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We will outline the performance increases that can be obtained from using the MSI Z87I Gaming AC motherboard to overclock our system. Our overclocked processor frequency was 4.5GHz and memory speed was 2133MHz.
As a performance comparison, we have included the overclocked results from five other Z87 motherboards. The maximum overclocked configuration achieved with each board was a 4500MHz (45 x 100MHz) processor frequency and 2133MHz CL9 memory speed.
When overclocked, MSI's Z87I Gaming AC delivers strong performance in 3DMark 11.
Our Cinebench tests prove that the mITX motherboard can compete with larger alternatives, even when operating in an overclocked state.
Metro: Last Light performance doesn't scale with CPU frequency. In fact, the Z87I Gaming AC's frame rate seems to drop by a marginal amount (compared to the stock speed result), although the difference is negligible when rounding is factored in.
Awesome board, love MSI products – building a media center soon and this was already on my shortlist. unless something comes out soon which is better.
This is my dream in 2014 – build a silent, small system which can play games at 1080p and not break the bank. Still working on it !
Little Giant! Brilliant design, small but fully loaded.
I just hope I could win that kind of awesome motherboard 😀
Great performing board, great looks and very stable.
Using it in a corsair 250D case atm.
Motherboard layout can give some problems with cablemanagement tho when u want everything neat and clean. Thats something that could be improved next time.
Having only 1 chafan conn is simply absurd.