Micro-Star K7T Turbo-R Review :: Performance

04-03-2001 · Category: Motherboards

By Doc Overclock

All tests were conducted with the following system configuration:

  • Motherboard: MSI K7T Turbo-R
  • CPU: 1100 MHz AMD Athlon Thunderbird (110MHz FSB x 10)
  • Chipset: VIA KT133A
  • Cooling: Molex Radial Cooler
  • Memory: 128MB PC 150 CAS 2 SDRAM (Corsair)
  • Video: MSI GeForce2 Pro 64 MEGs DDR SDRAM
  • CD: Shuttle 52X IDE ATA33
  • Hard Drive: Western Digital 40GB UDMA100
  • Sound: Onboard AC'97 2-channel Audio CODEC (Sound Blaster Compatible)
  • Network: Intel Ether Express 10/100
  • Case: Test station by Tom Fulco
  • Monitor: Colorcase Magic Canvas 15.1 Digital Flat Panel

All tests were done with the following software programs.

  • Operating System: Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
  • For Performance: SYSmark 2000
  • For Video: 3Dmark 2000

All tests were done after a new format and fresh installation of the operating system.

The Results:

MSI K7T Turbo-R motherboard performance

MSI K7T Turbo-R motherboard performance

MSI K7T Turbo-R motherboard performance

MSI K7T Turbo-R motherboard performance

Summary

The K7T-Turbo- R runs a pretty good race, and is by no means a slacker in any of the performance tests that were ran on this motherboard. The RAID scores using the Promise controller were just slightly behind those of the SA6R from Abit, but the ATA100 scores were right up there with the other motherboards of its genre that have been released to date.

I only ran the SYSmark scores in both the RAID 0/1 arrays and not in the video 3Dmark tests due to a plain brain lapse on my part. I was a few days out into other testing when I figured this out, and by then it was too late to go back and reconfigure the exact scenario in time to publish, so I just had to leave those scores out. But they usually do not vary that drastically from the ATA100 3Dmark scores, as you can see in other reviews done using the RAID array.