Legit Motherboard Reviews

Sapphire Pure Black X58 Motherboard Review

Manufacturer: Sapphire
Product: Sapphire Pure Black X58
Date: Fri, Apr 01, 2011 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Dan Stoltz -
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The Legit Reviews Test System

All testing was done on a fresh install of Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit with all the latest updates installed. All benchmarks were completed on the desktop with no other software programs running. The Corsair Vengeance memory modules were run in Dual-channel mode at 1600MHz with 9-9-9-24-2t timings. The XFX Radeon HD 6950 graphics cards were run with 10.12A CATALYST suite drivers. The Galaxy GeForce GTX 460 1Gb Graphics cards were running driver version 260.99. The Intel Core i5 2500K processor was running at the default clock of 3.3GHz with turbo enabled. The Sapphire Pure Black X58 was running BIOS revision 1AEGHA44.

Intel X58 Test Rig

 Processor  Intel Core i7 950
 Live Pricing
 Motherboard  Sapphire Pure Black X58
 
 Memory  8gb Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9  Live Pricing
 Hard Drive  Kingston SSDNow 96GB SSD  Live Pricing
 Video Card  XFX Radeon HD 6950  Live Pricing
 CPU cooler  Corsair A70  Live Pricing
 Chassis  None - Open Bench  
 Power Supply  Corsair TX750   Live Pricing

Intel P67 Test Rig

 Processor  Intel Core i5 2500K  Live Pricing
 Motherboard  See Above  
 Memory  8gb Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9  Live Pricing
 Hard Drive  Kingston SSDNow 96GB SSD  Live Pricing
 Video Card  XFX Radeon HD 6950  Live Pricing
 CPU cooler  Corsair A70  Live Pricing
 Chassis  None - Open Bench  
 Power Supply  Corsair TX750   Live Pricing

BIOSTAR TP67XE Test Bench

BIOSTAR TP67XE System Settings

Next Page - SiSoft Sandra 2011c Memory Bandwidth


Review Index
Page 1 - SAPPHIRE PURE Black X58 LGA 1366 Mainboard
Page 2 - The Sapphire Pure Black X58 Motherboard Retail Packaging and Bundle
Page 3 - Sapphire Pure Black X58 Motherboard Layout
Page 4 - Sapphire Pure Black X58 System BIOS
Page 5 - The Legit Reviews Test System
Page 6 - SiSoft Sandra 2011c Memory Bandwidth
Page 7 - Sapphire Pure Black X58 AMD CrossFireX Scaling
Page 8 - Futuremark 3DMark 11 Synthetic Benchmark
Page 9 - Rightmark Audio Analyzer
Page 10 - Sapphire Pure Black X58 Network Throughput
Page 11 - SATA6 Performance Testing
Page 12 - USB 3.0 Performance Testing
Page 13 - System Power Consumption
Page 14 - The Sapphire Pure Black X58 - Overclocking
Page 15 - Final Thoughts and Conclusion