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 its limits on this board to see how it compares against the stock speed.
Test system:
- MSI Z77A-GD65 Gaming
- Intel i7-3770k
- Corsair Vengeance 1866MHz 8GB
- AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Corsair H80
- Corsair HX1050
- Kingston HyperX 240GB SSD
- Patriot Wildfire 120GB SSD
- Lian Li T60
- AOC E2795VH
We would like to thank AOC, Asus, Corsair, Kingston and Lian Li for supplying us with our test system components.
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
- Cinebench R11.5
- CPU-Z
- PCMark 7
- Super PI
top quality as always from the kings of bling.
The ‘gaming’ moniker is profoundly overused in products nowadays. As far as I’m concerned, apart from an add-in discreet graphics cards there is no such thing as ‘gaming’ hardware. As for this board, it’s a decent solid board but you can play games using any motherboard. It’s not worth the extra scratch over the regular GD65.
I built 2 PC’s for my two brothers using reg GD65’s and 2500K’s OC’d to
4.8ghz 24/7 zero issues for almost a year now. Coupled with a 670 in
one and a 7950 in the other they are pretty solid gaming machines…