Testing Configuration and Benchmarks Used
We compared the EVGA P55 FTW against the ASUS P7P55D Deluxe, Intel DP55KG, and Gigabyte’s P55-UD6. The thought process behind our testing criteria was two-fold: to evaluate the P55 platform and analyze the performance gains, if any, that users will notice between different motherboards that utilize an LGA 1156 processor.
CPU-Z screenshots
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Test System Setup |
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CPU |
Intel i7-860 (running at 2.8GHz, 133×21) |
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Motherboards |
Intel DP55KG
ASUS P7P55D Deluxe Gigabyte P55-UD6 EVGA P55 FTW |
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Memory |
Patriot Sector 5 (2 x 2GB) DDR3-2000 Dual Channel |
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Hard Drive |
Western Digital 160GB SATA 3GB/s |
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Sound Card |
Onboard sound |
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Video Card |
Gigabyte GTS 250 512MB |
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Video Drivers |
NVIDIA: 196.21
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| Power Supply | PC Power and Cooling Silencer 750w |
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DirectX Version |
DX10 / DX9c |
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Operating System |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit |
Our 64-bit test bench for LGA 1156 processors includes 4GBs of dual channel DDR3 memory, a GTS 250 512MB graphics card, and a Western Digital 160GB SATA hard drive for storage. This configuration is based off a typical mid-range users LGA 1156 system.
Benchmarks used:
– SiSoft Sandra 2009 SP1
– CineBench 10
– Handbrake DVD compression
– 3DMark Vantage
– Crysis Warhead
– Far Cry 2
– PCMark Vantage
