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Our test system specs should be noted for a proper
backdrop on which you can compare performance
numbers.
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| H.H.
Test System |
| Mainstream
components |
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Pentium
III 933MHz., Soyo SY-7VMA
Motherboard,
128MB of PC133 True CAS2 SDRAM from Mushkin, IBM
30Gig 7200 RPM ATA100 Hard Drives, nVidia GeForce 2 GTS 64MB
AGP Graphics Card , Plextor UltraPlex 40X CDROM, WinME, DirectX 8, nVidia Detonator 3 Drivers
version 6.31, VIA 4-in-1 4.25a
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| Benchmarks
With The 7VMA |
| The
PM133 with a Dash of BX Lovin'... |
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The
first benchmark out of the gate is SiSoft's
Sandra. Sandra is a synthetic benchmark that
allows us to test specific sub-systems.
We've had a Soyo
SY-6BA+100 here in the labs for a while and
decided to see how it stacks up against the
SY-7VMA. The SY-6BA+100 is based on the
Intel 440BX chipset and incorporates a HighPoint
UDMA/100 hard drive controller.
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SY-7VMA
CPU @ 933MHz.
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SY-6BA+100
CPU @ 933MHz.
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Memory
@ 933MHz.
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Memory
@ 933MHz.
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Hard
Drives
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Hard
Drives
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As you
can see, performance is on par with the BX chipset
in every test. Even though it does a great
job and performs very well at a 133MHz. FSB, the
BX was never meant to run that high. The BX
board's AGP and PCI buses are heavily overclocked
at this FSB which can cause instability when
certain cards are installed in a system. For
stability's sake, the PM133 is a much better
choice when using a CPU with a 133MHz. FSB.
Also
notice the aggressive timings with both
boards. At what should be a default speed of
933MHz., the SY-7VMA is reporting a speed of
945MHz. Even the SY-6BA+100 reports a speed
5MHz. higher than it should.
We
also ran a couple of Sandra's tests while our CPU
was overclocked. Let's see what kind of
effect an 11MHz. jump in FSB speed has on the
tests...
CPU
@
1008MHz.
MEM @ 1008MHz.
The
memory performance was excellent at 144MHz.
The Pentium 4 using MUCH more expensive PC800
RDRAM destroys all of the competition, but the
SY-7VMA ranks right up there with the rest of the
competition.
ZD
Winbench, Gaming Performance and The
Rating
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