Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6 Review :: Test Setup and Performance

System Specs

Test System

• Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 CPU running 2.66GHz
• 2GB Crucial Tracer DDR2-8500 CL5
• 2 74GB Western Digital Raptor
• EVGA 8800GTS SC running 169.25 Forceware
• Rosewill Z5 CPU cooler
• Phillips DVD-RAM
• V7 24” Widescreen LCD Monitor

Tests

• Sysmark 2007 Preview
• SpecViewPerf10
• 3Dmark05/06
• PCMark05
• CrystalMark
• CPUBench
• Aquamark 3
• PiFast

Gigabyte’s board overclocked the E6750 to 2.68GHz by default instead of the 2.66GHz that the CPU should be default clocked at. This should show in the Performance of the board versus other boards that have lower default CPU clock speeds. A new test has been added to our test suite, PCMark Vantage, the latest PCMark test from Futuremark. This test takes over an hour to run

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