Dinos, thanks

I have only single 480 here atm, maybe will test sli later more.

Ive had a quick test at your frequencies and UD7 scored way higher in system tests.
Post them?

I tried mem testing, but mine UD7 failed to work good with Hypers, sometimes even fail to POST on 4G and 800MHz dram clock with Dominators. With PSC no issues, same bios same settings.
Had no such issues with MIVE with same sticks, so I decided to skip that test right now, not to make false conclusions based only on exact system components. Later I will check.
And I dont have fancy 2400MHz DDR3 sticks to test 24.00 multi, sorry.

For 3D01 - that 4K difference was run with different memsettings a little I expect this is kind of software issue, and it may not be limited only to MIVE/UD7, maybe anybody compare another boards too in same environment?

I agree with you completely about BIOSes, too early for robust and flawless firmwares yet. But EFI looks much smoother, and mive have lots more ability to do fine tuning VRMs, clocks, etc.
Also I hate having automatic GBT BIOS backup by HPAing primary HDD, crushing RAID array if I forgot to disconnect it and reset CMOS. That's still here since P965-DQ6 i own years on. But i skip that part from review, it's not much relevant.
Normal guys should run SAS RAID cards, not teh ICH integrated madness .

LLC will get improved as well
Mmm, how? It's important always, not because of subzero but because it's about actual power delivery during transients, no matter of cooling. It's critical thing in overclocking, and margins even less than X58, coz 1155 CPU's much more sensetive to power stuff, it's not like GT on X58, pushing 1.9V .
PCI-E lanes switching is used on UD7 too, no exclusions (why otherwise GBT put NF200 there then?. And I can't see why it's useless, 1155 SB is quite limited by PCI-E lanes by its native.

Btw, any comments about NF200 cooling solution? Was not expected to see that

UD7 runs cooler than M4E as per your screenshots. UD7 is $100 cheaper as well.
I did stated that in conclusion, that UD7 runs cooler

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UD7 have overvolts more with similar LLC settings, have more noise on plane, but VRM runs cooler in general.
As for price, it depends on retailer much. We had both boards (UD7 and MIVE) at about 350 USD here in Ukraine before they were pulled out by sata bug.

I like hardware, like messing with solder, that's obvious fact, I don't deny that. So review bit hardware-biased in a way, rather than testing all possible software things and tricks. I never even do copywaza or similar stupidity during benchmarks