BIOSTAR GAMING Z170X Review

👤by David Mitchelson Comments 📅30-12-15
Test Setup, Methodology & Overclocking

Test Setup


Benchmarks
Cinebench R15 – CPU/OpenGL Score
x264 HD 4.0 – 1st and 2nd pass encoding
SiSoftware SANDRA 2014 – CPU & Memory benchmarks
AIDA64 – CPU benchmarks
PCMark 8 – Home Suite
3DMark FireStrike – DX11 3D Benchmark
Games – Tomb Raider, THIEF


Other Software
Temperature Analysis: Real Temp
Stress Testing Software: AIDA64 Stability Test
CPU Specification Monitoring: CPU-Z


Overclocking

Overclocking with Skylake is now fully flexible since we can adjust many variables including BCLK and ratio/multiplier.

Our current milestone is 4.7GHz with the Intel Core i7-6700K and we managed to achieve 4.7GHz with the GAMING Z170X quite easily. After just a few minor adjustments in the BIOS we used 100x47 and set the CPU core voltage to 1.38v. This is a great result and we’re pleased that advanced settings didn’t need any modification to achieve it.



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