MSI Big Bang Z77 MPower - Sanctioned Overclocking!
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BIOS Settings & Test Setup
BIOS Settings
The UEFI BIOS Utility of the MSI Z77 MPower was identical to the MSI Z77-GD65 and navigating it was a no-brainer. We did appreciate the large navigation tabs on both sides of the UI which helped categorize the different functions of the BIOS.
While most enthusiast class boards these days have way too many overclocking related settings, we've decided to compile the available voltage settings of the various Z77 boards we've tested. As you'll see later in our overclocking efforts with the MSI Z77 MPower, we decided to manually adjust the voltage of the CPU PLL to determine how high we can push the CPU Base Frequency. In the case of this particular board, base frequency values can be adjusted by 10KHz for finer tweaking.
Model | CPU Voltage | DRAM Voltage | Other Voltage Settings |
MSI Z77 MPower | 0.80 to 2.155V (0.005V steps) |
1.1080 to 2.4655V (0.0075V steps) |
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ASRock Z77 Extreme6 |
0.80 to 2.20V |
1.17 to 1.80V (0.005V steps) |
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ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe |
0.80 to 1.99V (0.005V steps) |
1.20 to 1.92V (0.02V steps) |
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Biostar TZ77XE4 |
1.000 V to 1.790V |
1.300 to 2.112V (drop-down menu selection) |
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ECS Z77H2-AX | 1.00 to 1.50V (0.015V steps) |
Voltage Offset:+0 to +0.63 V (0.01V steps) |
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Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H WiFi |
0.80 to 1.90V (0.005V steps) |
1.17 to 1.80V (0.005V steps) |
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MSI Z77A-GD65 | 0.80 to 2.155V (0.005V steps) |
1.10 to 2.10V (0.005V steps) |
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Test Setup
This is the test configuration for our Intel Z77 Express-based motherboard comparisons.
- Intel Core i7-3770K
- 2 x 2GB Kingston HyperX DDR3-1600 (CAS 9-9-9-27)
- MSI N460GTX Hawk (ForceWare 285.62)
- Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gbps hard drive (one single NTFS partition)
- Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
- Intel INF 9.3.0.1020
Benchmarks
The following benchmarks were used to test the motherboards:
- BAPCo SYSmark 2007 Preview (ver 1.06)
- Futuremark PCMark Vantage (ver 1.03.1, 64-bit)
- SPECviewperf 9.0
- Futuremark PCMark 7
- Futuremark 3DMark Vantage (ver 1.03.1)
- Futuremark 3DMark11 (ver 1.03)
- Far Cry 2
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