The ECS board should perform as well as the other boards I've tested on the 790GX platform. The combination of the ACC, the SB750 Southbridge and overall high performance from the platform should fare better than the older 780G boards I've tested and come close to the 790FX boards I've tested. ECS is famous for releasing lower-priced boards using the mid-range and high-end motherboard chipsets than the competition.
Test System
- ECS A790GXM-A Black Edition motherboard
- AMD Phenom X4 9850 CPU running at 2.5GHz
- 2GB Crucial Tracer DDR2-1066MHz memory running at 1066MHz
- EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB SSC running 175.16 Forceware
- 1000W CoolerMaster PSU
- ASUS 16X DVD-ROM
- 2 74GB WD Raptor SATA drives in RAID 0 Mode
- Windows Vista 32-bit Business with SP1 installed
Tests
- Sysmark 2007
- 3DMark05/06/Vantage
- PCMark05/Vantage
- PiFast
- SpecViewPerf 10
- CPUBench 2003
- Crystalmark 2004
- Sisoft Sandra XI Processor benchmark
- wPrime