CPU Performance Results

SuperPi

Super Pi serves as our memory-focused benchmark, being highly single-threaded. The MSI Z68A-GD65-G3 put out decent numbers, but was a fair bit behind a few others.

wPrime

wPrime is much more CPU-focused, but memory plays its role as well. In this test, the numbers were much the same as SuperPi, with the Z68A-GD65 (G3) close, but still behind.

WinRAR

The third test in our motherboard benchmarking suite is the built-in benchmark that is part of the WinRAR software suite. In this test, the MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) put up amazing numbers, beating out every other products tested to date.

AIDA64

We employed AIDA64's memory bench to highlight memory bandwidth. We isolate the write performance metric as it serves as a good indicator of overall memory performance. Again the Z68A-GD65 (G3) ended up in the middle of the pack, explaining our lower-than-expected SuperPi and wPrime results.

HandBrake Encoding

Handbrake is used for encoding testing, and provided results much similar to the WinRAR benchmark, with the MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) right on top of its platform, beating out our other Z68-based products, including the Zotac board with its additional clockspeed.

CineBench Encoding

In Cinebench, the MSI Z68A-GD65(G3) followed the emerging CPU-focused pattern, right in the middle.