MSI Z77A-GD65 Gaming Motherboard Review

In this review we are going to test the MSI Z77A-GD65 Gaming with an Intel Core i7-3770K processor at both stock and overclocked speeds.  The overclocked results were achieved at 4.8 GHz using the settings detailed in the previous section.

Test System:

Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K
Motherboard: MSI Z77A-GD65 Gaming
Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE
Thermal Paste: Arctic Cooling MX-4
Memory: 16 GB Mushkin Blackline 1600 MHz
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 7950
Power Supply: Silverstone Platinum 1000W
System Drive: Kingston HyperX 3K 240 GB
Monitor: Viewsonic VX2260WM
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)

Software:

PCMark 7
3DMark
3DMark 11
3DMark Vantage
SiSoft Sandra 2013
Cinebench R11.5
CrystalDiskMark
Cyberlink MediaEspresso 6.7
VLC Media Player
Performance Monitor
Unigine Heaven Benchmark
Super Pi 1.5 Mod
CPUID Hardware Monitor
CPU-Z
DiRT Showdown
Battlefield 3
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

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