Testing Configuration and Benchmarks Used
To verify that the motherboard works as advertised, the board was run through our standard benchmark suite. In most cases, the results are presented for the motherboard under review as well as a different similar-class motherboard for performance comparison purposes. The benchmark tests used should give you a good understanding of the board’s capabilities for both office and gaming use so that you, the reader, can make a more informed purchasing decision.
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Test System Setup |
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CPU |
Intel Core i5-3570K (3.4GHz, 34 x 100MHz Base Clock) |
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Motherboards |
MSI Z77A-G45 Thunderbolt GIGABYTE Z77X-UP7 |
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Memory |
G.SKILL 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 modules (1600MHz, 11-11-11-30-1T) |
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Hard Drive |
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA III HD |
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Sound Card |
Onboard sound |
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Video Card |
AMD Radeon HD 5870 1GB |
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CPU Cooling |
Laing DDC pump with EK-DDC X-TOP Rev 2 Plexi Swiftech MCR320-QP Radiator Swiftech Apogee HD water block |
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Video Drivers |
AMD ATI Catalyst 13.1 |
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Power Supply |
Corsair 650w |
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Operating System |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 |
The 64-bit Windows 7 based test bench used for LGA1155 board testing includes an Intel Core i5-3570K CPU, 8GB of DDR3-2133 memory, an AMD Radeon 5870 1GB video card, and a Western Digital Black 1TB SATA hard drive. Using the selected components gives us the ability to demonstrate the motherboard’s capabilities rather than that of the components themselves.
Benchmark Tests used for evaluation:
- SoftPerfect Research NetWorx Speed Test
- ATTO Disk Benchmark v2.47
- SiSoft Sandra 2012
- LinX Intel Linpack Benchmark v0.6.4
- 7-Zip v9.20
- Handbrake video transcoder v0.9.8
- Maxon Cinebench 11.5
- Tech ARP's x264 HD Benchmark v5.01
- FutureMark PCMark 7
- FutureMark Peacekeeper in Mozilla Firefox browser
- FutureMark 3DMark 11
- Hitman: Absolution
- Batman: Arkham City
- Hard Reset
I bought this board when I
I bought this board when I built my system last Christmas and I am very happy with it. I am not using the Thunderbolt port at this point, but I wanted my computer to be ready for when Thunderbolt is being used more.
donde la puedo conseguir, me
donde la puedo conseguir, me gusto esta tarjeta madre pero no se donde la puedo adquirir. AYUDA
What country are you in my
What country are you in my friend?
I’ve had this board for a few
I’ve had this board for a few weeks now and the OC Genie really impressed me. I have no hesitation to recommend this board
Hi,
I am building a pc and
Hi,
I am building a pc and there are a number of cables from the front panel of the pc case (usb, pc power etc). I can find all the ports to connect these cables to on the motherboard (MSI Z77A-G45) except the SD/MMR cable. Do you know where this connects to on this motherboard?
Thanks in advance.
Mick.