Gigabyte MA-790FXT UD5P Motherboard Review :: Test Setup and Software

Author: Benjamin Sun · 06-12-2009 · Category: Motherboards

Scores

  • Features: 38
  • Ergonomics: 11
  • Compatibility: 25
  • Support: 8
  • Performance: 11
  • Total: 93
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Test System


  • AMD Phenom II x4 810 running at 2.66GHz
  • 2GB DDR3-1600MHz memory Kingston DDR3-12800 running at 1066MHz
  • 2 74GB WD Raptor SATA HDDs in RAID 0 Mode
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB running Catalyst 9.5
  • Gigabyte MA-790FXT-UD5P running latest drivers and BIOS from Gigabyte site
  • Thermaltake Tough Power 1000W PSU
  • Windows Vista with SP1

Tests

  • Sysmark 2007 with patch 5
  • 3DMark Vantage
  • 3DMark06
  • PCMark05
  • PCMark Vantage
  • X264 HD Benchmark
  • CPUBench 2003
  • Crystalmark 2004
  • Pifast
  • wPrime95
  • SpecViewPerf 10

The Gigabyte board is the third AM3 board to hit our test bench. The test series has been updated with the x264 benchmark to reflect HD encoding tasks. At the time the first AM3 motherboard was put on the review bench the Phenom II X4 810 was the fastest CPU available. While newer CPUs including the 955 and 945 have been released, the 810 is still a good indicator of performance as it has 4 cores operating at 2.66GHz.


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