Gigabyte Z77X-UP4 TH Motherboard Review

Henry Butt July 27, 2012 Featured Announcement, Motherboard

In this review we are going to benchmark the i7-3770K at reference clock speeds and when overclocked to 4.8 GHz. We used a Phanteks PH-TC14PE Cooler for our tests.

Test System:

Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77X-UP4 TH
Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE
Thermal Paste: Arctic Cooling MX-2
Memory: 8 GB G.Skill @ 1600 MHz 9-9-9-24
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 6950
Power Supply: Thermaltake ToughPower XT 750W
System Drive: Intel 520 Series 240 GB
Monitor: Viewsonic VX2260WM
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)

Software:

PCMark 7
3DMark 11
SiSoft Sandra 2012 SP3
Cinebench R11.5
CrystalDiskMark
Cyberlink MediaEspresso 6.5
VLC Media Player
Performance Monitor
Unigine Heaven Benchmark
Super Pi 1.5 Mod
CPUID Hardware Monitor
CPU-Z
DiRT 3
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City

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7 comments

Davis
July 27, 2012 at 2:38 pm

great motherboard, looks a lot better than many of the other GB boards ive seen in recent years.
Slashwat
July 27, 2012 at 2:40 pm

awesome board, next on my list to buy
Streetfighter
July 27, 2012 at 2:41 pm

I think its £15 overpriced.
Harry
July 27, 2012 at 2:42 pm

Its not overpriced, for what you get its pretty good value. id like to see a few more sata 3 ports however at the price.
Optical Illusion
July 27, 2012 at 2:43 pm

Are there compatibility issues with D14>/?
Henry Butt
July 28, 2012 at 5:42 pm

Hi Optical Illusion,

I tested the motherboard with a Phanteks PHTC-14PE which is actually slightly larger than a D14. The only compatibility issue would be with memory featuring large heatspreaders but this is going to be an issue with the D14 on pretty much every motherboard on the market.