EVGA nForce 680i LT SLI Motherboard Review – Cheaper 680i

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

Network Interface Test — CPU Utilization

While the speed on the Gigabit Ethernet on the new 680i LT SLI chipset was a on par with that of the previous generation of chipset, the CPU utilization is a bit higher.