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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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POV-Ray 3.7 RC4

Processor Performance on Pov-Ray 3.7 RC4:

The Persistence of Vision Ray-Tracer was developed from DKBTrace 2.12 (written by David K. Buck and Aaron A. Collins) by a bunch of people (called the POV-Team) in their spare time. It is a high-quality, totally free tool for creating stunning three-dimensional graphics. It is available in official versions for Windows, Mac OS/Mac OS X and i86 Linux. The POV-Ray package includes detailed instructions on using the ray-tracer and creating scenes. Many stunning scenes are included with POV-Ray so you can start creating images immediately when you get the package. These scenes can be modified so you do not have to start from scratch. In addition to the pre-defined scenes, a large library of pre-defined shapes and materials is provided. You can include these shapes and materials in your own scenes by just including the library file name at the top of your scene file and by using the shape or material name in your scene. Since this is free software feel free to download this version and try it out on your own.

The most significant change from the end-user point of view between versions 3.6 and 3.7 is the addition of SMP (symmetric multiprocessing) support, which, in a nutshell, allows the renderer to run on as many CPU's as you have installed on your computer. This will be particularly useful for those users who intend on purchasing a dual-core CPU or who already have a two (or more) processor machine. On a two-CPU system the rendering speed in some scenes almost doubles. For our benchmarking we used version 3.7 RC3, which is the most recent version available.  The benchmark used all available cores to their fullest extent to complete the render.

Pov-Ray 3.7 RC3

Once rendering on the object we selected was completed, we took the elapsed time from the dialog box, which indicates the exact time it took for the benchmark to finish the benchmark. A lower time indicates faster system performance. This benchmark used all 12 threaded and loaded each one up at 100% load!

Pov-Ray 3.7 RC4

Benchmark Results: It isn't to surprising that there isn't a significant difference between the two systems. The ASUS P8Z68-V Pro had a .01 second faster time than the MSI Z77A-GD65.

Next Page - Cinebench R11.5


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