Just posting this hoping it might negate a few headaches for self-builds. If you have any weird issues with your system, from freezing to BSOD, check if you have the motherboard utilities installed, and see if removing them resolves the problem.
Over the past few months two of my friends have had serious issues caused by this sort of software; one was getting stuttering in games and very high DPC latency, another was getting BSODs intermittently and under CPU load. Removing the motherboard software resolved both issues.
My general advice would be to just avoid using the motherboard disc unless you need it for e.g. a LAN driver, and even then avoid using the auto-installer. Generally Windows Update will find necessary drivers, but just double-check there's no unidentified hardware in device manager, and if necessary go to the mobo MFR's website and download individual drivers.