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GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD Motherboard Review

Manufacturer: Gigabyte
Product: GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD
Date: Wed, Aug 24, 2011 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Dan Stoltz -
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GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD System BIOS

GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD System BIOS

When you first boot up the GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD you are greeted by the GIGABYTE flash screen. The flash screen presents you with a couple of options of what to do. You can depress the Tab button to see the post screen, the Del (delete) key will bring you into the BIOS/Q-Flash, F9 will bring you to the XPress Recovery 2, F12 will bring us to the Boot Menu, and the End key will bring you straight to the Q-Flash Utility.

GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD System BIOS

The first page of the GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD is the main page of the System BIOS. The main page will give you access to all of the sub pages for the system settings.

GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD System BIOS

The Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker (M.I.T.) page has several additional sub-pages that have all of the settings needed to overclock the GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD and our Second Generation Intel Core Processor.

GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD System BIOS

The first sub-page on the GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker is the M.I.T. Current Status. On the M.I.T. Current Status page we can see all the current frequency settings for the CPU and Memory.

GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD System BIOS

The advanced frequency settings in the GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD system BIOS is where you will find the CPU Clock Ration and BCLK frequency control. We also have the Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P.) settings as well as the System Memory Multiplier.

GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD System BIOS

The Advanced CPU Core Features has a few more options. Here we can set the Turbo Ratios, PWM Frequency Control, Internal CPU PLL Overvoltage, and Turbo Power/Core Current Limits.

GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD System BIOS

The Advanced Memory Settings page of the GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD has all the settings related to the memory. We have another spot that we can set the X.M.P. Profile or the System Memory Multiplier. We can also access the pages for the memory timings.

GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD System BIOS

Here we can see the various memory timing options on the GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD.

GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD System BIOS

The Advanced Voltage Settings has enough voltage running through it for most of the Overclockers out there.

GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD System BIOS

If you are running the GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD in IDE mode you can see which devices you have installed on which SATA port.

GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD System BIOS

The Advanced BIOS features page of the GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD has all the features for BOOT options and other various drive settings.

GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD System BIOS

The Integrated Peripherals page of the GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD will allow us to enable/disable the various onboard devices.

GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD System BIOS

The Power Management Setup page sets up the various power features of the GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD.

GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD System BIOS

The PC Health Status pagelets us check the system temperatures, Voltages, and fan settings.

GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD System BIOS

The GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD has eight different slots to save CMOS profiles. Great for different circumstances like gaming when you want the most performance, or lower power settings for office work.

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Review Index
Page 1 - GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD Intel Z68 Motherboard
Page 2 - GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD Retail Packaging and Bundle
Page 3 - GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD Motherboard Layout and Features
Page 4 - GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD System BIOS
Page 5 - The Legit Reviews Test System
Page 6 - SiSoft Sandra 2011 sp2 Memory Bandwidth
Page 7 - NVIDIA SLI Scaling Performance
Page 8 - AMD CrossFireX Performance Scaling
Page 9 - Futuremark 3DMark 11 Synthetic Benchmark
Page 10 - Rightmark Audio Analyzer
Page 11 - SATA III 6Gbps Performance Testing
Page 12 - SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Performance Testing
Page 13 - GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD Intel Smart Response Technology Performance
Page 14 - GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD System Power Consumption
Page 15 - GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD Overclocking
Page 16 - Final Thoughts and Conclusion