio panel. Furtheremore you'll also find a clear CMOS button.



    Page 1 - Introduction Page 11 - PC Mark 7
    Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery Page 12 - SiSoft Sandra 1
    Page 3 - Features Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 4 - Layout Page 14 - UC Bench
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 15 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 16 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 17 - Games
    Page 8 - 3D Mark 11 Page 18 - Power Consumption
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Vantage Page 19 - Performance Rating
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 2001 SE  Page 20 - Conclusion



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    BIOS

    Here are some screenshots of ASRock's Z77 OC Formula BIOS.

       


       


       


       


       


       


       


       


       


       


       


       



    Page 1 - Introduction Page 11 - PC Mark 7
    Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery Page 12 - SiSoft Sandra 1
    Page 3 - Features Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 4 - Layout Page 14 - UC Bench
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 15 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 16 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 17 - Games
    Page 8 - 3D Mark 11 Page 18 - Power Consumption
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Vantage Page 19 - Performance Rating
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 2001 SE  Page 20 - Conclusion


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    Test setup

    Hardware
    Motherboard
  • ASRock Z77 Extreme6
  • ASRock Z77 OC Formula
  • ASUS Maximus V Extreme
  • ASUS Maximus V Formula
  • ASUS Maximus V Gene
  • ASUS P8H77-I
  • ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
  • ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI
  • ASUS P8Z77-V
  • ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
  • ASUS P8Z77-V Premium
  • ASUS P8Z77-V Pro Thunderbolt
  • ASUS P8Z77 WS
  • ASUS Sabertooth Z77
  • Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X
  • Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker
  • Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3
  • Gigabyte Z77MX-UD3H
  • Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
  • Intel DZ77GA-70K
  • MSI Z77 MPower
    		•
    Processor Intel Core i7-3770K, 3.5 GHz
    Memory 4 Gigabyte Kingston H2O KHX2133 @ 1600 MHz CL8-8-8-24
    Graphic card ASUS ENGTX 580
    Driver Version 275.33
    Hard disk Samsung Spinpoint F1 320 GByte
    Power supply bequiet! Dark Power Pro 1000Watt


    Page 1 - Introduction Page 11 - PC Mark 7
    Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery Page 12 - SiSoft Sandra 1
    Page 3 - Features Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 4 - Layout Page 14 - UC Bench
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 15 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 16 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 17 - Games
    Page 8 - 3D Mark 11 Page 18 - Power Consumption
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Vantage Page 19 - Performance Rating
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 2001 SE  Page 20 - Conclusion



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    3D Mark

    3D Mark11

    3DMark 11 is Futuremarks latest benchmark for the entire graphical subsystem. The benchmark uses DirectX 11 and it supports all recent features which can possibly generate high load on a GPU. Therefore you find tessellation, compute shader calculations, divers lighting effects and different depth of filed animations. Following we publish values regarding the performance preset of 3DMark 11.

    Total

    3D Mark 11 Total
    Review Rating
    		   Percent
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 6'666 100.03 %
    ASUS Maximus V Extreme
    No Review
    		 6'665 100.02 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V
    No Review
    		 6'664 100.00 %
    Intel DZ77GA-70K
    No Review
    		 6'664 100.00 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 6'663 99.98 %
    Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H
    No Review
    		 6'663 99.98 %
    Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X
    No Review
    		 6'662 99.97 %
    ASUS Maximus V Gene
    No Review
    		 6'662 99.97 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
    No Review
    		 6'660 99.94 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Pro Thunderbolt
    No Review
    		 6'659 99.92 %
    MSI Z77 MPower
    No Review
    		 6'658 99.91 %
    ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI
    No Review
    		 6'656 99.88 %
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
    No Review
    		 6'655 99.86 %
    ASUS P8Z77 WS
    No Review
    		 6'650 99.79 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme6
    No Review
    		 6'649 99.77 %
    ASUS P8H77-I
    No Review
    		 6'639 99.62 %
    ASUS Maximus V Formula
    No Review
    		 6'630 99.49 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Premium
    No Review
    		 6'588 98.84 %
    ASRock Z77 OC Formula
    No Review
    		 6'587 98.84 %
    Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3
    No Review
    		 6'587 98.84 %
    Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker
    No Review
    		 6'568 98.56 %
      more is better


    Physic

    3D Mark 11 CPU Score
    Review Rating
    		   Percent
    ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
    No Review
    		 9'446 101.22 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V
    No Review
    		 9'446 101.22 %
    ASUS Maximus V Gene
    No Review
    		 9'426 101.01 %
    ASUS P8Z77 WS
    No Review
    		 9'424 100.99 %
    ASUS Maximus V Extreme
    No Review
    		 9'423 100.98 %
    Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X
    No Review
    		 9'422 100.96 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 9'414 100.88 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 9'412 100.86 %
    Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker
    No Review
    		 9'396 100.68 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Premium
    No Review
    		 9'396 100.68 %
    Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H
    No Review
    		 9'376 100.47 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Pro Thunderbolt
    No Review
    		 9'368 100.39 %
    Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3
    No Review
    		 9'354 100.24 %
    ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI
    No Review
    		 9'347 100.16 %
    Intel DZ77GA-70K
    No Review
    		 9'332 100.00 %
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
    No Review
    		 9'324 99.91 %
    MSI Z77 MPower
    No Review
    		 9'287 99.52 %
    ASUS Maximus V Formula
    No Review
    		 9'259 99.22 %
    ASRock Z77 OC Formula
    No Review
    		 9'252 99.14 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme6
    No Review
    		 9'246 99.08 %
    ASUS P8H77-I
    No Review
    		 9'081 97.31 %
      more is better



    Page 1 - Introduction Page 11 - PC Mark 7
    Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery Page 12 - SiSoft Sandra 1
    Page 3 - Features Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 4 - Layout Page 14 - UC Bench
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 15 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 16 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 17 - Games
    Page 8 - 3D Mark 11 Page 18 - Power Consumption
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Vantage Page 19 - Performance Rating
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 2001 SE  Page 20 - Conclusion



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    3D Mark Vantage

    3DMark Vantage is able to squeeze a lot out of a recent system. Therefore the feature liste is also pretty long: DirectX10, FP16-HDR, motion blur, parallax occlusion mapping, GPU-physics simulation and different shader effects are being used to even make recent high-end systems struggle.

