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Athlon 64
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Soyo SY-CK8 Dragon Plus Motherboard
MSI
K8T Neo-FISR2 Motherboard
BFG Asylum GeForce FX
5700 Ultra
128MB
Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0GHz
512MB Kingston HyperX PC3500 DDR-RAM
Western Digital 30GB
ATA-100 7200RPM Hard Drive
Creative 52X CD-ROM
Windows XP Pro SP-1
DirectX 9.0b
NVIDIA Forceware v53.03
NVIDIA NFORCE Drivers
v3.66
Via Hyperion 4in1 v4.51
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SiSoft
Sandra Professional 4
To get things started, we
loaded SiSoft Sandra Professional 4 and ran
several of the more common modules, such as the CPU,
Multimedia, and Memory tests. First we ran each
test at the default 2GHz processor speed and then
with the FSB set for 216MHz.
CPU @
2GHz.
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Multimedia @ 2GHz.
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Memory @ 800MHz. Bus
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CPU @
2.21GHz.
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Multimedia @ 2.21GHz.
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Memory @ 884MHz. Bus
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Overall the processor was
competitive, although the Pentium 4 at 3.2GHz still
holds the top spot. But with synthetic tests,
these results should be taken with a grain of salt.
When put to the test in real world applications, the Athlon 64 often comes out on top,
giving Intel a good run. The real
stand-out showing was with the memory performance and overclocked results. While some may say a boost of
16MHz is no big deal, the gains are
significant enough to take seriously. With an
average increase in bus speed of 8%, these results
suggest that we should find some
extra performance when we get into later testing.
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FutureMark's PCMark 2004 Pro & 3DMark03 |
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FutureMark's
Latest |
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One of the
newest all-in-one utilities for gauging a system's
performance is PCMark2004Pro. This replaces
PCMark2002Pro that has been a staple in just about every
motherboard review we've done since its release. This
updated version performs a series of tests to stress and benchmark a system's
major components. When the tests
are completed, the program issues an overall score, as well
as a breakdown for each major subsystem.
The Soyo SY-CK8 Dragon Plus
bested the K8T800 comparison board in every module of
PCMark2004Pro. We saw a lead of over 100 points overall and
significant increases when we overclocked the motherboard.
The broadest differences between the two boards were with
the memory and graphics scores, ranging from 3.5 to 4%
respectively. When comparing stock scores vs.
overclocked, the Soyo board gained 7.5% on average in both
CPU and Memory performance, while the graphics portion of
the test enjoyed a more conservative 1.1% gain.
Gaming, The
Winstones and Final Words |