Gigabyte Z77X-UP4 TH Motherboard Review

Henry Butt July 27, 2012 Featured Announcement, Motherboard

Unigine provides an interesting way to test hardware. It can be easily adapted to various projects due to its elaborated software design and flexible toolset. A lot of their customers claim that they have never seen such extremely-effective code, which is so easy to understand.

Heaven Benchmark is a DirectX 11 GPU benchmark based on advanced Unigine engine from Unigine Corp. It reveals the enchanting magic of floating islands with a tiny village hidden in the cloudy skies. Interactive mode provides emerging experience of exploring the intricate world of steampunk.

Efficient and well-architected framework makes Unigine highly scalable:

Multiple API (DirectX 9 / DirectX 10 / DirectX 11 / OpenGL) render
Cross-platform: MS Windows (XP, Vista, Windows 7) / Linux
Full support of 32bit and 64bit systems
Multicore CPU support
Little / big endian support (ready for game consoles)
Powerful C++ API
Comprehensive performance profiling system
Flexible XML-based data structures

This test is heavily reliant on the graphics performance of the system so there is only a very small improvement in performance when the system is overclocked.

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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.