BIOS Overview

On first entry to the EFI you're met with the option to force-enable PBO or leave it on auto, but it's simple to make the choice later unless you're sure about what you're doing. The EZ Mode page gives you a decent, but not overwhelming, amount of information as well as quick access again to PBO, boot priority, memory profiles and whether to enable MSI driver installation when you hit the desktop.

At the top we also have favorites mode where you can add your preferred options to a selection of up to five favorites, where right-clicking on specific options in the EFI will bring up a box asking which favorites profile to add it to. Unlike ASUS, this page is completely unpopulated as standard. The hardware monitor is generally excellent and includes the ability to add or remove fan curve adjustment points, which is a unique and useful feature.

The fan curve axis is a bit confusing though as the left and right Y-axis have different scales, but both refer to fan speed (one in percent, the other in rpm), while the X-axis refers to temperature, but isn't a 0-100 scale. You'll need to pay careful attention to what each fan curve point reads when you set it as it can be confusing, but ultimately it works well otherwise, albeit with a somewhat limited range of alternative temperature sources. Also note the EZ Conn Fan header in the fan list, which can be controlled like any other fan.