Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3 Motherboard Review

1. Introduction2. Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3 (Bundle)3. Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3 (Board / 1)4. Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3 (Board / 2)5. Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3 (Bios and Software)6. Testing Methodology7. Synthetic: Unigine Heaven Benchmark8. Synthetic: Cinebench R11.5 64 bit9. Synthetic: SiSoft Sandra10. Synthetic: CrystalDiskMark11. Synthetic: HD Tach 3.0.4.012. Synthetic: Atto Benchmark13. Synthetic: AS SSD14. Image Quality: HQV Benchmark 2.015. Real World: BluRay Playback with PowerDVD16. Real World: Flash HD Performance17. Real World: Media Encoding with Cyberlink Media Espresso18. Real World: File Copying with Kingston HyperMax 3.019. 1 screen gaming: Far Cry 220. 1 screen gaming: Resident Evil 521. 1 screen gaming: Battlefield Bad Company 222. 1 screen gaming: Tom Clancy HAWX 223. 1 screen gaming: Alien V Predator24. 1 screen gaming: Lost Planet 225. 1 screen gaming: Metro 203326. 1 screen gaming: Dead Space 227. 4 screen gaming: Batman Arkham Asylum28. 4 screen gaming: Battleforge29. 4 screen gaming: Crysis Warhead30. 4 screen gaming: Devil May Cry 431. 4 screen gaming: Left4Dead 232. Closing Thoughts33. View All Pages

Today we will be testing the Gigabyte board with an Intel Core i7 2600k in an overclocked state @ 4.8ghz with various configurations of video card installed.

Processor: Intel Core i7 2600k @ 4.8ghz
Cooler: Noctua NH D14
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3
Memory: ADATA 8GB DDR3 1600mhz gaming memory
Drives: Intel 510 SSD 250GB and Samsung 2TB
Power Supply: ADATA 1200W PSU
Optical Drive: Asus BluRay SBC-06d1S-U
Chassis: Thermaltake Level 10 GT
Monitors: 3x Dell U2410 and Dell U3011 Ultrasharp.

Graphics cards:

AMD HD6990
Nvidia GTX580
Nvidia GTX570
AMD HD6970
AMD HD6950

Software:
Windows 7 64 Bit Enterprise Edition
Catalyst 11.5
Fraps Professional
SiSoft Sandra
CPUz
GPUz
CPUID Hardware Monitor Professional
Cinebench R11.5 64 bit
CyberLink PowerDvd 10 Ultra
Cyberlink Media Espresso
CrystalMark
HDTach
HQV Benchmark V 2.0
3DMark 11
Unigine Heaven Benchmark

Games:
Far Cry 2
Resident Evil 5
Battlefield Bad Company 2
Tom Clancy HAWX 2
Alien V Predator
Lost Planet 2
Metro 2033
Dead Space 2
Batman Arkham Asylum
Battleforge
Crysis Warhead
Devil May Cry 4
Left4Dead 2

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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