Legit Motherboard Reviews
MSI Z77A-GD65 Motherboard Preview - Intel Z77 w/ Sandy Bridge
| Manufacturer: | Micro-Star International |
| Product: | MSI Z77A-GD65 |
| Date: | Sun, Mar 04, 2012 - 11:00 PM |
| Written By: | Dan Stoltz - |
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wPrime
wPrime is a leading multithreaded benchmark for x86 processors that tests your processor performance by calculating square roots with a recursive call of Newton's method for estimating functions, with f(x)=x2-k, where k is the number we're sqrting, until Sgn(f(x)/f'(x)) does not equal that of the previous iteration, starting with an estimation of k/2. It then uses an iterative calling of the estimation method a set amount of times to increase the accuracy of the results. It then confirms that n(k)2=k to ensure the calculation was correct. It repeats this for all numbers from 1 to the requested maximum.
Benchmark Results: We were a little bit surprised to see as much of a difference as we did between the MSI Z77A-GD65 and the ASUS P8Z68-V Pro. In the 32 Million tests the ASUS P8Z68-V Pro was 4.4% faster than the MSI Z77A-GD65. Running the wPrime 1024 million test, the ASUS P8Z68-V Pro was only .56% faster than the MSI Z77A-GD65.
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Page 1 - MSI Z77A-GD65 'Ivy Bridge' Motherboard
Page 2 - MSI Z77A-GD65 'Ivy Bridge' Motherboard Retail Packaging Page 3 - MSI Z77A-GD65 'Ivy Bridge' Motherboard Layout Page 4 - MSI Z77A-GD65 'Ivy Bridge' Motherboard UEFI BIOS Page 5 - The Legit Reviews Test System Page 6 - SiSoftware Sandra 2012 sp2 Memory Bandwidth Page 7 - 3DMark 11 DirectX 11 Benchmark Page 8 - POV-Ray 3.7 RC4 Page 9 - Cinebench R11.5 Page 10 - wPrime Page 11 - Batman: Arkham City Page 12 - DiRT3 Page 13 - Intel Z77 SATA III 6Gbps Performance Page 14 - Intel Z77 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Performance Page 15 - System Power Consumption Page 16 - MSI Z77A-GD65 'Ivy Bridge' Motherboard Overclocking Page 17 - MSI Z77A-GD65 'Ivy Bridge' Motherboard Overclocked Benchmark Results Page 18 - Final Thoughts and Conclusion |
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