Testing Configuration and Benchmarks Used
We tag-teamed MSI’s P67A-GD80 and P67A-GD65 against their latest Z68A-GD80 to see if there were any performance boosts to be gained from the improvements to the board’s chipset and feature set. We also threw in ASRock’s Fatality P67 Professional to round out our benchmark competitors. All three of these P67 boards are between the mid-range and high-end categories of the P67 class and should provide adequate competition for the Z68A-GD80 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 Z68A-GD80 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 11.9 |
| 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 3GB/s 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
Nice board and all. But it’s
Nice board and all. But it’s $240 compared to $180 I paid for a P67A-GD65 7 months ago.
Surely the Virtu folks want to get paid, and Intel probably charges a bit extra for a Z68 compared to the P67, but as the consumer I don’t ask *why*, I just see the price tag.
The board is not $60 faster. If one really needs the Z68 features, well then this is a great choice. I just think the pricing isn’t good for the level of performance.
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That $240 price (at least, in
That $240 price (at least, in the US) is for the B3 version, which is being replaced by the G3 reviewed here. I’m not sure why the price is higher, unless it’s due to odd supply/demand.
The Z68A-GD80 G3 is around $220 from most resellers, but MSI also has the Z68A-GD65 G3 for people who are in the sub-$200 range; it is priced around $180 and is still an enthusiast class board.
Currently, I’m running a Gigabyte board. However, I am interested in seeing what MSI has up their sleeve with their upcoming X79 and 7-series chipset boards. I’ve had some good boards from them in the past, and it looks like they are making improvements to their Gen-1 UEFI BIOS with ClickBIOS II, which is very welcome.
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