ECS X58B-A Black Series Motherboard Review :: Test Setup and Performance

Author: Ben Sun · 12-19-2008 · Category: Motherboards
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Our Intel X58 Test platform is pretty much set with a mix of the latest and greatest hardware and the addition of the x264 test and 7zip benchmark to round our tests with some HD encoding and unzipping action. The other tests have all been updated to the latest available test such as 3DMark Vantage, PCMark Vantage and Sisoft Sandra 2009 SP1 to take advantage of the latest features.


Test System


  • Intel Core i7 920 running at 2.66GHz
  • 3GB Kingston DDR3-1600MHz running at 1066MHz CL7
  • 2 WD 74GB Raptor SATA drives in RAID 0 Mode
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB card running Catalsyt 8.11
  • Coolermaster 1250W PSU
  • Windows Vista 32-bit Business with SP1 installed

Tests


  • Sysmark 2007 Preview with Patch 3
  • 3DMark06 1280x1024 default test
  • 3DMark Vantage 1280x1024 default test
  • Sandra 2009 SP1 Processor ALU test
  • X264 Test
  • CPUBench 2003
  • Crystalmark 2004
  • SpecViewPerf 10
  • wPrime 95
  • PCMark05
  • PCMark Vantage

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