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



SpecViewPerf 7.1

Yet one more synthetic benchmark, SpecViewPerf is an OpenGL benchmark based on commercial applications.

SpecViewPerf
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3DSMax

DRV

DX

Light

ProE

UGS

ABIT IC7 MAX3

DFI PRO875B

Intel D875PBZ

14.15

14.05

14.13

0

FPS

100

 

 

3DSMax

DRV

DX

Light

ProE

UGS

ABIT IC7 MAX3

DFI PRO875B

Intel D875PBZ

33.88

32.43

33.92

0

FPS

100

 

 

3DSMax

DRV

DX

Light

ProE

UGS

ABIT IC7 MAX3

DFI PRO875B

Intel D875PBZ

84.36

83.66

83.62

0

FPS

100

 

 

3DSMax

DRV

DX

Light

ProE

UGS

ABIT IC7 MAX3

DFI PRO875B

Intel D875PBZ

16.22

16.02

16.24

0

FPS

100

 

 

3DSMax

DRV

DX

Light

ProE

UGS

ABIT IC7 MAX3

DFI PRO875B

Intel D875PBZ

13.67

13.45

13.74

0

FPS

100

 

 

3DSMax

DRV

DX

Light

ProE

UGS

ABIT IC7 MAX3

DFI PRO875B

Intel D875PBZ

23.4

22.1

23.38

0

FPS

100

 

 

Not much difference in SpecViewPerf.

ScienceMark 2.0

Science Mark includes a number of scientific simulations to test system performance.

ScienceMark 2.0
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Moldyn

Primordia

Cipher

ABIT IC7 MAX3

DFI PRO875B

Intel D875PBZ

83.73

83.77

85.37

0

(seconds)

500

 

 

Moldyn

Primordia

Cipher

ABIT IC7 MAX3

DFI PRO875B

Intel D875PBZ

402.86

405.3

402.81

0

(seconds)

500

 

 

Moldyn

Primordia

Cipher

ABIT IC7 MAX3

DFI PRO875B

Intel D875PBZ

13.11

13.18

13.12

0

(seconds)

500

 

 

The Intel and Abit boards come out pretty close in the ScienceMark tests.