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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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3DMark 11 DirectX 11 Benchmark

3DMark 11 Screenshot

3DMark 11 is the latest version of the world’s most popular benchmark for measuring the 3D graphics performance of gaming PCs. 3DMark 11 uses a native DirectX 11 engine designed to make extensive use of all the new features in DirectX 11, including tessellation, compute shaders and multi-threading.

3DMark 11 Settings

Since Futuremark is releasing 3DMark11 today we decided to run the benchmark at both performance and extreme presets to see how our hardware will run.

MSI Z77A-GD65 'Ivy Bridge' Motherboard 3DMark11 Extreme Preset Benchmark Results

MSI Big Bang XPower II Intel X79 Motherboard 3DMark 11 Extreme Benchmark Results

MSI Z77A-GD65 'Ivy Bridge' Motherboard 3DMark11 Performance Preset Benchmark Results

MSI Big Bang XPower II Intel X79 Motherboard 3DMark 11 Performance Benchmark Results

Benchmark results: The MSI Z77A-GD65 was slightly faster in both of the 3DMark 11 presets than the ASUS P8Z68-V Pro. At the Extreme preset the MSI Z77A-GD65 had an overall score of 1660 and a graphics score of 1489. The overall score is 3 points faster than the ASUS P8Z68-V Pro. The MSI Z77A-GD65 were also faster than the ASUS P8Z68-V Pro. The MSI Z77A-GD65 broke past the 5300 mark with an overall score of 5320 while the ASUS P8Z68-V Pro hit 5299.

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Review Index
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