Man Vs. Machine: Four Automatic Overclocking Techs, Compared

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Targeting inexperienced tuners with easy-to-use buttons, several motherboard vendors now provide one-touch overclocking technologies that take away the guesswork. We examine the ease, effectiveness, and safety of methods provided by four major brands.

Benchmark Results: File Compression

Asus' and ASRock's automatic overclocks are matched in 7-Zip performance, even though ASRock has a higher CPU frequency. Asus’ higher memory data rate could help explain this parity. Manual overclocking dominates with both Asus and Gigabyte.

MSI has the highest auto-overclock memory frequency, and that appears to pay off in WinRAR. Asus’ combination of good memory and excellent CPU frequencies allow it to lead among manual overclocks.

WinZip appears favorable only to CPU frequency, with ASRock’s automatic and Asus’ manual overclocks leading competitors.

Thomas Soderstrom
Thomas Soderstrom
Thomas Soderstrom is a Senior Staff Editor at Tom's Hardware US. He tests and reviews cases, cooling, memory and motherboards.