Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X Motherboard Review

1. Introduction2. Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X: Packaging and Bundle3. Biostar H-Fi Z77X: Layout and Features4. Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X: BIOS and Overclocking5. Testing Methodology6. Synthetic: PCMark 77. Synthetic: 3DMark8. Synthetic: 3Dmark 119. Synthetic: 3DMark Vantage10. Synthetic: Unigine Heaven11. Synthetic: SiSoft Sandra 201312. Synthetic: Cinebench R11.513. Synthetic: Super Pi14. Synthetic: SATA Performance15. Real World: WinRAR16. Real World: MKV Playback17. Real World: Media Encoding18. Gaming: Battlefield 319. Gaming: Call of Duty Black Ops 220. Gaming: DiRT Showdown21. Technical: Power Consumption22. Closing Thoughts23. View All Pages

In this review we are going to test the Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X with an Intel Core i7-3770K processor at both stock and overclocked speeds.  The overclocked results were achieved at 4.8 GHz using the settings detailed in the previous section.

Test System:

Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K
Motherboard: Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X
Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE
Thermal Paste: Arctic Cooling MX-4
Memory: 16 GB Mushkin Blackline 1333 MHz
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 7950
Power Supply: Silverstone Platinum 1000W
System Drive: Kingston HyperX 3K 240 GB
Monitor: Viewsonic VX2260WM
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)

Software:

PCMark 7
3DMark
3DMark 11
3DMark Vantage
SiSoft Sandra 2013
Cinebench R11.5
CrystalDiskMark
Cyberlink MediaEspresso 6.7
VLC Media Player
Performance Monitor
Unigine Heaven Benchmark
Super Pi 1.5 Mod
CPUID Hardware Monitor
CPU-Z
DiRT Showdown
Battlefield 3
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

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