MSI X99A Godlike Gaming Carbon Motherboard Review

1. Introduction2. MSI X99A Godlike Gaming Carbon: Packaging and Bundle3. MSI X99A Godlike Gaming Carbon: Layout and Examination4. MSI X99A Godlike Gaming Carbon: UEFI5. MSI X99A Godlike Gaming Carbon: Software6. Testing Methodology7. Tests: CPU-related8. Tests: Memory-related9. Tests: GPU-related10. Tests: Motherboard-related11. Overclocking12. Conclusion13. View All Pages

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Synthetic memory performance seems to be slightly better on the MSI motherboard than the ASUS equivalent, by around 3~5%.

We can't assign this difference to an obvious UEFI setting since both boards applied the same XMP profile and both boards also Auto selected the same 3.1GHz cache ratio for the CPU when opting for the 3.5GHz all-core turbo.

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