Test Setup and Procedures

First off, here's the rig I'll be using to test out this motherboard:

For performance testing, I'll be using the following benchmarks and test programs:

The first round of testing was done at 100% stock speeds, I loaded "Optimized Defaults" in the BIOS and set the memory to 1866mhz with 9--9-9 timings, everything else was left untouched aside from disabled sound and NIC.

CPUz CPU and Motherboard Tabs

Booting in without changing anything you get a healthy dose of turbo boost. Almost 4ghz out of the box is nice.

Testing for this board was done with the latest bios at the time of writing, F9.

Lastly are the settings for the memory that will be used in this review.

Now, onward to the benchmarks!

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