    Total

    3D Mark Vantage Total
    Review Rating
    		   Percent
    ASUS Maximus V Gene
    No Review
    		 26'270 100.81 %
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
    No Review
    		 26'255 100.76 %
    Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H
    No Review
    		 26'254 100.75 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 26'229 100.66 %
    ASUS Maximus V Extreme
    No Review
    		 26'171 100.43 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme6
    No Review
    		 26'136 100.30 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 26'123 100.25 %
    Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X
    No Review
    		 26'100 100.16 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V
    No Review
    		 26'088 100.12 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Pro Thunderbolt
    No Review
    		 26'080 100.08 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
    No Review
    		 26'084 100.10 %
    ASUS P8Z77 WS
    No Review
    		 26'062 100.01 %
    ASRock Z77 OC Formula
    No Review
    		 26'061 100.01 %
    ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI
    No Review
    		 26'059 100.00 %
    Intel DZ77GA-70K
    No Review
    		 26'058 100.00 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Premium
    No Review
    		 26'041 99.93 %
    ASUS P8H77-I
    No Review
    		 25'994 99.75 %
    MSI Z77 MPower
    No Review
    		 25'971 99.67 %
    Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3
    No Review
    		 25'929 99.50 %
    ASUS Maximus V Formula
    No Review
    		 25'721 98.70 %
    Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker
    No Review
    		 25'633 98.37 %
      more is better


    CPU

    3D Mark Vantage CPU
    Review Rating
    		   Percent
    ASUS P8Z77-V Premium
    No Review
    		 25'525 101.66 %
    ASUS Maximus V Formula
    No Review
    		 25'424 101.26 %
    ASUS P8Z77 WS
    No Review
    		 25'421 101.25 %
    Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H
    No Review
    		 25'383 101.10 %
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
    No Review
    		 25'378 101.08 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 25'354 100.98 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 25'327 100.87 %
    ASUS Maximus V Extreme
    No Review
    		 25'316 100.83 %
    ASUS Maximus V Gene
    No Review
    		 25'300 100.76 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
    No Review
    		 25'290 100.72 %
    Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X
    No Review
    		 25'283 100.70 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V
    No Review
    		 25'255 100.59 %
    Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker
    No Review
    		 25'168 100.24 %
    Intel DZ77GA-70K
    No Review
    		 25'108 100.00 %
    ASUS P8H77-I
    No Review
    		 25'100 99.97 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme6
    No Review
    		 25'067 99.84 %
    ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI
    No Review
    		 25'054 99.78 %
    Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3
    No Review
    		 25'034 99.71 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Pro Thunderbolt
    No Review
    		 24'998 99.56 %
    ASRock Z77 OC Formula
    No Review
    		 24'974 99.47 %
    MSI Z77 MPower
    No Review
    		 24'849 98.97 %
      more is better


    Page 1 - Introduction Page 11 - PC Mark 7
    Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery Page 12 - SiSoft Sandra 1
    Page 3 - Features Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 4 - Layout Page 14 - UC Bench
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 15 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 16 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 17 - Games
    Page 8 - 3D Mark 11 Page 18 - Power Consumption
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Vantage Page 19 - Performance Rating
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 2001 SE  Page 20 - Conclusion



    Discuss this article in the forums

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    3D Mark 2001

    3D Mark 2001
    Review Rating
    		   Percent
    ASRock Z77 OC Formula
    No Review
    		 61'802 102.63 %
    ASUS Maximus V Extreme
    No Review
    		 61'642 102.37 %
    ASUS Maximus V Gene
    No Review
    		 61'335 101.86 %
    MSI Z77 MPower
    No Review
    		 61'044 101.38 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme6
    No Review
    		 60'998 101.30 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 60'947 101.21 %
    ASUS P8Z77 WS
    No Review
    		 60'808 100.98 %
    Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X
    No Review
    		 60'733 100.86 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Pro Thunderbolt
    No Review
    		 60'686 100.78 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 60'607 100.65 %
    ASUS Maximus V Formula
    No Review
    		 60'451 100.39 %
    Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker
    No Review
    		 60'360 100.24 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V
    No Review
    		 60'359 100.24 %
    Intel DZ77GA-70K
    No Review
    		 60'216 100.00 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Premium
    No Review
    		 60'055 99.73 %
    Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H
    No Review
    		 60'026 99.68 %
    ASUS P8H77-I
    No Review
    		 59'875 99.43 %
    ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI
    No Review
    		 59'762 99.25 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
    No Review
    		 59'743 99.21 %
    Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3
    No Review
    		 59'623 99.02 %
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
    No Review
    		 59'255 98.40 %
      more is better



    Page 1 - Introduction Page 11 - PC Mark 7
    Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery Page 12 - SiSoft Sandra 1
    Page 3 - Features Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 4 - Layout Page 14 - UC Bench
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 15 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 16 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 17 - Games
    Page 8 - 3D Mark 11 Page 18 - Power Consumption
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Vantage Page 19 - Performance Rating
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 2001 SE  Page 20 - Conclusion



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    PC Mark 07

    PC Mark 07 is a benchmark which offers realworld scenarios and it's obvious that therefore the tests used find its origin in real world application. We decided to show you the total score as well as a selection of other scores. Like this you can quickly get a broad overview regarding a systems performance.

    Total

    PC Mark 07 Total
    Review Rating
    		   Percent
    Intel DZ77GA-70K
    No Review
    		 5'336 100.00 %
    Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3
    No Review
    		 5'328 99.85 %
    ASUS Maximus V Gene
    No Review
    		 5'322 99.74 %
    ASUS Maximus V Extreme
    No Review
    		 5'320 99.70 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 5'318 99.66 %
    Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H
    No Review
    		 5'318 99.66 %
    MSI Z77 MPower
    No Review
    		 5'314 99.59 %
    Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X
    No Review
    		 5'305 99.42 %
    ASUS P8Z77 WS
    No Review
    		 5'257 98.52 %
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
    No Review
    		 5'251 98.41 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
    No Review
    		 5'241 98.21 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme6
    No Review
    		 5'240 98.20 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V
    No Review
    		 5'235 98.11 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Pro Thunderbolt
    No Review
    		 5'231 98.03 %
    Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker
    No Review
    		 5'223 97.88 %
    ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI
    No Review
    		 5'209 97.62 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 5'208 97.60 %
    ASUS P8H77-I
    No Review
    		 5'201 97.47 %
    ASRock Z77 OC Formula
    No Review
    		 5'144 96.40 %
    ASUS Maximus V Formula
    No Review
    		 5'122 95.99 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Premium
    No Review
    		 5'076 95.13 %
      more is better


    Video playback and transcoding / Video playback
    Review Rating
    		 fps Percent
    ASUS P8Z77-V Premium
    No Review
    		 23.16 100.13 %
    ASRock Z77 OC Formula
    No Review
    		 23.14 100.04 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Pro Thunderbolt
    No Review
    		 23.14 100.04 %
    ASUS Maximus V Extreme
    No Review
    		 23.14 100.04 %
    ASUS Maximus V Formula
    No Review
    		 23.13 100.00 %
    ASUS P8Z77 WS
    No Review
    		 23.13 100.00 %
    Intel DZ77GA-70K
    No Review
    		 23.13 100.00 %
    Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X
    No Review
    		 23.12 99.57 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme6
    No Review
    		 23.12 99.57 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V
    No Review
    		 23.12 99.57 %
    MSI Z77 MPower
    No Review
    		 23.11 99.91 %
    ASUS Maximus V Gene
    No Review
    		 23.11 99.91 %
    Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker
    No Review
    		 23.11 99.91 %
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
    No Review
    		 23.11 99.91 %
    Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H
    No Review
    		 23.11 99.91 %
    Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3
    No Review
    		 23.10 99.87 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 23.10 99.87 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
    No Review
    		 23.10 99.87 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 23.10 99.87 %
    ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI
    No Review
    		 23.10 99.87 %
    ASUS P8H77-I
    No Review
    		 23.10 99.87 %
      more is better


