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HotHardware Test Systems |
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Intel All The Way |
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DFI
Infinity Intel 865PE Motherboard
SIS
655FX Reference Motherboard
eVGA GeForce4 Ti4600
128MB
Pentium 4-C 2.4GHz
512MB Kingston HyperX PC3500 DDR-RAM
Western Digital 30GB
ATA-100 7200RPM Hard Drive
Creative 52X C-DROM
Windows XP Pro SP-1
DirectX 9.0b
Detonator 45.23
SiS Reference Drivers
Intel Chipset Drivers
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SiSoft
Sandra MAX3!
To get things started, we
loaded SiSoft Sandra MAX3! and ran several of
the more common modules, such as the
CPU, Multimedia, and Memory tests. First we ran
each test at the default 2.4GHz processor speed and
then when we overclocked the system to 3.21GHz.
CPU @
2.4GHz.
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Multimedia @ 2.4GHz.
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Memory @ 800MHz. Bus
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CPU @
3.21GHz.
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Multimedia @ 3.21GHz.
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Memory @ 1072MHz. Bus
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When it comes to
overclocking, the combination of the DFI 865PE Infinity
and the Pentium 4 2.4GHz processor makes quite a
combination. The results speak for themselves.
We brought the CPU up an additional 810MHz while
increasing the bus speed 72MHz. This helped push the
test bed to the top of the scales in each test, with the
most obvious jump being with the Memory scores.
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FutureMark's PCMark 2002 |
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FutureMark's Finest |
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One of the more
popular all-in-one utilities for gauging a system's
performance is PCMark2002Pro. This application
performs a total of 62 tests to stress and benchmark a system. When the tests
are complete, a
score is given for the three major components of the system;
CPU, Memory and Hard Drive.
Both the CPU and Memory
performance was right on par with the impressive SiS655FX
reference board, with each board running very close to the
same with a slight edge going to the SiS655FX board.
When it comes to data transfer, the advantage lies with the SiS655FX
and its muTIOL I/O technology. With the CPU and Memory
performance so similar, we wonder if the Hard Drive
differences will be enough to affect any of the benchmarks.
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FutureMark's 3DMark03 & 3DMark 2001SE |
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FutureMark's Finest |
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Another couple of tests we like to run with
motherboard reviews are 3DMark2001SE and 3DMark03.
While 3DMark03 has found itself in the middle of the never ending driver optimization issues
revolving around NVIDIA based cards, with motherboard
reviews the tests are useful since the same video card is
used throughout. And to take any further doubts out of
the picture, we focused on running the CPU 1 test to isolate
performance testing to the main board and processor.
As with the PCMark2002Pro tests,
the scores with 3DMark2001SE were very close, with the DFI
board taking a 178 point lead over the SiS655FX reference
system. When we look at 3DMark03's CPU Test 1, the
trend continued with the DFI system holding a 5 point lead
over the SiS655FX reference board.
The
Winstones and Final Words |