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GIGABYTE Z68X-UD7-B3 Intel Z68 Motherboard Review

Manufacturer: Gigabyte
Product: GIGABYTE Z68-UD7-B3
Date: Mon, Jul 11, 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 11.5 CATALYST suite drivers. The Intel Core i5 2500K processor was running at the default clock of 3.3GHz with turbo enabled. The GIGABYTE Z68X-UD7-B3 was running the latest F6 BIOS.

Intel X58 Test Rig

 Processor  Intel Core i7 950
 Live Pricing
 Motherboard  Intel DX58S02
 
 Memory  6gb Corsair Dominator CMP6GX3M3A1600C8  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 Z68 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

GIGABYTE Z68X-UD7-B3 Motherboard Test Bench

GIGABYTE Z68X-UD7-B3 Motherboard System Settings

Next Page - SiSoft Sandra 2011 sp2 Memory Bandwidth


Review Index
Page 1 - The GIGABYTE Z68X-UD7-B3 - The New Flagship
Page 2 - The Legit Reviews Test System
Page 3 - SiSoft Sandra 2011 sp2 Memory Bandwidth
Page 4 - NVIDIA SLI Scaling Performance
Page 5 - AMD CrossFireX Performance Scaling
Page 6 - Futuremark 3DMark 11 Synthetic Benchmark
Page 7 - Rightmark Audio Analyzer
Page 8 - Network Throughput Testing
Page 9 - SATA III 6Gbps Performance Testing
Page 10 - SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Performance Testing
Page 11 - GIGABYTE Z68X-UD7-B3 Intel RST Performance
Page 12 - GIGABYTE Z68X-UD7-B3 System Power Consumption
Page 13 - GIGABYTE Z68X-UD7-B3 Overclocking
Page 14 - Final Thoughts and Conclusion