Testing Configuration and Benchmarks Used
Since we didn’t have any true ION-based mini ITX boards laying around, we matched the ASRock A330ION against a Zotac 9300-ITX WiFi motherboard. The Zotac board has an NVidia 9300 GPU onboard, so we know that the results will be skewed a bit in favor of the 9300-ITX WiFi. But, this comparison of two NVidia-based onboard graphics solutions provide a good overview of the A330ION’s capabilities and general performance.
CPU-Z screenshots
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Test System Setup |
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CPU |
Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 (running at 2.8GHz)
Intel Atom 330 (running at 1.6GHz) |
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Motherboards |
ASRock A330ION
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Memory |
OCZ Technology (2 x 2GB) DDR2-800 Dual Channel
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Hard Drive |
Western Digital 160GB SATA 3GB/s |
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Sound Card |
Onboard sound (VIA VT2020 Audio Codec) |
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Video Card |
Onboard video (NVIDIA ION MCP7A-ION, NVIDIA 9300) |
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Video Drivers |
NVIDIA: 190.38 |
| Power Supply | Corsair 750W PSU |
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DirectX Version |
DX10 |
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Operating System |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit |
Benchmarks used:
– SiSoft Sandra 2010
– CineBench 10
– Handbrake DVD compression
– 3DMark Vantage
– Crysis Warhead
– Far Cry 2
– PCMark Vantage
