Computational – Cinebench, Science Mark
CineBench
*Asus A7N8X-E memory at 202MHz, rest at 200MHz
CineBench is a benchmark based on the 3D modeling package Cinema4D. The benchmark measures the relative performance of a system compared to a 1GHz Pentium 4 processor. A 1GHz Pentium 4 scores 100 points, so a score of 400 is about 4x faster in computation than a 1GHz P4.
In the above results, we see that all motherboards using a XP3200+ processor performs about 3x faster than a 1GHz P4 which isn’t too surprising. The EPoX 8RDA3+ once again brings up the rear with having the slowest (but marginal) results of the bunch. Asus’ 2MHz memory bus increase once again puts it out ahead which can be misleading. At 200Mhz, the Asus should perform about the same as the DFI NF2 Infinity and LanParty.
*Asus A7N8X-E memory at 202MHz, rest at 200MHz
Here we see how quickly the different motherboards performed the previous rendering tests. Even though the EP-8RDA3+ had the lowest score, the rendering time required is practically identical to the rest. The Asus A7N8X-E is slightly quicker thanks to its +2MHz boost.
Science Mark 2003
*Asus A7N8X-E memory at 202MHz, rest at 200MHz
Science Mark 2003 is a benchmark that measures the raw number-crunching capabilities of the system. It performs molecular, encryption, and prime number computations not unlike Folding @ Home, PGP, and Prime95 respectively. The nature of these tests are more CPU intensive and thus differences in memory timings (in the case of the Asus A7N8X-E) will have minimal effect – essentially leveling the playing field for the other boards.
Great MB. It’s been running
Great MB. It’s been running flawless for 12 years.
Now I’m confronted with 5 “pregnant” Elkos in the vicinity of the CPU. Hope I can find someone, who’s able to replace them.
Good review, too.
Thanx 🙂