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Date: Mon, Aug 13, 2012 - 06:00 AM
Written By: Dan Stoltz -
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BIOSTAR TZ77B Overclocking

Overclocking greatly varies due to what hardware is being used and who is doing the overclocking. Always remember that no two pieces of hardware will perform the same, so our results will differ from what you might be able to get.

BIOSTAR TZ77B Overclocking

The Intel Core i7 3770K utilizes a Bclk of 100MHz, under full load the Intel Core i7 3770K uses a multiplier of x35 to achieve the final clock speed of 3.5GHz. Since we are using a K series processor which has an unlocked multiplier we will be able to increase the default x35 multiplier to achieve our overclock today. The Intel Core i7 3770K has a turbo multiplier of x39 which will cause the system to run at 3900MHz (100MHz x 39).

BIOSTAR TZ77B Overclocking

I wasn't able to bring our Intel Core i7 3770k processor quite as high on the BIOSTAR TZ77B as we were able to on previous motherboards. We have typically been able to hit 4.7GHz on our 'Ivy Bridge' platforms with complete system stability. Today though, we were limited to 4.6GHz. While it's wasn't the greatest overclocker today, it went smooth. With a little more time and tweaking we could quite possibly get higher.

BIOSTAR TZ77B Overclocking

The only settings that we had to modify inside the BIOS were the CPU Turbo Core Ratio which we can see above, and the CPU vCore was increased to +.084V offset which can be seen below.

BIOSTAR TZ77B Overclocking

Next Page - GIGABYTE Z77-DS3H Overclocking


Review Index
Page 1 - ASRock Z77 Pro3, BIOSTAR TZ77B, & GIGABYTE Z77-DS3H Sub-$100 Motherboards
Page 2 - ASRock Z77 Pro3 Intel Z77 Motherboard
Page 3 - BIOSTAR TZ77B Intel Z77 Motherboard
Page 4 - GIGABYTE Z77-DS3H Intel Z77 Motherboard
Page 5 - The Legit Reviews Test System
Page 6 - SiSoftware Sandra 2012 Sp3 Memory Bandwidth
Page 7 - Futuremark 3DMark 11 DirectX 11 Gaming Benchmark
Page 8 - Battlefield 3
Page 9 - Intel Z77 SATA III 6Gbps Performance Testing
Page 10 - Intel Z77 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Performance Testing
Page 11 - Intel Z77 Budget Motherboard Power Consumption
Page 12 - ASRock Z77 Pro3 Overclocking
Page 13 - BIOSTAR TZ77B Overclocking
Page 14 - GIGABYTE Z77-DS3H Overclocking
Page 15 - Final Thoughts and Conclusion