BIOS

Here are some screenshots of MSI's Z77 MPower BIOS. To be honest this is the best looking BIOS from MSI we have seen. And also by far the best one even though there is still room for improvement to reach ASUS' BIOS for exemple.

What we like:
- Design
- Ability to update BIOS or BIOS + ME
- Ready for Windows 8 (Windows 8 settings)
- Voltage ranges and steps
- There are no settings, where you'll ask yourself what they're there for
- Well structured

What we don't like:
- Takes some time to load and save OC profiles, would have been nice to have a shortcut in the main menu
- Can't ajust memory timings using the numpad, you have to us +/- or the dropdown
- Hole between 0.95v and 1.07v for the VCCIO
- Can't take a screenshot when you select the dropdown
- BIOS v17.2 v17.3 v17.4b4 have a bug: Graphics card will not work properly under Windows XP (This device cannot start (Error 10)) under the device management. BIOS v17.1 is working well though. We told MSI, they are now aware about the issue and they are working on it. No issues under Windows 7 no matter the BIOS used.

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

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