Sapphire Pure Black 990FX Motherboard Review

Test System

Processor: AMD FX 8150 Black Edition @ 3.6ghz
Motherboard: Sapphire Pure Black 990FX Motherboard
Cooler: Noctua NH D14 with 120mm and 140mm fan
Memory: G-SKill Ripjaws 2133mhz memory @ 1866mhz
Graphics Card: Kitguru modified Sapphire HD6990 (read about it here)
Power Supply: ADATA 1200W
Optical Drive: Asus BluRay Drive
Chassis: SilverStone Raven 3
Monitors: 3x Ilyama ProLite E2472 HDD / Dell U3011
Boot Drive: Patriot Pyro SE 240GB SSD

Comparison system:

Intel Core i5 2500k
Processor: Intel Core i7 2500k @ 3.3ghz
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 Z68 Motherboard
Cooler: Arctic Cooling Freezer Xtreme Rev.2 CPU Cooler
Memory: Corsair 1600mhz memory 8GB (2x4GB)
Graphics Card: HIS HD6970 IceQ Mix (two for Eyefinity section)
Power Supply: Corsair 850W.
Optical Drive: Asus BluRay Drive
Boot Drive: Patriot Pyro 120GB SSD.

Software:
Windows 7 Enterprise (64-bit).
FRAPS Professional.
SiSoft Sandra 2011.
Windows Media Player/VLC Player.
CPUz.
GPUz.
CPUID Hardware Monitor.
Cinebench R11.5 (64-bit).
Cyberlink PowerDVD 11 Ultra.
Cyberlink MediaEspresso.
CrystalDiskMark.
ATTO Disk Benchmark.
HQV Benchmark 2.0.
3DMark 11.
PCMark 7.

Games:
HomeFront
Alien V Predator
Lost Planet 2
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
F1 2011

All the latest BIOS updates and drivers are used during testing. We perform under real world conditions, meaning KitGuru tests across five closely matched runs and averages out the results to get an accurate median figure.

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