ASUS ROG MAXIMUS VII GENE - Intel Z97 mATX Motherboard

MacClipper · Jul 8, 2014

Component Theme Matching
The long well established Asus ROG theme of red and black is undoubtedly the easiest rig theme to match today

At this juncture, the Asus Z97 Gene comes across as a very beautifully packaged model with the usual heavy dose of Asus marketing. Still, the ROG branding remains one of the most recognizable hardware platform around and the Z97 Gene definitely holds the banner up high in the hardware specs department.

Of course, the proof of the pudding is in the eating...

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MacClipper · Jul 9, 2014

UEFI Screenshots (F12 Key)
In my experience, Asus motherboards very possibly have the best UEFI implementation so far and their latest rendition boasts of further improvements like added reporting functionality. The change history tracking list is superbly helpful too, for a quick overall recap on a single screen.

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MacClipper · Jul 10, 2014

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MacClipper · Jul 11, 2014

Test Rig Setup
★ Asus Z97 Maximus VII Gene | i5-4670K@4.5GHz | NiCu HK 3.0-GTX360 | AMD R9 290 | Thermaltake Smart SE 630W ★

Ambient local air non-a/c, Vcore setting done in +0.115V Offset Mode

RAM sticks used are
• 2 x 4GB KVR1333@1866@1.50V for those who want maximum cost performance at lowest cost
• 2 x 8GB Corsair Vengeance Pro kit 1866@2400@1.55V for those who don't mind paying more

The test results are posted in the same order too which makes for an easy comparison of the effect of increasing the frequency as well as capacity of the system RAM.

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