Testing Configuration and Benchmarks Used
We pitted MSI’s P67A-GD65 against its higher-performance sibling, the P67A-GD80, and a newcomer to our benchmark suite – ASRock’s Fatality P67 Professional. All three of these P67 boards are between the mid-range and high-end categories of the P67 class and should provide adequate competition in our gauntlet of benchmarks.
CPU-Z screenshots
Test System Setup |
|
CPU |
Intel i5-2500K (running at 3.3GHz, 100×33) |
Motherboards |
MSI P67A-GD65
MSI P67A-GD80 ASRock Fatality P67 Professional |
Memory |
OCZ (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Dual Channel |
Hard Drive |
Western Digital Raptor 150GB 10,000 RPM SATA 3GB/s |
Sound Card |
Onboard sound |
Video Card |
XFX Radeon HD 5770 512MB |
CPU Cooling |
Zalman CNPS10X Flex |
Video Drivers |
AMD ATI Catalyst 11.3 |
Power Supply | PC Power and Cooling Silencer 750w |
DirectX Version |
DX11/ DX10 / DX9c |
Operating System |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit |
Our 64-bit test bench for the LGA 1155 Sandy Bridge processors includes 4GBs of dual channel DDR3 1600 memory, an XFX Radeon HD 5770 512MB graphics card, and a Western Digital Raptor 150GB SATA hard drive for storage. This configuration is based off a typical mid-range users LGA 1155 system and focuses on evaluating the motherboard’s capabilities and less on the rest of the hardware components.
Benchmarks used:
– SiSoft Sandra 2011
– CineBench 11.5 64-bit
– Handbrake DVD compression
– 3DMark Vantage
– 3DMark11 Professional
– Metro 2033
– Just Cause 2
– PCMark Vantage