Overclocked Performance Summary

I have really changed how I do my overclock testing with motherboards. Every single test you see in the main section is repeated in the section that follows, including power consumption. As I test more products, a good picture of overclocking efficiency should emerge, which should prove interesting when it comes to those products that are 100% overclocking-oriented. I have grouped the results into sections here, and all Intel products are tested with 4.6 GHz CPU speed. Memory speeds vary depending on the platform's ability. I'll report it here if a board fails to pass one of these tests, I need to increase voltages, or am perhaps allowed to drop voltages.


Overclocking with the Gigabyte GA-Z87X-OC was really easy, but I did have to wrap my head around where the BIOS options were. Memory clocking was not that easy, but that has improved a bit since I did my testing for this review, and it will definitely get better as newer versions come out in the following months. I've seen some pretty good numbers reported with this board when it comes to overclocking, and I'm sure Hicookie will make sure the BIOS receives the attention such a product needs in order to consistently break records throughout the lifespan of the platform. It just needs a pair of capable hands.

AIDA64

CPU OC Performance

PCMark07 and PCMark8 OC Performance

3D-Oriented OC Performance

3DMark06 and 3DMark Vantage

3DMark11

3DMark

Metro: Last Light

Sniper Elite V2

Shogun 2

F1 2010