Testing Configuration and Benchmarks Used
We compared the Gigabyte H55N-USB3 against an ECS H55H-M, ASRock H55DE3, and an MSI H55M-ED55. Testing this board against micro and full ATX motherboards that utilize the LGA 1156 socket should give our readers a general overview of this board’s performance against other solutions in its class. We wanted to test it against other mini ITX boards, but the only one we had on handle utilizes an LGA775 dual-core setup that is underpowered against the H55N-USB3 with an i7-860 processor.
CPU-Z screenshots
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Test System Setup |
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CPU |
Intel i7-860 (running at 2.8GHz, 133×21) *i7-860 was running at 2.928GHz (133×22) during benchmarks on H55N-USB3 due to motherboard’s default settings |
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Motherboards |
Gigabyte H55N-USB3
ECS H55H-M ASRock H55DE3 MSI H55M-ED55 |
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Memory |
Patriot Sector 5 (2 x 2GB) DDR3-2000 Dual Channel |
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Hard Drive |
Western Digital Raptor 150GB 10,000 RPM 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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CPU Cooling |
Corsair H50 watercooling unit with dual 120mm fans running at 1000RPMs/fan (push/pull) |
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Video Drivers |
NVIDIA: 258.96 |
| Power Supply | PC Power and Cooling Silencer 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 160GB SATA hard drive for storage. This configuration is based off a typical mid-range users LGA 1156 system and focuses on evaluating the motherboard’s features and abilities and less on the rest of the hardware components.
Benchmarks used:
– SiSoft Sandra 2009 SP1
– CineBench 11.5 64-bit
– Handbrake DVD compression
– 3DMark Vantage
– Crysis Warhead
– Far Cry 2
– PCMark Vantage
This was the worst board I
This was the worst board I ever had. Chipset kept overheating in a well ventilated case, causing system to shut down randomly. A bit of online research found that this happened to many other buyers of this case.
AVOID this board at all costs.
correction to above post of
correction to above post of mine…
” A bit of online research found that this happened to many other buyers of this BOARD” (not case, LOL)