Review Index:
MSI Z68A-GD80 G3 LGA 1155 ATX Motherboard Review
Synthetic CPU and Memory Tests
SiSoft Sandra 2011
The latest version of SiSoft Sandra offers up a lot of new features including compatibility updates for Sandy Bridge processors, media transcoding enhancements, Blu-Ray, and expanded GPGPU support.
The MSI Z68A-GD80 didn't run the table against the other three motherboards we tested in Sandra, but it did receive high marks in the multicore efficiency department. The rest of the benchmark results were too close to call in Sandra so we will check out the rest of our benchmark suite to see where there are gaps in performance between these motherboards.
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Nice board and all. But it's $240 compared to $180 I paid for a P67A-GD65 7 months ago.
Surely the Virtu folks want to get paid, and Intel probably charges a bit extra for a Z68 compared to the P67, but as the consumer I don't ask *why*, I just see the price tag.
The board is not $60 faster. If one really needs the Z68 features, well then this is a great choice. I just think the pricing isn't good for the level of performance.
That $240 price (at least, in the US) is for the B3 version, which is being replaced by the G3 reviewed here. I'm not sure why the price is higher, unless it's due to odd supply/demand.
The Z68A-GD80 G3 is around $220 from most resellers, but MSI also has the Z68A-GD65 G3 for people who are in the sub-$200 range; it is priced around $180 and is still an enthusiast class board.
Currently, I'm running a Gigabyte board. However, I am interested in seeing what MSI has up their sleeve with their upcoming X79 and 7-series chipset boards. I've had some good boards from them in the past, and it looks like they are making improvements to their Gen-1 UEFI BIOS with ClickBIOS II, which is very welcome.
i tend to suggest to user to stick to intel when they get intel cpu
you do know Intel makes the chipsets but doesn't actually make motherboards anymore?
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