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GIGABYTE 890FXA-UD5 AMD 890FX Motherboard Review

Manufacturer: Gigabyte
Product: GIGABYTE 890FXA-UD5
Date: Fri, Aug 27, 2010 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Dan Stoltz -
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SATA6 Testing

HD Tach is a low level hardware benchmark for random access read/write storage devices such as hard drives, removable drives (ZIP/JAZZ), flash devices, and RAID arrays. HD Tach uses custom device drivers and other low level Windows interfaces to bypass as many layers of software as possible and get as close to the physical performance of the device possible.

HD Tach

The SATA6 Testing was done using Western Digital 1Tb Black Edition SATA6 hard drive.

ASUS Crosshair IV Formula USB3 HD Tach Benchmark Results

Benchmark Results: The GIGABYTE 890FXA-UD5 had an average read and write that was ever so slightly behind the other boards. The Burst speed was second only to the GIGABYTE 880GMA-UD2H.

HD Tune Pro 4.01 is an extended version of HD Tune which includes many new features such as write benchmark, secure erasing, AAM setting, folder usage view, disk monitor, command line parameters and file benchmark.

HD Tune

HD Tune

Testing of the USB3 was done using the SUNBEAMTECH Airbox USB3.0 External Hard Drive Enclosure. The hard drive used was a Western Digital 640Gb Black Edition Hard drive.

HD Tune Benchmark 
Results

Benchmark Results: HD Tune shows that all of the boards were very comparable to each other, which makes sense since they are all controlled by the AMD SB850 chip.

Next Page - Network Throughput


Review Index
Page 1 - GIGABYTE 890FXA-UD5
Page 2 - GIGABYTE 890FXA-UD5 Box and Bundle
Page 3 - GIGABYTE 890FXA-UD5 Board Layout and Features
Page 4 - GIGABYTE 890FXA-UD5 BIOS Images
Page 5 - The Legit Reviews Test System
Page 6 - PCMark Vantage
Page 7 - 3DMark Vantage
Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 2010 Memory Bandwidth
Page 9 - USB3 Testing
Page 10 - SATA6 Testing
Page 11 - Network Throughput
Page 12 - Rightmark Audio Analyzer
Page 13 - Aliens Vs. Predator
Page 14 - System Power Consumption
Page 15 - Overclocking the GIGABYTE 890FXA-UD5
Page 16 - Final Thoughts and Conclusion