    Graphics - DirectX 9 / Graphics - DirectX 9
    Review Rating
    		 fps Percent
    ASRock Z77 Extreme6
    No Review
    		 90.71 101.45 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 90.50 101.22 %
    Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H
    No Review
    		 90.39 101.10 %
    Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3
    No Review
    		 90.32 101.02 %
    MSI Z77 MPower
    No Review
    		 90.26 100.95 %
    Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X
    No Review
    		 90.22 100.91 %
    ASUS Maximus V Extreme
    No Review
    		 90.17 100.85 %
    ASUS P8Z77 WS
    No Review
    		 90.15 100.83 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 90.11 100.78 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Pro Thunderbolt
    No Review
    		 90.09 100.76 %
    ASUS Maximus V Gene
    No Review
    		 90.09 100.76 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Premium
    No Review
    		 90.01 100.67 %
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
    No Review
    		 89.93 100.58 %
    ASUS Maximus V Formula
    No Review
    		 89.83 100.47 %
    Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker
    No Review
    		 89.59 100.20 %
    ASRock Z77 OC Formula
    No Review
    		 89.46 100.06 %
    Intel DZ77GA-70K
    No Review
    		 89.41 100.00 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V
    No Review
    		 89.30 99.88 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
    No Review
    		 88.77 99.28 %
    ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI
    No Review
    		 88.43 98.90 %
    ASUS P8H77-I
    No Review
    		 88.29 98.75 %
      more is better


    Image manipulation / Image manipulation
    Review Rating
    		 Mpx/s Percent
    ASUS P8Z77 WS
    No Review
    		 11.88 100.93 %
    ASUS Maximus V Extreme
    No Review
    		 11.87 100.85 %
    Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X
    No Review
    		 11.83 100.51 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V
    No Review
    		 11.83 100.51 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 11.83 100.51 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
    No Review
    		 11.83 100.51 %
    ASUS Maximus V Gene
    No Review
    		 11.81 100.34 %
    MSI Z77 MPower
    No Review
    		 11.80 100.25 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Pro Thunderbolt
    No Review
    		 11.80 100.25 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Premium
    No Review
    		 11.80 100.25 %
    Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3
    No Review
    		 11.79 100.17 %
    ASRock Z77 OC Formula
    No Review
    		 11.78 100.08 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme6
    No Review
    		 11.78 100.08 %
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
    No Review
    		 11.78 100.08 %
    ASUS Maximus V Formula
    No Review
    		 11.77 100.00 %
    Intel DZ77GA-70K
    No Review
    		 11.77 100.00 %
    Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker
    No Review
    		 11.77 100.00 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 11.76 99.92 %
    Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H
    No Review
    		 11.76 99.92 %
    ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI
    No Review
    		 11.74 99.75 %
    ASUS P8H77-I
    No Review
    		 11.72 99.58 %
      more is better


    Web browsing and decrypting / Web browsing
    Review Rating
    		 Pages/s Percent
    Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker
    No Review
    		 18.19 100.94 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
    No Review
    		 18.13 100.61 %
    Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X
    No Review
    		 18.10 100.44 %
    Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3
    No Review
    		 18.07 100.28 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 18.04 100.11 %
    MSI Z77 MPower
    No Review
    		 18.03 100.06 %
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
    No Review
    		 18.03 100.06 %
    Intel DZ77GA-70K
    No Review
    		 18.02 100.00 %
    ASRock Z77 OC Formula
    No Review
    		 17.99 99.83 %
    Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H
    No Review
    		 17.99 99.83 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme6
    No Review
    		 17.95 99.61 %
    ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI
    No Review
    		 17.93 99.50 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V
    No Review
    		 17.92 99.45 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 17.91 99.39 %
    ASUS P8H77-I
    No Review
    		 17.83 98.95 %
    ASUS Maximus V Gene
    No Review
    		 17.74 98.45 %
    ASUS Maximus V Extreme
    No Review
    		 17.39 96.50 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Pro Thunderbolt
    No Review
    		 17.27 95.84 %
    ASUS Maximus V Formula
    No Review
    		 17.09 94.94 %
    ASUS P8Z77 WS
    No Review
    		 17.60 97.67 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Premium
    No Review
    		 16.44 91.23 %
      more is better


    Page 1 - Introduction Page 11 - PC Mark 7
    Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery Page 12 - SiSoft Sandra 1
    Page 3 - Features Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 4 - Layout Page 14 - UC Bench
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 15 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 16 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 17 - Games
    Page 8 - 3D Mark 11 Page 18 - Power Consumption
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Vantage Page 19 - Performance Rating
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 2001 SE  Page 20 - Conclusion



    Discuss this article in the forums

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    SiSoft Sandra 1

    SiSoft Sandra is a theoretical multi purpose benchmark suite which is able to show differences in CPU architectures. We split the tests with SiSoft Sandra into two parts. Therefore on this page you'll find Arithmetic-, Multimedia- and Cryptograph99y-benchmarks.

    Arithmetic Benchmark

    SiSoft Sandra - Arithmetic Benchmark - Dhrystone
    Review Rating
    		 GIPS Percent
    ASUS P8Z77-V
    No Review
    		 116.00 101.05 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 116.00 101.05 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
    No Review
    		 115.77 100.85 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Pro Thunderbolt
    No Review
    		 115.75 100.84 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme6
    No Review
    		 115.61 100.71 %
    ASUS Maximus V Extreme
    No Review
    		 115.58 100.69 %
    ASUS Maximus V Gene
    No Review
    		 115.50 100.62 %
    ASUS P8H77-I
    No Review
    		 115.42 100.55 %
    ASRock Z77 OC Formula
    No Review
    		 115.41 100.54 %
    ASUS P8Z77 WS
    No Review
    		 115.32 100.46 %
    ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI
    No Review
    		 115.30 100.44 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 115.26 100.41 %
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
    No Review
    		 115.24 100.39 %
    Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3
    No Review
    		 115.22 100.37 %
    ASUS Maximus V Formula
    No Review
    		 115.12 100.29 %
    Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X
    No Review
    		 115.11 100.28 %
    Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker
    No Review
    		 115.00 100.18 %
    MSI Z77 MPower
    No Review
    		 114.97 100.16 %
    Intel DZ77GA-70K
    No Review
    		 114.79 100.00 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Premium
    No Review
    		 114.63 99.86 %
    Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H
    No Review
    		 114.37 99.63 %
      more is better


    SiSoft Sandra - Arithmetic Benchmark - Whetstone
    Review Rating
    		 GFLOPS Percent
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 88.89 100.49 %
    ASUS P8Z77 WS
    No Review
    		 88.82 100.41 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V
    No Review
    		 88.78 100.36 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Pro Thunderbolt
    No Review
    		 88.67 100.24 %
    ASUS Maximus V Formula
    No Review
    		 88.64 100.20 %
    ASUS Maximus V Gene
    No Review
    		 88.62 100.18 %
    Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3
    No Review
    		 88.52 100.07 %
    ASUS P8H77-I
    No Review
    		 88.50 100.05 %
    Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H
    No Review
    		 88.47 100.01 %
    ASRock Z77 OC Formula
    No Review
    		 88.47 100.01 %
    Intel DZ77GA-70K
    No Review
    		 88.46 100.00 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Premium
    No Review
    		 88.44 99.97 %
    Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X
    No Review
    		 88.28 99.80 %
    MSI Z77 MPower
    No Review
    		 88.24 99.75 %
    ASUS Maximus V Extreme
    No Review
    		 88.22 99.73 %
    Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker
    No Review
    		 88.22 99.73 %
    ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI
    No Review
    		 88.18 99.68 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme6
    No Review
    		 88.00 99.48 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 88.00 99.48 %
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
    No Review
    		 87.82 99.28 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
    No Review
    		 87.80 99.25 %
      more is better


