Testing Configuration and Benchmarks Used
We put MSI’s P67A-GD80 on a crash course against the P67A-GD65, and 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
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Test System Setup |
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CPU |
Intel i5-2500K (running at 3.3GHz, 100×33) |
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Motherboards |
MSI P67A-GD65
MSI P67A-GD80 ASRock Fatality P67 Professional
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Memory |
OCZ (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 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 |
XFX Radeon HD 5770 512MB |
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CPU Cooling |
Zalman CNPS10X Flex |
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Video Drivers |
AMD ATI Catalyst 11.3 |
| Power Supply | PC Power and Cooling Silencer 750w |
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DirectX Version |
DX11/ DX10 / DX9c |
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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
Great review.. I’ve been
Great review.. I’ve been debating on the different boards and I think for my first high-end build I’m going with the GD80.
I’m surprised you guys are
I’m surprised you guys are just now getting around to reviewing this board especially when the Z68 version costs just a little bit more.
The unique thing about this board is it has 10 USB 3.0 ports, which I don’t think any other motherboard has quite so many.
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hallo i have a p67a-gd80 b3
hallo i have a p67a-gd80 b3 msi motherboard i got from someone now i want to know bout the power connectors on board the 6 pin and that that blue connector on the board