ASRock X79 Extreme11 Motherboard Review

1. Introduction2. ASRock X79 Extreme11: Packaging and Bundle3. ASRock X79 Extreme11: Layout and Features4. ASRock X79 Extreme11: BIOS and Overclocking5. Testing Methodology6. Synthetic: 3DMark 117. Synthetic: 3DMark Vantage8. Synthetic: PCMark 79. Synthetic: Unigine Heaven10. Synthetic: SiSoft Sandra 201211. Synthetic: Cinebench R11.512. Synthetic: Super Pi13. Synthetic: CrystalDiskMark14. Real World: Media Encoding15. Synthetic: MKV Playback16. Synthetic: Blu-Ray Playback17. Gaming: Battlefield 318. Gaming: DiRT 319. Technical: Power Consumption20. Closing Thoughts21. View All Pages

ASRock have used their comprehensive UEFI interface for this motherboard which is one of the best out there.  After pressing the DEL button to enter the BIOS we are greeted by the main screen which displays some basic information about the system.

All of the exciting parts for us are located on the OC Tweaker page.  There are plenty of settings here to be fiddling about with including ASRock's useful automatic overclocking feature.

Moving on to the next page we find all of the non-overclocking settings under various different tabs.

The ‘Tool page has a number of different utilities including the Instant Flash BIOS feature.

On the H/W Monitor page there is a concise breakdown of temperatures, fan speeds and voltages from the system.

The next two pages contain the boot and security settings and the last lets us exit the BIOS.

Overclocking

For our tests we decided to see how far we could push the i7-3930K with the automatic overclocking feature.  We used the 4.8 GHz setting for our tests as we think this is the highest that is sustainable for 24/7 use with this cooler.

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