    Multimedia

    SiSoft Sandra - Multimedia - Integer
    Review Rating
    		 MPixels/sec Percent
    ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
    No Review
    		 212.26 100.91 %
    ASUS Maximus V Extreme
    No Review
    		 212.24 100.90 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 212.09 100.83 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V
    No Review
    		 212.00 100.78 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme6
    No Review
    		 211.62 100.60 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Pro Thunderbolt
    No Review
    		 211.52 100.56 %
    ASUS Maximus V Formula
    No Review
    		 211.46 100.53 %
    ASUS P8Z77 WS
    No Review
    		 211.39 100.49 %
    ASUS Maximus V Gene
    No Review
    		 211.29 100.45 %
    Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3
    No Review
    		 211.27 100.44 %
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
    No Review
    		 211.13 100.37 %
    MSI Z77 MPower
    No Review
    		 211.04 100.33 %
    Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X
    No Review
    		 211.04 100.33 %
    ASUS P8H77-I
    No Review
    		 211.00 100.31 %
    Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H
    No Review
    		 210.88 100.25 %
    ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI
    No Review
    		 210.74 100.19 %
    ASRock Z77 OC Formula
    No Review
    		 210.63 100.13 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 210.63 100.13 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Premium
    No Review
    		 210.51 100.07 %
    Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker
    No Review
    		 210.38 100.01 %
    Intel DZ77GA-70K
    No Review
    		 210.35 100.00 %
      more is better


    SiSoft Sandra - Multimedia - Floating Point
    Review Rating
    		 MPixels/sec Percent
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 297.67 100.95 %
    ASUS Maximus V Extreme
    No Review
    		 297.63 100.94 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V
    No Review
    		 297.10 100.76 %
    ASUS Maximus V Gene
    No Review
    		 297.10 100.76 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
    No Review
    		 296.85 100.67 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme6
    No Review
    		 296.59 100.58 %
    ASUS Maximus V Formula
    No Review
    		 296.30 100.48 %
    Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3
    No Review
    		 296.14 100.43 %
    Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X
    No Review
    		 296.09 100.41 %
    ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI
    No Review
    		 296.00 100.38 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 295.88 100.34 %
    MSI Z77 MPower
    No Review
    		 295.87 100.34 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Premium
    No Review
    		 295.74 100.29 %
    ASUS P8H77-I
    No Review
    		 295.50 100.21 %
    Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker
    No Review
    		 295.48 100.21 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Pro Thunderbolt
    No Review
    		 295.45 100.20 %
    ASRock Z77 OC Formula
    No Review
    		 295.41 100.18 %
    ASUS P8Z77 WS
    No Review
    		 295.23 100.12 %
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
    No Review
    		 294.90 100.01 %
    Intel DZ77GA-70K
    No Review
    		 294.87 100.00 %
    Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H
    No Review
    		 294.79 99.97 %
      more is better


    Crytography

    SiSoft Sandra - Crytography - AES 256
    Review Rating
    		 GB/sec Percent
    ASUS Maximus V Extreme
    No Review
    		 7.14 102.00 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
    No Review
    		 7.12 101.71 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V
    No Review
    		 7.11 101.57 %
    ASUS Maximus V Gene
    No Review
    		 7.11 101.57 %
    ASUS P8Z77 WS
    No Review
    		 7.09 101.29 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 7.08 101.14 %
    Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X
    No Review
    		 7.07 101.00 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 7.07 101.00 %
    MSI Z77 MPower
    No Review
    		 7.05 100.71 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Pro Thunderbolt
    No Review
    		 7.04 100.57 %
    ASRock Z77 OC Formula
    No Review
    		 7.01 100.14 %
    ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI
    No Review
    		 7.00 100.00 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Premium
    No Review
    		 7.00 100.00 %
    Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3
    No Review
    		 7.00 100.00 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme6
    No Review
    		 7.00 100.00 %
    Intel DZ77GA-70K
    No Review
    		 7.00 100.00 %
    Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker
    No Review
    		 7.00 100.00 %
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
    No Review
    		 7.00 100.00 %
    Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H
    No Review
    		 7.00 100.00 %
    ASUS Maximus V Formula
    No Review
    		 6.91 98.71 %
    ASUS P8H77-I
    No Review
    		 6.20 88.57 %
      more is better


    SiSoft Sandra - Crytography - SHA 256
    Review Rating
    		 MB/sec Percent
    ASUS Maximus V Extreme
    No Review
    		 1.21 100.83 %
    ASUS P8Z77 WS
    No Review
    		 1.21 100.83 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 1.21 100.83 %
    MSI Z77 MPower
    No Review
    		 1.20 100.00 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Pro Thunderbolt
    No Review
    		 1.20 100.00 %
    ASRock Z77 OC Formula
    No Review
    		 1.20 100.00 %
    Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X
    No Review
    		 1.20 100.00 %
    ASUS Maximus V Formula
    No Review
    		 1.20 100.00 %
    ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI
    No Review
    		 1.20 100.00 %
    Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3
    No Review
    		 1.20 100.00 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Premium
    No Review
    		 1.20 100.00 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme6
    No Review
    		 1.20 100.00 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V
    No Review
    		 1.20 100.00 %
    ASUS Maximus V Gene
    No Review
    		 1.20 100.00 %
    ASUS P8H77-I
    No Review
    		 1.20 100.00 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
    No Review
    		 1.20 100.00 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 1.20 100.00 %
    Intel DZ77GA-70K
    No Review
    		 1.20 100.00 %
    Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker
    No Review
    		 1.20 100.00 %
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
    No Review
    		 1.20 100.00 %
    Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H
    No Review
    		 1.20 100.00 %
      more is better


    Page 1 - Introduction Page 11 - PC Mark 7
    Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery Page 12 - SiSoft Sandra 1
    Page 3 - Features Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 4 - Layout Page 14 - UC Bench
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 15 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 16 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 17 - Games
    Page 8 - 3D Mark 11 Page 18 - Power Consumption
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Vantage Page 19 - Performance Rating
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 2001 SE  Page 20 - Conclusion



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    SiSoft Sandra 2

    At this point we deliver the values regarding Memory Bandwidth, Memory Latency as well as Memory and Cache Access.

