MSI X79A-GD65 X79 Motherboard Review

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