Testing Configuration and Benchmarks Used
We matched the MSI H55M-ED55 against the ASRock H55DE3 and a Gigabyte P55-UD6 motherboard. Testing this board against an micro ATX and full ATX motherboard that both utilize the LGA 1156 and H55M/P55 platforms should give our readers a good overview of this board’s performance against other solutions.
CPU-Z screenshots
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Test System Setup |
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CPU |
Intel i7-860 (running at 2.8GHz, 133×21) |
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Motherboards |
MSI H55M-ED55
ASRock H55DE3 Gigabyte P55-UD6 |
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Memory |
Patriot Sector 5 (2 x 2GB) DDR3-2000 Dual Channel |
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Hard Drive |
Western Digital 150GB Raptor SATA 3GB/s |
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Sound Card |
Onboard sound |
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Video Card |
Gigabyte GTS 250 512MB |
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Video Drivers |
NVIDIA: 197.45 |
| Power Supply | Corsair 750w |
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DirectX Version |
DX10 / DX9c |
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Operating System |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit |
Our 64-bit test bench for LGA 1156 processors includes 4GBs of dual channel DDR3 memory, a GTS 250 512MB graphics card, and a Western Digital 150GB Raptor SATA 3GB/s hard drive for storage. This configuration is based off a typical mid-range users LGA 1156 system and focuses specifically on evaluating the motherboard’s features and capabilities and less on the rest of the other hardware components.
Benchmarks used:
– SiSoft Sandra 2010 SP1
– CineBench 11.5 64-bit
– Handbrake DVD compression
– 3DMark Vantage
– Crysis Warhead
– Far Cry 2
– PCMark Vantage
