Network Interface Tests

Our network tests use the ntttcp application distributed by Microsoft for testing network controller’s efficiency.  The program creates a number of threads from a server machine to spit data at the test machine at up to Gigabit speeds.  Both maximum throughput and CPU utilization are tested.

Network Interface Test — Max Throughput

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Network Interface Test — CPU Utilization

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The Asus P5W DH Deluxe is able to get near 1.0 Gbit networking speeds while maintaining just over 17% CPU utilization, beating out the Intel motherboard by just a couple of percentage points.  It is nice to see Gigabit Ethernet becoming standardized and performances all reaching near theoretical maximums.

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