BIOS

The most recent version of Gigabyte’s UEFI BIOS presents itself with an attractive design. The overview screen you get to see, when entering the BIOS is overloaded and apart from that we would expect a reasonable contrast between background and writings everywhere. Nevertheless the basic structure behind can be understood at the first glance. Usually these splash screens are here to offer a starting point for beginners, but the sheer amount of information will scare less experienced users off. What is practical about the new UEFI BIOS – especially for beginners – is that the mouse can be used too, to browse the different tabs.

If you wish back the good old times, where you were racing through the menus hammering up and down arrows as well as the enter key ridiculously fast, you just have to press F2 and there you go. Since this motherboard features a very solid power design it’s suitable for overclocking. In the BIOS you will soon notice, there are Gigabyte’s usual options, which allow for altering virtually anything when it comes to overclocking. Overall there is certainly no lack of options in this BIOS.

Page 1 - Introduction	Page 14 - SiSoft Sandra 2
Page 2 - Specs and Delivery	Page 15 - UC Bench
Page 3 - Features	Page 16 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
Page 4 - Layout	Page 17 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
Page 5 - Connectors and I/O	Page 18 - Cinebench
Page 6 - BIOS	Page 19 - Bioshock: Infinite
Page 7 - Test setup	Page 20 - Metro Last Light
Page 8 - Preview / Gallery	Page 21 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 9 - 3D Mark	Page 22 - Power Consumption
Page 10 - 3D Mark 11	Page 23 - Performance Rating
Page 11 - 3D Mark Vantage	Page 24 - Price Comparison
Page 12 - PC Mark 7	Page 25 - Conclusion
Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 1