Test System

     We're nearly to the testing, but let's go over the basics of the test system first.

Testing

     First off, let's start with some basic motherboard, CPU and memory tests using SiSoft Sandra at default settings.

CPU Arithmetic Benchmark

CPU Multi-Media Benchmark

Memory Bandwidth Benchmark

     So far, the default benchmarks have been right on par with what we would expect from a 3GHz CPU. However the memory is much higher. That is because the ABIT AA8 DuraMAX has some cutting edge settings in the bios that optimizes the DDR2, squeezing out every bit of performance possible. Now let's look at some games.

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Doom3

800x600 Average frame rate=34fps
1024x768 Average frame rate=23.3fps

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Halo: Combat Evolved

800x600 Average frame rate=41.65fps
1024x768 Average frame rate=34.70fps

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Painkiller

800x600 Average frame rate=116.16fps
1024x768 Average frame rate=94.6fps

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Quake III Arena
Demo name: four.dm_67

800x600 3.2 seconds: 388.6 fps
1024x768 3.9 seconds: 326.5 fps

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3DMark01SE

1024 x 768: 13972 3DMarks

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3DMark03

800 x 600 5558 3DMarks
1024 x 768 4232 3DMarks

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