MSI 890FXA GD70 Motherboard review

1. Introduction2. The MSI 890FFX GD70 Motherboard (1)3. The MSI 890FXA GD70 Motherboard (2)4. Bios, Test System and Overclocking Threshold5. Game Testing6. Encoding7. KitGuru Photoshop Benchmark V1(4)8. 3d Studio Max 20119. PcMark Vantage10. Power Consumption11. Closing thoughts12. View All Pages

For as long as I can remember enthusiasts around the world have been keen to see how their systems perform with many commercially available benchmarks from such companies as Futuremark. While these applications are extremely useful to a wide audience sometimes it can be helpful to focus on a ‘real world’ application which many of us use on an almost daily basis.

When I was in charge of DriverHeaven I wrote a scripted benchmark which was not only used to help users ascertain system specific performance levels but was useful in reviews to accurately measure performance in key areas. Leading tech sites such as Madshrimps, Benchmark Reviews and Hardocp used my benchmark in their reviews also.

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KitGuru PS Bench 1(4)	MSI GD70	Gigabyte UD7	Asrock Deluxe 3
1. Texturiser (1)	2.4	2.4	2.4
2. CMYK	2.3	2.3	2.3
3. RGB	2.2	2.2	2.2
4. Ink Outlines	38.7	38.9	38.9
5. Dust & Stratches	3.3	3.3	3.4
6. Watercolor	34.3	34.3	34.5
7. Texturiser (2)	2.2	2.3	2.3
8. Stained Glass	27.9	28.1	28.2
9. Mosiac Tiles	17.2	17.2	17.3
10. Extrude	232.2	232.9	233.3
11. Rough Pastels	14.2	14.3	14.8
12. Smart Blur	125.2	125.8	126.1
13. Underpainting	36.9	37.1	37.3
14. Mosiac Tiles	18.1	18.2	18.4
15. Spherize	3.9	3.9	4.1
16. Palette Knife	32.2	32.4	32.5
17. Sponge	43.2	43.3	44.1
18. Smudge Stick	12.8	12.9	13.1
Total	649.2	651.8	655.5

The results show a slight performance increase with the MSI motherboard although it is very minor against the Gigabyte UD7. The Asrock Deluxe 3 verifies our earlier findings, that there is a slight performance penalty with system bandwidth.

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