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MSI A75MA-G55 AMD Socket FM1 Motherboard Review

Manufacturer: Micro-Star International
Product: MSI A75MA-G55
Date: Tue, Jul 26, 2011 - 08:00 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 11.6 CATALYST suite drivers. The AMD APU A8-3850 was running at the default clock of 2.9GHz with turbo enabled. The MSI A75MA-G55 was running the latest BIOS version E7696AMS.120.

AMD A75 APU Test System

 Processor  AMD A8-3850 APU
 Live Pricing
 Motherboard  MSI A75MA-G55
 
 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 Z68 Test System

 Processor  Intel Core i5 2500K  Live Pricing
 Motherboard  ASUS P8Z68-V Pro  
 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

MSI A75MA-G55 AMD APU Motherboard Test Bench

ASUS F1A75-M Pro Motherboard System Settings

Next Page - SiSoftware Sandra 2011 SP3 Memory Bandwidth


Review Index
Page 1 - MSI A75MA-G55 Motherboard Review
Page 2 - Retail Packaging
Page 3 - Motherboard Layout
Page 4 - MSI A75MA-G55 Click BIOS
Page 5 - The Legit Reviews Test System
Page 6 - SiSoftware Sandra 2011 SP3 Memory Bandwidth
Page 7 - MSI A75MA-G55 IGP Directx 9 Performance
Page 8 - MSI A75MA-G55 IGP DirectX 11 Performance
Page 9 - MSI A75MA-G55 Dedicated Card performance
Page 10 - Futuremark 3DMark11 Synthetic Gaming Benchmark with Discrete Graphics
Page 11 - Futuremark 3DMark Vantage Synthetic Benchmark
Page 12 - Rightmark Audio Analyzer
Page 13 - SATA III 6Gbps Performance Testing
Page 14 - SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Performance Testing
Page 15 - MSI A75MA-G55 System Power Consumption
Page 16 - Overclocking the MSI A75MA-G55 APU Motherboard
Page 17 - Final Thoughts and Conclusion