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ECS X58B-A Black Edition Motherboard Review
| Manufacturer: | Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) |
| Product: | ECS X58B-A Motherboard |
| Date: | Wed, Dec 31, 2008 - 12:00 AM |
| Written By: | Chris Morrell - |
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Throughput Tests
SiSoft's Sandra has become a mainstay in checking system performance while WinRar is a commonly used archiving tool. With Sandra 2009 I will be testing the memory bandwidth while with WinRar I'll test the system's theoretical compression speed to provide another real-world test.
The Sandra bandwidth test shows why the X58 system performed so well in the tests. Even though theoretically there was only a 50% improvement in going from a 128-bit to a 192-bit memory controller, the lower latency from the integrated memory controller dramaticaly increased the amount of available bandwidth. This resulted in a 186% improvement in bandwidth which is what made the huge difference in performance. Winrar shows a nice jump with SMP and even the single-core results show a nice jump to the Core 2 system.
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Page 1 - The ECS X58B-A Motherboard
Page 2 - ECS X58B-A Box and Board Page 3 - ECS X58B-A BIOS Images Page 4 - Test Setup Page 5 - Mathmatic Tests Page 6 - Image Tests Page 7 - 3DMark Vantage Page 8 - Throughput Tests Page 9 - Overclocking Page 10 - Conclusion |
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