    Memory bandwidth

    SiSoft Sandra - Memory bandwidth - Integer
    Review Rating
    		 GB/sec Percent
    ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
    No Review
    		 22.07 101.01 %
    ASUS Maximus V Extreme
    No Review
    		 22.02 100.78 %
    ASUS P8Z77 WS
    No Review
    		 22.00 100.69 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V
    No Review
    		 22.00 100.69 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 22.00 100.69 %
    ASUS Maximus V Gene
    No Review
    		 22.00 100.69 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Pro Thunderbolt
    No Review
    		 21.92 100.32 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 21.92 100.32 %
    Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X
    No Review
    		 21.89 100.18 %
    MSI Z77 MPower
    No Review
    		 21.88 100.14 %
    ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI
    No Review
    		 21.87 100.09 %
    Intel DZ77GA-70K
    No Review
    		 21.85 100.00 %
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
    No Review
    		 21.83 99.91 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme6
    No Review
    		 21.82 99.86 %
    Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3
    No Review
    		 21.81 99.82 %
    Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker
    No Review
    		 21.78 99.68 %
    Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H
    No Review
    		 21.76 99.59 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Premium
    No Review
    		 21.75 99.54 %
    ASRock Z77 OC Formula
    No Review
    		 21.43 98.08 %
    ASUS Maximus V Formula
    No Review
    		 21.33 97.62 %
    ASUS P8H77-I
    No Review
    		 19.20 87.87 %
      more is better


    SiSoft Sandra - Memory bandwidth - floating point
    Review Rating
    		 GB/sec Percent
    ASUS Maximus V Extreme
    No Review
    		 22.01 100.78 %
    ASUS P8Z77 WS
    No Review
    		 22.00 100.73 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V
    No Review
    		 22.00 100.73 %
    ASUS Maximus V Gene
    No Review
    		 22.00 100.73 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 22.00 100.73 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
    No Review
    		 22.00 100.73 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Pro Thunderbolt
    No Review
    		 21.92 100.37 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 21.92 100.37 %
    Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker
    No Review
    		 21.90 100.27 %
    MSI Z77 MPower
    No Review
    		 21.88 100.18 %
    Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X
    No Review
    		 21.88 100.18 %
    ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI
    No Review
    		 21.87 100.14 %
    Intel DZ77GA-70K
    No Review
    		 21.84 100.00 %
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
    No Review
    		 21.83 99.95 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme6
    No Review
    		 21.82 99.91 %
    Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3
    No Review
    		 21.81 99.86 %
    Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H
    No Review
    		 21.79 99.77 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Premium
    No Review
    		 21.73 99.54 %
    ASRock Z77 OC Formula
    No Review
    		 21.42 98.08 %
    ASUS Maximus V Formula
    No Review
    		 21.33 97.66 %
    ASUS P8H77-I
    No Review
    		 19.20 87.91 %
      more is better


    Memory latency

    SiSoft Sandra - Memory latency
    Review Rating
    		 ns Percent
    ASUS P8Z77 WS
    No Review
    		 21.2 100.94 %
    ASUS Maximus V Extreme
    No Review
    		 21.3 100.47 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Premium
    No Review
    		 21.3 100.47 %
    Intel DZ77GA-70K
    No Review
    		 21.4 100.00 %
    Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker
    No Review
    		 21.4 100.00 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Pro Thunderbolt
    No Review
    		 21.5 99.53 %
    Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X
    No Review
    		 21.5 99.53 %
    Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3
    No Review
    		 21.5 99.53 %
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
    No Review
    		 21.5 99.53 %
    Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H
    No Review
    		 22.3 95.96 %
    ASUS Maximus V Formula
    No Review
    		 22.5 95.11 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 23.1 92.64 %
    ASUS Maximus V Gene
    No Review
    		 23.1 92.64 %
    ASRock Z77 OC Formula
    No Review
    		 23.5 91.06 %
    MSI Z77 MPower
    No Review
    		 23.5 91.06 %
    ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI
    No Review
    		 23.9 89.54 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V
    No Review
    		 23.9 89.54 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
    No Review
    		 23.9 89.54 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 23.9 89.54 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme6
    No Review
    		 25.6 83.59 %
    ASUS P8H77-I
    No Review
    		 26.0 82.31 %
      less is better more is better


    Memory and cache access

    SiSoft Sandra - Memory and cache access
    Review Rating
    		 GB/sec Percent
    ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
    No Review
    		 120.49 101.01 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 120.31 100.86 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V
    No Review
    		 120.15 100.73 %
    MSI Z77 MPower
    No Review
    		 120.01 100.61 %
    ASUS P8Z77 WS
    No Review
    		 119.99 100.60 %
    ASUS Maximus V Extreme
    No Review
    		 119.88 100.50 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Pro Thunderbolt
    No Review
    		 119.70 100.35 %
    ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI
    No Review
    		 119.68 100.34 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 119.65 100.31 %
    ASUS Maximus V Gene
    No Review
    		 119.56 100.23 %
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
    No Review
    		 119.39 100.09 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme6
    No Review
    		 119.33 100.04 %
    Intel DZ77GA-70K
    No Review
    		 119.28 100.00 %
    Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker
    No Review
    		 119.24 99.97 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Premium
    No Review
    		 119.19 99.92 %
    Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X
    No Review
    		 118.93 99.71 %
    Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H
    No Review
    		 118.89 99.67 %
    ASUS Maximus V Formula
    No Review
    		 118.86 99.65 %
    Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3
    No Review
    		 118.52 99.36 %
    ASRock Z77 OC Formula
    No Review
    		 118.39 99.25 %
    ASUS P8H77-I
    No Review
    		 114.40 95.91 %
      more is better


    Page 1 - Introduction Page 11 - PC Mark 7
    Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery Page 12 - SiSoft Sandra 1
    Page 3 - Features Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 4 - Layout Page 14 - UC Bench
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 15 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 16 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 17 - Games
    Page 8 - 3D Mark 11 Page 18 - Power Consumption
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Vantage Page 19 - Performance Rating
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 2001 SE  Page 20 - Conclusion



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    [pagebreak]

    UC Bench

    UC Bench
    Review Rating
    		 PW/sec Percent
    ASUS Maximus V Gene
    No Review
    		 889.9 100.74 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V
    No Review
    		 889.7 100.71 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
    No Review
    		 889.8 100.72 %
    ASUS P8Z77 WS
    No Review
    		 889.6 100.70 %
    ASUS Maximus V Extreme
    No Review
    		 889.2 100.66 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme6
    No Review
    		 889.1 100.65 %
    ASUS Maximus V Formula
    No Review
    		 888.5 100.58 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Premium
    No Review
    		 888.4 100.56 %
    Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X
    No Review
    		 888.0 100.52 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 887.9 100.51 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Pro Thunderbolt
    No Review
    		 886.9 100.40 %
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
    No Review
    		 885.0 100.18 %
    ASUS P8H77-I
    No Review
    		 885.0 100.18 %
    Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3
    No Review
    		 884.8 100.16 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 884.8 100.16 %
    Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H
    No Review
    		 884.8 100.16 %
    ASRock Z77 OC Formula
    No Review
    		 884.6 100.14 %
    MSI Z77 MPower
    No Review
    		 883.6 100.02 %
    Intel DZ77GA-70K
    No Review
    		 883.4 100.00 %
    ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI
    No Review
    		 882.6 99.91 %
    Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker
    No Review
    		 882.5 99.90 %
      more is better



    Page 1 - Introduction Page 11 - PC Mark 7
    Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery Page 12 - SiSoft Sandra 1
    Page 3 - Features Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 4 - Layout Page 14 - UC Bench
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 15 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 16 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 17 - Games
    Page 8 - 3D Mark 11 Page 18 - Power Consumption
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Vantage Page 19 - Performance Rating
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 2001 SE  Page 20 - Conclusion



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    Super Pi 1M - 32M

    Meanwhile Super Pi even in its latest version has become pretty old. Never the less it is able to show scaling to the clock speed nicely.

