ASUS M4A79 Deluxe Motherboard Review :: Test Setup and Software

Author: Benjamin Sun · 06-11-2009 · Category: Motherboards

Scores

  • Features: 35
  • Ergonomics: 10
  • Compatibility: 25
  • Support: 8
  • Performance: 10
  • Total: 88
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A new AMD platform has been put together with the launch of the 45 nanometer Phenom II processors. The video card has been changed to reflect the times as a GeForce 8800GTS 320MB is hardly current in the scheme of things. The CPU is a retail boxed AMD Phenom II X4 940 that we purchased off the Internet. The tests are the same as our Core i7 platform.


Test System


  • AMD Phenom II 940 CPU running at 3.0GHz
  • 2GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2-800MHz running at 800MHz
  • 2 74GB WD Raptor SATA HDDs in RAID 0 Mode
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB video card running Catalyst 9.3 drivers
  • ASUS M4A79 Deluxe motherboard running Catalyst 9.3 drivers
  • LG 16X DVD-RW drive
  • Cooler Master 1100W TruePower PSU
  • Windows Vista 32-bit Business with SP1 installed

Tests

  • Sysmark 2007
  • 3dmark06
  • 3dmark Vantage
  • PCMark05
  • PCMark Vantage
  • SpecViewPerf
  • CPUBench 2003
  • Crystalmark 2004
  • wPrime
  • x264 HD benchmark

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