ASRock Z68M-ITX/HT Mini-ITX Motherboard Review

For our tests, we used a Thermaltake Contac29 to cool the Intel Core-i5 2500K CPU and used a NZXT Hale90 750W power supply for the system.

Test System

Motherboard: ASRock Z68M-ITX/HT
CPU: Intel Core-i5 2500K
Memory: 4 GB (2x 2GB) Corsair XMS3 1600 MHz
Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6790
Power Supply: NZXT Hale90 750W
Cooler: Thermaltake Contac29
Thermal Paste: Arctic Cooling MX-3
Drive: Crucial M4 256 GB
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit

Other Hardware

Viewsonic VX2260WM 1920 x 1080 Monitor

Software:

SiSoft Sandra 2011 SP3
Cinebench R11.5
3DMark 11
3DMark Vantage
PCMark 7
CrystalDiskMark
Cyberlink PowerDVD 11
Cyberlink MediaEspresso 6
DiRT 3
F1 2010
Call of Duty: Black Ops

All tests are averaged from a series of five separate runs. This ensures that no abnormalities can creep into the final, published results.

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