Test System

Abit IC7-Max3 (latest drivers from Abit's Website)
Intel P4 Northwood 3.4
ATI Radeon 9800XT Catalyst 4.5
Corsair TwinX XMS 4000 2x 256MB in Dual Channel mode (default timings)
2x Western Digital Raptor 36GB SATA in RAID 0
ThermalTake P4Spark+ Heat-sink Fan
MadDog Entertainer DVD
Antec 450w PS



Aida32

Aida32 is a synthetic benchmark that gauges memory bandwidth.

Aida32
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Read

Write

ABIT IC7 MAX3

DFI PRO875B

Intel D875PBZ

4700

4413

4749

0

(MB/s)

6000

 

 

Read

Write

ABIT IC7 MAX3

DFI PRO875B

Intel D875PBZ

1184

1004

1185

0

(MB/s)

6000

 

 

The D875PBZ shows its strength in Aida memory performance.

SiSoft Sandra 04

Sandra is another synthetic benchmark that tests CPU performance as well as memory bandwidth.

SiSoft Sandra 04 CPU Arithmetic
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CPU Arithmetic ALU

CPU Arithmetic FPU

ABIT IC7 MAX3

DFI PRO875B

Intel D875PBZ

10576

10799

10387

0

(MIPS)

15000

 

 

CPU Arithmetic ALU

CPU Arithmetic FPU

ABIT IC7 MAX3

DFI PRO875B

Intel D875PBZ

4273

4314

4305

0

(MIPS)

15000

 

 

SiSoft Sandra 04 CPU Multimedia
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CPU Multimedia INT

CPU Multimedia Float

ABIT IC7 MAX3

DFI PRO875B

Intel D875PBZ

26231

26248

26195

0

(it/s)

50000

 

 

CPU Multimedia INT

CPU Multimedia Float

ABIT IC7 MAX3

DFI PRO875B

Intel D875PBZ

36203

37316

37212

0

(it/s)

50000

 

 

No clear leader in the Sandra performance categories.