    Super Pi 1M

    Super Pi 1.5 XS - 1M
    Review Rating
    		 sec Percent
    ASUS Maximus V Extreme
    No Review
    		 10.311 100.92 %
    ASUS P8Z77 WS
    No Review
    		 10.327 100.76 %
    ASUS Maximus V Gene
    No Review
    		 10.327 100.76 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 10.329 100.75 %
    ASUS Maximus V Formula
    No Review
    		 10.343 100.61 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Pro Thunderbolt
    No Review
    		 10.359 100.45 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V
    No Review
    		 10.359 100.45 %
    ASRock Z77 OC Formula
    No Review
    		 10.374 100.31 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme6
    No Review
    		 10.374 100.31 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
    No Review
    		 10.374 100.31 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Premium
    No Review
    		 10.374 100.31 %
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
    No Review
    		 10.374 100.31 %
    Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X
    No Review
    		 10.389 100.16 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 10.390 100.15 %
    ASUS P8H77-I
    No Review
    		 10.390 100.15 %
    MSI Z77 MPower
    No Review
    		 10.405 100.01 %
    Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3
    No Review
    		 10.405 100.01 %
    Intel DZ77GA-70K
    No Review
    		 10.406 100.00 %
    Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H
    No Review
    		 10.406 100.00 %
    ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI
    No Review
    		 10.420 99.87 %
    Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker
    No Review
    		 10.467 99.42 %
      less is better more is better
     

    Super Pi 32M

    Super Pi 1.5 XS - 32M
    Review Rating
    		 sec Percent
    ASUS Maximus V Extreme
    No Review
    		 558.528 101.07 %
    ASUS P8Z77 WS
    No Review
    		 558.887 101.00 %
    ASUS Maximus V Gene
    No Review
    		 559.714 100.86 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
    No Review
    		 559.853 100.83 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 560.384 100.74 %
    Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X
    No Review
    		 560.540 100.71 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V
    No Review
    		 560.868 100.65 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Premium
    No Review
    		 560.961 100.63 %
    Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3
    No Review
    		 561.071 100.51 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Pro Thunderbolt
    No Review
    		 561.679 100.50 %
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
    No Review
    		 562.257 100.40 %
    Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker
    No Review
    		 562.771 100.31 %
    Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H
    No Review
    		 562.959 100.27 %
    ASUS Maximus V Formula
    No Review
    		 563.832 100.12 %
    Intel DZ77GA-70K
    No Review
    		 564.503 100.00 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 564.643 99.98 %
    ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI
    No Review
    		 564.648 99.97 %
    ASRock Z77 OC Formula
    No Review
    		 565.429 99.84 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme6
    No Review
    		 566.187 99.70 %
    MSI Z77 MPower
    No Review
    		 567.295 99.51 %
    ASUS P8H77-I
    No Review
    		 571.429 98.79 %
      less is better more is better


    Page 1 - Introduction Page 11 - PC Mark 7
    Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery Page 12 - SiSoft Sandra 1
    Page 3 - Features Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 4 - Layout Page 14 - UC Bench
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 15 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 16 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 17 - Games
    Page 8 - 3D Mark 11 Page 18 - Power Consumption
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Vantage Page 19 - Performance Rating
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 2001 SE  Page 20 - Conclusion



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    wPrime 1024M Multicore

    wPrime is based on a multithreaded algorithm to calculate the square root to up to 32 billion digits. Therefore it is possible to put 100 percent load on every core or thread and to see differences between architectures.

    wPrime - 1024M Multi Core
    Review Rating
    		 sec Percent
    ASUS Maximus V Extreme
    No Review
    		 210.026 100.78 %
    ASUS Maximus V Gene
    No Review
    		 210.066 100.76 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme6
    No Review
    		 210.100 100.74 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V
    No Review
    		 210.212 100.69 %
    ASUS P8Z77 WS
    No Review
    		 210.243 100.67 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
    No Review
    		 210.334 100.63 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 210.690 100.46 %
    ASUS Maximus V Formula
    No Review
    		 210.851 100.38 %
    ASUS P8H77-I
    No Review
    		 211.134 100.25 %
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
    No Review
    		 211.162 100.24 %
    Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3
    No Review
    		 211.176 100.23 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Premium
    No Review
    		 211.225 100.20 %
    Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X
    No Review
    		 211.270 100.18 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Pro Thunderbolt
    No Review
    		 211.335 100.15 %
    Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H
    No Review
    		 211.394 100.13 %
    ASRock Z77 OC Formula
    No Review
    		 211.598 100.03 %
    MSI Z77 MPower
    No Review
    		 211.644 100.01 %
    Intel DZ77GA-70K
    No Review
    		 211.659 100.00 %
    ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI
    No Review
    		 211.992 99.84 %
    Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker
    No Review
    		 212.099 99.79 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 214.123 98.85 %
      less is better more is better



    Page 1 - Introduction Page 11 - PC Mark 7
    Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery Page 12 - SiSoft Sandra 1
    Page 3 - Features Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 4 - Layout Page 14 - UC Bench
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 15 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 16 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 17 - Games
    Page 8 - 3D Mark 11 Page 18 - Power Consumption
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Vantage Page 19 - Performance Rating
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 2001 SE  Page 20 - Conclusion



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    Games

    Crysis 800 x 600, low details

    Crysis is still one of the games which has very high system requirements. Therefore developer Crytek implemented Direct3D-10-API, High-Dynamic-Range-Rendering, Parallax Occlusion Mapping, Soft Shadows, Motion Blur, Depth of Field as well as Soft Particles. We test Crysis by using DirectX9 to show CPU-sacaling especially which low resolutions. If we look at the high resolutions we are able to spot that the CPUs influence compared to the graphic card becomes much less important.

    Crysis DirectX10 (800 x 600 low details)
    Review Rating
    		 fps Percent
    Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X
    No Review
    		 179.41 107.87 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 179.14 107.71 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Pro Thunderbolt
    No Review
    		 174.57 104.71 %
    ASUS Maximus V Extreme
    No Review
    		 174.05 104.65 %
    ASUS P8H77-I
    No Review
    		 173.23 104.15 %
    ASUS P8Z77 WS
    No Review
    		 168.11 101.08 %
    Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H
    No Review
    		 167.32 100.60 %
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
    No Review
    		 167.05 100.44 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Premium
    No Review
    		 166.50 100.10 %
    ASRock Z77 OC Formula
    No Review
    		 166.44 100.07 %
    Intel DZ77GA-70K
    No Review
    		 166.32 100.00 %
    ASUS Maximus V Gene
    No Review
    		 165.97 99.79 %
    Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3
    No Review
    		 165.66 99.60 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V
    No Review
    		 165.00 99.21 %
    MSI Z77 MPower
    No Review
    		 163.93 98.56 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
    No Review
    		 163.91 98.55 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 162.97 97.99 %
    Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker
    No Review
    		 162.32 97.59 %
    ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI
    No Review
    		 162.20 97.52 %
    ASUS Maximus V Formula
    No Review
    		 160.84 96.71 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme6
    No Review
    		 160.72 96.63 %
      more is better


    Resident Evil 800 x 600, low details

    Resident Evil uses nearly every modern rendering technology: HDR, Hemisphere Lighting, Soft Shadows, Soft Particles, Field- und Motion-Blur oder auch Alpha to Coverage and static Ambient Occlusion. Furthermore Resident Evil 5 has been optimized for multicore architectures and already comes DirectX11 ready. By using the DirectX9 benchmark we can again show CPU-scaling with low resolutions and the compared to the CPU overproportional influence of the graphics card at high resolutions.

