MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX Review (w/ 4770k / HD7990 / 2,933mhz DDR3)

1. Introduction2. MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX (Packaging & Bundle)3. MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX (Board Layout and Features)4. Corsair Vengeance Pro 2400mhz, HX750 and H100i5. MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX (The Bios)6. MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX (Overclocking)7. MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX (Super High Res Gallery)8. Testing Methodology9. System: PCMark 710. System: PCMark 811. System: 3DMark Vantage12. System: 3DMark 1113. System: 3DMark14. System: Unigine Heaven Benchmark15. System: Unigine Valley Benchmark16. Processor/Memory: SiSoft Sandra17. Processor: CineBench R11.5 64 bit18. Processor: 3D Rendering19. Processor: Media Encoding20. Motherboard: USB 3.0 Performance21. Motherboard: SATA 6Gbps performance22. Gaming: Tomb Raider (2560x1600)23. Gaming: Sleeping Dogs (2560x1600)24. Gaming: GRID 2 (2560x1600 & UH IQ)25. Gaming: Far Cry 3 (2560x1600)26. Gaming: Crysis 3 (5760x1080)27. Gaming: BioShock Infinite (5760x1080)28. G.Skill Trident X Memory overclocking29. Closing Thoughts30. View All Pages

CyberLink MediaEspresso 6 is the successor to CyberLink MediaShow Espresso 5.5. With its further optimized CPU/GPU-acceleration, MediaEspresso is an even faster way to convert not only your video but also your music and image files between a wide range of popular formats.

Now you can easily playback and display your favourite movies, songs and photos not just on your mobile phone, iPad, PSP, Xbox, or Youtube and Facebook channels but also on the newly launched iPhone 4. Compile, convert and enjoy images and songs on any of your computing devices and enhance your videos with CyberLink’s built-in TrueTheater Technology.

New and Improved Features

• Ultra Fast Media Conversion – With support from the Intel Core i-Series processor family, ATI Stream & NVIDIA CUDA, MediaEspresso’s Batch-Conversion function enables multiple files to be transcoded simultaneously.
• Smart Detect Technology – MediaEspresso 6 automatically detects the type of portable device connected to the PC and selects the best multimedia profile to begin the conversion without the need for user’s intervention.
• Direct Sync to Portable Devices – Video, audio and image files can be transferred in a few easy steps to mobile phones including those from Acer, BlackBerry, HTC, Samsung, LG, Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, and Palm, as well as Sony Walkman and PSP devices.
• Enhanced Video Quality – CyberLink TrueTheater Denoise and Lighting enables the enhancement of video quality through optical noise filters and automatic brightness adjustment.
• Video, Music and Image File Conversion – Convert not only videos to popular formats such as AVI, MPEG, MKV, H.264/AVC, and FLV at the click of a button, but also images such as JPEG and PNG and music files like WMA, MP3 and M4A.
• Online Sharing – Conversion to video formats used by popular social networking websites and a direct upload feature means posting videos to Facebook and YouTube has never been easier.

For our testing today we are converting a 3.3GB 720p MKV file (2h:12mins) to Apple Mp4 format for playback on a portable device. This is a common procedure for many people and will give a good indication of system power. We are using the latest version of the software.

The 4770k is particularly strong at video encoding. At 3.5ghz without hardware acceleration it takes 8 minutes and 50 seconds to complete the task. When using the HD7990 under hardware acceleration, a further 50 seconds are reduced from the encoding time.

Overclocking the 4770k to 4.5ghz reduces the time to 7 minutes and 39 seconds. Enabling the HD7990 for hardware acceleration at 4.5ghz reduces the time further to 7 minutes – one of the best times we have achieved to date.

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