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Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 Motherboard Review

We will outline the performance increases that can be obtained from using the Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 motherboard to overclock our system. Our overclocked processor frequency was 4.5GHz and memory speed was 2400MHz.

As a performance comparison, we have included the overclocked results from four other Z97 motherboards. The maximum overclocked configuration achieved with each board was a 4500MHz (45 x 100MHz) processor frequency and 2400MHz CL10 memory speed.

OC 3DMark_

OC Cinebench

OC Bioshock

Gigabyte's Z97X-Gaming 7 motherboard shows solid overall performance when overclocked. None of the results raise any questions therefore users should feel confident that the Z97X-Gaming 7 can endorse their overclocking requirements with solid performance.

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6 comments

  1. Gigabyte used to be a leader, and I still love their products, but what is with this red and black on every product? These are traditionally ASUS ROG colours, which even MSI are copying now. I want oranges/greens etc like Z87. Its a huge loss for me and im very disappointed to see this.

  2. Great product and well priced. I want it in green too. Sounds like such a minor point, but im a Gigabyte purist and I dont want another red and black board. What is going on!

  3. ASUS must be loving this. MSI copied their ROG colours and now Gigabyte. I suppose you could say the colours don’t matter, but every company has a certain colour scheme which their fans end up liking over the years.

    Z97 has not impressed me so far, no new processors , apart from locked nonsense and all the companies have decided to make their products look identical.

    Im waiting until later this year as I want to build a new system in my green Nvidia branded case. I dont want fu&king red and black to clash with all the rest of my components and my liquid in the water cooler.

  4. Wow every forum and page I go to, has people complaining about red and black boards from Gigabyte. Who cares what colour a board is? all this colour coordinating crap is for women. matching shoes etc!

    Its a great looking board, but I am waiting for this platform to settle a little and to work out if the upcoming K processors are worth a pitch.

  5. Another great review from Luke. thanks. I am curious Luke – which is your favourite Z97 board to this point? Id like to see a review of a sniper – hopefully they make that with green heatsinks. I like to colour coordinate my system too. Seems everyone who doesnt own a red or black case is screwed with Z97.

  6. Dimitris Makridis

    Ga- Ζ97p-D3 are better from all ther “yellow series” Mothrboards!
    I have use almost all except by one and im 99% is better in many ways working better in all works u wan’t to do with CPU,Best O.C,Sound (gigabybite maybe can do it better for this but is great like this anyway, Is Faster & Many More… And the very best is cheap right now 🙂

    Sorry if i dont for my bad english but this is my oppinion and for my Store ppl say this and sell it more from others “in yellow series always” !

    Very nice post thank you very mych!!!