    Resident Evil DirectX10 (800 x 600 low details)
    Review Rating
    		 fps Percent
    Intel DZ77GA-70K
    No Review
    		 221.4 100.00 %
    Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3
    No Review
    		 219.5 99.14 %
    MSI Z77 MPower
    No Review
    		 218.8 98.83 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
    No Review
    		 218.7 98.78 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 218.5 98.69 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V
    No Review
    		 217.7 98.33 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme6
    No Review
    		 215.7 97.43 %
    Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker
    No Review
    		 215.7 97.43 %
    Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H
    No Review
    		 215.7 97.43 %
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
    No Review
    		 213.2 96.30 %
    ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI
    No Review
    		 212.6 96.03 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 211.9 95.71 %
    ASUS Maximus V Gene
    No Review
    		 211.6 95.57 %
    Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X
    No Review
    		 208.0 93.95 %
    ASUS P8Z77 WS
    No Review
    		 207.7 93.81 %
    ASUS Maximus V Extreme
    No Review
    		 207.3 93.63 %
    ASUS P8H77-I
    No Review
    		 207.2 93.59 %
    ASRock Z77 OC Formula
    No Review
    		 206.3 93.18 %
    ASUS Maximus V Formula
    No Review
    		 205.3 92.73 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Pro Thunderbolt
    No Review
    		 203.6 91.96 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Premium
    No Review
    		 201.5 91.01 %
      more is better


    Street Fighter 4 800 x 600, low details

    Street Fighter 4 comes with an extra benchmark version which makes testing you system childrens play. At low resolutions the system requirements are pretty low and we can see CPU-scaling in the results. At high resolution the graphic card becomes more important and the CPUs clock speed has less influence on the fps.

    Street Fighter 4 (800 x 600 low details)
    Review Rating
    		 fps Percent
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
    No Review
    		 832.85 106.43 %
    ASUS Maximus V Extreme
    No Review
    		 810.15 103.53 %
    ASUS P8Z77 WS
    No Review
    		 808.12 103.27 %
    Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker
    No Review
    		 806.81 103.11 %
    MSI Z77 MPower
    No Review
    		 805.95 103.00 %
    Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3
    No Review
    		 803.92 102.74 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
    No Review
    		 802.43 102.55 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V
    No Review
    		 802.37 102.54 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 801.05 102.37 %
    ASUS Maximus V Gene
    No Review
    		 797.67 101.94 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 795.52 101.66 %
    Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X
    No Review
    		 794.82 101.57 %
    ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI
    No Review
    		 789.76 100.93 %
    Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H
    No Review
    		 783.26 100.10 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Pro Thunderbolt
    No Review
    		 782.74 100.03 %
    Intel DZ77GA-70K
    No Review
    		 782.50 100.00 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Premium
    No Review
    		 780.81 99.78 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme6
    No Review
    		 780.76 99.78 %
    ASUS Maximus V Formula
    No Review
    		 771.96 98.65 %
    ASUS P8H77-I
    No Review
    		 766.45 97.95 %
    ASRock Z77 OC Formula
    No Review
    		 762.70 97.47 %
      more is better


    Page 1 - Introduction Page 11 - PC Mark 7
    Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery Page 12 - SiSoft Sandra 1
    Page 3 - Features Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 4 - Layout Page 14 - UC Bench
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 15 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 16 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 17 - Games
    Page 8 - 3D Mark 11 Page 18 - Power Consumption
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Vantage Page 19 - Performance Rating
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 2001 SE  Page 20 - Conclusion



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    [pagebreak]

    Power Consumption

    Idle

    Idle
    Review Rating
    		 Watt Percent
    Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X
    No Review
    		 84 123.81 %
    ASUS P8H77-I
    No Review
    		 84 123.81 %
    ASUS Maximus V Formula
    No Review
    		 89 116.85 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 90 115.56 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V
    No Review
    		 93 111.83 %
    ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI
    No Review
    		 94 110.64 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme6
    No Review
    		 96 108.33 %
    MSI Z77 MPower
    No Review
    		 97 107.22 %
    Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H
    No Review
    		 98 106.12 %
    Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker
    No Review
    		 98 106.12 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Pro Thunderbolt
    No Review
    		 100 104.00 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 100 104.00 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
    No Review
    		 101 102.97 %
    ASUS Maximus V Gene
    No Review
    		 102 101.96 %
    Intel DZ77GA-70K
    No Review
    		 104 100.00 %
    ASUS Maximus V Extreme
    No Review
    		 108 96.30 %
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
    No Review
    		 110 94.55 %
    Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3
    No Review
    		 114 91.23 %
    ASRock Z77 OC Formula
    No Review
    		 111 90.09 %
    ASUS P8Z77 WS
    No Review
    		 118 88.14 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Premium
    No Review
    		 121 85.95 %
      less is better more is better


    Load

    Load
    Review Rating
    		 Watt Percent
    ASUS P8H77-I
    No Review
    		 136 108.82 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 137 108.03 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme6
    No Review
    		 138 107.25 %
    ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI
    No Review
    		 138 107.25 %
    MSI Z77 MPower
    No Review
    		 140 105.71 %
    Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker
    No Review
    		 142 104.23 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Pro Thunderbolt
    No Review
    		 143 103.50 %
    Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X
    No Review
    		 144 102.78 %
    ASUS Maximus V Gene
    No Review
    		 144 102.78 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V
    No Review
    		 145 102.07 %
    ASUS Maximus V Formula
    No Review
    		 146 101.37 %
    Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H
    No Review
    		 146 101.37 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 147 100.68 %
    Intel DZ77GA-70K
    No Review
    		 148 100.00 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
    No Review
    		 149 99.33 %
    ASUS Maximus V Extreme
    No Review
    		 150 98.67 %
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
    No Review
    		 151 98.01 %
    Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3
    No Review
    		 155 95.48 %
    ASUS P8Z77 WS
    No Review
    		 163 90.80 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Premium
    No Review
    		 164 90.24 %
    ASRock Z77 OC Formula
    No Review
    		 170 87.06 %
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    Page 1 - Introduction Page 11 - PC Mark 7
    Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery Page 12 - SiSoft Sandra 1
    Page 3 - Features Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 4 - Layout Page 14 - UC Bench
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 15 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 16 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 17 - Games
    Page 8 - 3D Mark 11 Page 18 - Power Consumption
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Vantage Page 19 - Performance Rating
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 2001 SE  Page 20 - Conclusion



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    Performance Rating

    3D and Gaming Benchmarks
    Review Rating
    		 Percent
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 101.10 %
    ASUS Maximus V Extreme
    No Review
    		 100.82 %
    Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X
    No Review
    		 100.76 %
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
    No Review
    		 100.40 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V
    No Review
    		 100.28 %
    ASUS Maximus V Gene
    No Review
    		 100.21 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 100.21 %
    ASUS P8Z77 WS
    No Review
    		 100.15 %
    Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H
    No Review
    		 100.14 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
    No Review
    		 100.13 %
    Intel DZ77GA-70K
    No Review
    		 100.00 %
    MSI Z77 MPower
    No Review
    		 99.98 %
    Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3
    No Review
    		 99.97 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Pro Thunderbolt
    No Review
    		 99.67 %
    Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker
    No Review
    		 99.65 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme6
    No Review
    		 99.27 %
    ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI
    No Review
    		 99.19 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Premium
    No Review
    		 98.97 %
    ASUS P8H77-I
    No Review
    		 98.97 %
    ASRock Z77 OC Formula
    No Review
    		 98.56 %
    ASUS Maximus V Formula
    No Review
    		 98.39 %
      more is better


