System Overview & Testing Procedures
The MSI Z97 MPower was installed in our test bench, which we use to test all of our motherboards. All of the hardware besides the motherboard stays the same to keep things uniform.
Test System Specs
Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K
Video Card: MSI GTX 770 Gaming
Motherboard: MSI Z97 MPower
Memory: 16GB Crucial Ballistix
Storage: 120GB Kingston HyperX 3K
Power: Corsair AX860i
Cooling: Asetek 240mm watercooler
Case: HighSpeed PC Top Deck Tech Station
We will be testing the motherboard at the CPU’s stock speed of 4.0 GHz and again at our max stable overclock which is 4.6 GHz.
I have organized our benchmarks into the sections you see below.
CPU Testing
SiSoftware Sandra
– Processor Arithmetic
– Processor Multi-Media
CINEBENCH R11.5 64-bit
x264 HD Benchmark 5.0
Overall System Testing
PCMark 8
PCMark 7
PCMark Vantage
Gaming & Video
3DMark
3DMark 11
Battlefield 4
Alien vs Predator Benchmark
Now let’s get to testing!
Three minutes in the video and I regretted buying the ASUS Maximus VII Hero because their software suite sucks websites drivers etc. There was noting enjoying about the ASUS Maximus VII Hero, just completely annoyed with this Dream Machine 2014 system build. Nevertheless nice overview.
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can i put two Zotac gtx980 AMP EXTREME SLI in it ?
Or wouldnt they fit in , because they have Tripple Slot coverage