MSI P67A-GD65 Intel Socket 1155 Motherboard Performance Review

Legit Reviews Test Bench

All testing was done on a fresh install of Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit with all the latest updates installed. All benchmarks were completed on the desktop with no other software programs running. The Corsair Vengeance memory modules were run in Dual-channel mode at 1600MHz with 9-9-9-24-2t timings. The XFX Radeon HD 6950 graphics cards were run with 10.12A CATALYST suite drivers. The Galaxy GeForce GTX 460 1Gb Graphics cards were running driver version 260.99. The Intel Core i5 2500K processor was running at the default clock of 3.3GHz with turbo enabled. The MSI P67A-GD65 motherboard was running BIOS Revision 1.7B4.

Intel Test Rig
Processor	Intel Core i5 2500K
Motherboard	See Above
Memory	8gb Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9	Live Pricing
Hard Drive	Western Digital Black 640gb	Live Pricing
Video Card	XFX Radeon HD 6950	Live Pricing
CPU cooler	Thermalright Venomous X	Live Pricing
Chassis	None – Open Bench
Power Supply	Corsair TX750	Live Pricing