    2D Benchmarks
    Review Rating
    		 Percent
    ASUS Maximus V Extreme
    No Review
    		 100.47 %
    ASUS P8Z77 WS
    No Review
    		 100.40 %
    Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X
    No Review
    		 100.20 %
    Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3
    No Review
    		 100.10 %
    ASUS Maximus V Gene
    No Review
    		 100.01 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 100.04 %
    Intel DZ77GA-70K
    No Review
    		 100.00 %
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
    No Review
    		 99.98 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Pro Thunderbolt
    No Review
    		 99.97 %
    Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker
    No Review
    		 99.92 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V
    No Review
    		 99.84 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
    No Review
    		 99.82 %
    Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H
    No Review
    		 99.78 %
    MSI Z77 MPower
    No Review
    		 99.66 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 99.58 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Premium
    No Review
    		 99.41 %
    ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI
    No Review
    		 99.26 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme6
    No Review
    		 99.21 %
    ASRock Z77 OC Formula
    No Review
    		 99.16 %
    ASUS Maximus V Formula
    No Review
    		 99.12 %
    ASUS P8H77-I
    No Review
    		 96.73 %
      more is better


    Performance per Watt
    Review Rating
    		 Percent
    ASUS P8H77-I
    No Review
    		 90.81 %
    Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X
    No Review
    		 88.67 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 89.75 %
    ASUS Maximus V Formula
    No Review
    		 90.51 %
    ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI
    No Review
    		 91.08 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme6
    No Review
    		 92.07 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V
    No Review
    		 93.56 %
    MSI Z77 MPower
    No Review
    		 93.76 %
    Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker
    No Review
    		 94.88 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Pro Thunderbolt
    No Review
    		 96.21 %
    Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H
    No Review
    		 96.35 %
    ASUS Maximus V Extreme
    No Review
    		 97.49 %
    ASUS Maximus V Gene
    No Review
    		 97.79 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 97.84 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
    No Review
    		 98.84 %
    Intel DZ77GA-70K
    No Review
    		 100.00 %
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
    No Review
    		 104.06 %
    Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3
    No Review
    		 107.16 %
    ASRock Z77 OC Formula
    No Review
    		 111.61 %
    ASUS P8Z77-V Premium
    No Review
    		 112.60 %
    ASUS P8Z77 WS
    No Review
    		 112.77 %
      less is better


    Page 1 - Introduction Page 11 - PC Mark 7
    Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery Page 12 - SiSoft Sandra 1
    Page 3 - Features Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 4 - Layout Page 14 - UC Bench
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 15 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 16 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 17 - Games
    Page 8 - 3D Mark 11 Page 18 - Power Consumption
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Vantage Page 19 - Performance Rating
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 2001 SE  Page 20 - Conclusion



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    Conclusion

    Allgemein   + -
    The first impression the OC Formula from ASRock leaves, makes us want more. We like the individual design of this board, which actually isn't that easy to achieve anymore. Since ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI and co finally found out that people, especially in the western part of this world, prefer simple and decent color designs, quite a lot of color combinations have already been chosen.
    The OC Formula is a motherboard that really targets extreme overclockers, but nevertheless ASRock succeeded in crafting a product that is equally attractive to the guys handling LN2 or watercooling/aircooling setups. Both worlds will be able to squeeze maximum out of their systems using this board.    		   - Design
    - PCI-Express 3.0 Slots
    - 6x SATA3 (6Gbps)    		 - 40 millimeter fan to cool power design
           
    Layout   + -

    Basically the ASRock OC Formula's Layout has been very well thought. Once more practical are the angled SATA connectors as well as the power- and reset-buttons. There is also a debug display which is very useful in case you should have issues with a component in your system or the board itself. Even the placement of the PCI-Express x16 is well chosen. There is a total of three of these slots between two slots there are always two empty slots. We think this is a good number of PCI Express x16 slots for a overclocking/gaming motherboard altough most gamers will never use three graphics cards in their build. But still it leaves you with plenty of options if you want to plug in other expansion cards. Overclockers will also like the voltage readouts but basically this board is more suitable for overclockers than enthusiast gamers.

    		   - Angled SATA connectors - Power/Reset-Button onboard
    - Debug display
    - Space around the CPU socket - Voltage readouts - Watercooling
    - OC Buttons    		  
           
    Performance   + -
    At this point we would have expected more from ASRocks Overclocking motherboard. A closer look at the 2D-Performance shows that this board comes in third to the bottom and in our 3D performance rating it scores second to last. There is only one benchmark where the OC Formula really excels and this is 3D Mark 01. Concerning all the other benchmarks the results are somewhere between the last spot and the center span of our comparison tables. Unfortunately the power consumption is also quite high and with a third to last and last spot ASRock doesn't convince us.   - 3Dmark2001 - Power Consumptoion - Performances on average
           
    BIOS / Overclocking   + -
    Finally the overclocking part but first let's talk about the BIOS first. The BIOS is excellent, ASRock did a great job. It is just perfect. Nick Shih's overclocking profiles seems to work well with our processor and you have a quick access to overclocking BIOS to save/load them. There are predefined memory profiles to help you chose the right subtimings for your beloved memory, you have to know which IC they are based on though. Those profiles are accompanied by a setting that lets you chose how the BIOS has to ajust subtimings - Performance or Compatibility (understand tight and loose timings). The overclocking on this motherboard is very easy and pleasant. The BIOS is very easy to configure and the motherboard worked well and did what we expected it to do. We pushed our i7 3770K to 5GHz stable under aircooling without any issues. Also memory overclocking was really easy and good. My processor can do 1'460 MHz on the memory (limitation by the IMC (Integrated Memory Controller) on the best motherboards around working a bit with BIOS settings. On the OC Formula I didn't need to work with the BIOS at all, I just set the basic settings and it worked like a charm. It was even possible to boot directly at DDR3-2800 which most of the other motherboards I had failed to do. A more detailed overclocking article on the OC Formula will be released soon.   - Best BIOS from ASRock ever - Memory Overclocking  
           
    Recommendation   + -
    We strongly recommend this motherboard to overclockers. Being Extreme overclockers or "normal" overclockers you have to consider this motherboard as the OC Formula can keep up with ASUS's ROG offer. We removed a star to the rating due to the lack of efficiency of the board, hopefully it will be fixed with a future BIOS.   - Overclocking
    - Enthusiasts    		  
           
    Rating
    We give the ASRock Z77 OC Formula four out of five stars.



    Page 1 - Introduction Page 11 - PC Mark 7
    Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery Page 12 - SiSoft Sandra 1
    Page 3 - Features Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 4 - Layout Page 14 - UC Bench
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 15 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 16 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 17 - Games
    Page 8 - 3D Mark 11 Page 18 - Power Consumption
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Vantage Page 19 - Performance Rating
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 2001 SE  Page 20 - Conclusion


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    Author: m.buechel@ocaholic.ch