MSI X79A-GD65 X79 Motherboard Review
Andy Ruffell / 13 years ago
To test this board, we are able to run all of our tests at stock speeds using a pre-defined setup of hardware. We will also be overclocking the processor to 4.6GHz to see how the board compares against the stock speed. Also in terms of overclocking, we will be looking to see how far we can push the processor.
Test system:
- MSI X79A-GD65
- Intel Core i7 3960k
- Kingston HyperX 2133MHz 16Gb
- Gigabyte GTX 580 SOC
- Corsair H80
- Corsair HX1050
- Kingston HyperX 240GB SSD
- Lian Li T60
- 3 x AOC E2795VH
We would like to thank AOC, Asus, Corsair, Kingston and Lian Li for supplying us with our test system components.
Comparison used:
- Overclocked to 4.6GHz
Many different software applications are also used to gain the broadest spectrum of results, which allows for the fairest testing possible.
Software used:
- 3DMark 11
- AIDA64
- ATTO
- Cinebench R11.5
- CPU-Z
- Heaven
- PCMark 7
- Metro 2033
- Super PI
Normally for all of our testing on a socket 2011 board, we use an i7-3960X C0 stepping CPU, however Intel were nice enough to grace us with a C2 retail version of the 3960X so we have upgraded our X79 platform with this processor which should allow for clearer and better results, especially when overclocking.
