ASRock Z77 OC Formula Review: Living In The Fast Lane
by Ian Cutress on January 15, 2013 1:00 PM EST- Posted in
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- ASRock
- Z77
- Overclocking
Metro2033
Metro2033 is a DX11 benchmark that challenges every system that tries to run it at any high-end settings. Developed by 4A Games and released in March 2010, we use the inbuilt DirectX 11 Frontline benchmark to test the hardware at 2560x1440 with full graphical settings. Results are given as the average frame rate from 4 runs.
For AMD on Metro2033, the Z77 OC Formula performs reasonably well compared to other Z77 boards. In 3-way AMD, our third card is limited to an x4 PCIe 2.0 via the chipset rather than going via a PLX chip and getting a full set of PCIe 3.0 lanes.
For NVIDIA on Metro2033, the Z77 OC Formula comes in the top half in single and dual GPU scenarios.
Dirt 3
Dirt 3 is a rallying video game and the third in the Dirt series of the Colin McRae Rally series, developed and published by Codemasters. Using the in game benchmark, Dirt 3 is run at 2560x1440 with Ultra graphical settings. Results are reported as the average frame rate across four runs.
Similar to Metro2033, the Z77 OC Formula commonly comes in the top half of the benchmark results, although in 3-way configurations the third card is really limited by those x4 PCIe 2.0 lanes via the chipset.
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irsmurf - Thursday, January 17, 2013 - link
The medals are super janky. For having such a clean site, you'd think they could scrounge up $50 for those simple images. If he can't find them on these forums, There are a few talented artists on Something Awful's FS/FT forum.KPRage - Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - link
Why isn't the Maximus V gene or, Extreme in the comparison list? Will this not be a more appropriate comparison to be made for an OC board?Thanks,
KP
zeehan - Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - link
Forgive me if Im wrong guys, But the car certainly Looks like a Lamborghini Aventador to me :PMaraque - Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - link
It is a Lamborghini Aventador.IanCutress - Friday, January 25, 2013 - link
Changed. I recently watched the Top Gear USA + UK Aventador episodes again, and yup, it's that :)Olotila - Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - link
I am considering buying this board or extreme6, and this one thing seems quite advanced technology ...How can you have raid of at least three disks if you have only two ports?
"2 x SATA 6.0 Gbps (Chipset), RAID 0, 1, 5, 10"
Kevin G - Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - link
The RAID5 and 10 functionality are shared between the two 6 Gbit and four 3 Gbit SATA ports from the chipset. Thus you have a total of six ports to build a RAID5 or RAID10 array.Olotila - Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - link
Ok so not very optimal for say four fast ssd's in raid 10, right? Darn.oiVoodsio - Thursday, January 17, 2013 - link
The box art is not a Lambo of any sort, the murci has a flat bottom unlike the box. The box has more of the Ferrari Enzo look to the front spoilers. I'd say its a modified Enzo which was designed and inspired by F1 Racing.IanCutress - Friday, January 25, 2013 - link
The headlights point towards Lamborghini, but the front intake and grills were confusing me and it's not standard. Turns out the only Lambo with that is the Aventador.