Testing Configuration and Benchmarks Used
We matched this Zotac 9300-ITX WiFi motherboard against an ECS A785GM-M AM3 board. Unfortunately, we didn’t have any mini ITX boards to compare the 9300-ITX to, so the next best thing was this ECS board that has a 785G chipset and is a micro ATX solution. We know that the results will be skewed a bit in favor of the A785GM-M, but it should provide a good overview of the current solutions available to consumers.
We also should inform our readers that we were not able to use a 64-bit version of Windows 7 during testing because Zotac did not have any 64-bit drivers available for this motherboard yet. We will amend this article when we receive the new 64-bit drivers.
CPU-Z screenshots
GPU-Z screenshot
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Test System Setup |
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CPU |
Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 (running at 2.8GHz)
AMD Phenom X3 720 BE (running at 2.8GHz) |
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Motherboards |
Zotac 9300-ITX WiFi LGA775
ECS A785GM-M AM3 |
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Memory |
OCZ (2 x 2GB) DDR2-800 Dual Channel
Kingston HyperX (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Dual Channel |
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Hard Drive |
Western Digital 150GB Raptor SATA 3GB/s |
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Sound Card |
Onboard sound |
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Video Card |
Onboard video
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Video Drivers |
NVIDIA: 190.38
AMD: 8.631 |
| Power Supply | PC Power and Cooling Silencer 750w
FSP Group Inc. 300W 80 Plus |
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DirectX Version |
DX10 / DX9c |
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Operating System |
Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit* |
Benchmarks used:
– SiSoft Sandra 2010
– CineBench 10
– Handbrake DVD compression
– 3DMark Vantage
– Crysis Warhead
– Far Cry 2
– PCMark Vantage
