Testing Configuration and Benchmarks Used
We threw together a couple P67 and Z68 motherboards to taken on ASRock’s Z68 Extreme 7 Gen 3. We used three boards from MSI – the Z68A-GD80, P67A-GD80 and P67A-GD65 – to see if there were any performance boosts to be gained from the improvements to the board’s chipset and feature set. We also used another one of ASRock’s boards that was released this year – the Fatality P67 Professional. All of these motherboards are between the mid-range and high-end classes and should provide adequate competition for the Z68 Extreme 7 Gen 3 in our gauntlet of benchmarks.
CPU-Z screenshots
Test System Setup |
|
CPU |
Intel i5-2500K (running at 3.3GHz, 100×33) |
Motherboards |
MSI Z68A-GD80 MSI P67A-GD65 MSI P67A-GD80 ASRock Fatality P67 Professional ASRock Z68 Extreme 7 Gen 3 |
Memory |
Patriot Sector 5 (2 x 2GB) DDR3-2000 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 11.9 |
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 2000 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
detail rate…..?
Good
detail rate…..?
Good motherboard
Second Page:
“Expansion /
Second Page:
“Expansion / Connectivity
5 x PCI Express x16 slots (single at PCIE 3.0* x16 (PCIE2) mode, dual at PCIE 2.0 x16 (PCIE1) / PCIE 2.0 x16 (PCIE4) mode, or triple at PCIE 2.0 x16 (PCIE1) / PCIE 2.0 x8 (PCIE4) / PCIE 2.0 x8 (PCIE6) mode; PCIE5: PCIE 2.0 x4 mode)”
Last Page:
“Strengths
Good overclocker
Five PCI Express 3.0 slots with SLI/CrossfireX support
Excellent overclocking utility
Tons of accessories”
Wait, I thought only one slot is PCIe 3.0 ready. And even it reverts back to the 2.0 spec once more than one graphics card is inserted. Or am I reading this wrong?
Hi all,
Im using a i5 2500K
Hi all,
Im using a i5 2500K on a Asrock Z68 extreme 4 gen3
cooling: Noctua NH-D14
I’m overclocking through AXTU do i need to increase the cpu voltage as i increase the multipler? if so what is a guide?
I have the same Mobo, i just
I have the same Mobo, i just got my 2600K to 4.90GHz (definitely doesn’t like 5.0 on the voltages i can feed it without overheating). I have 4 x 4GB Ripjaw Z 2133 Cl9 ram,
how do you overclock the memory ? – i have seen a review wher eit’s out at 2414MHz using 10-12-11-28 T? but i can’t find wher ein the bios to alter these.