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ECS PF88 Extreme Hybrid Intel/AMD Motherboard Review

ECS PF88 Extreme Hybrid Intel/AMD Motherboard Review - PCSTATS

The ECS PF88 Extreme Hybrid motherboard, in the configuration pictured, works with either a socket 775 Intel Pentium 4 or socket 939 AMD Athlon 64 processor.
87% Rating:

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External Mfg. Website: ECS		Sep 06 2005	C. Sun

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Benchmarks: SiSoft Sandra, Super Pi

SiSoft Sandra 2004 Source: Sandra

Sandra is designed to test the theoretical power of a complete system as well as the individual components. The results are also purely theoretical and may not represent real world performance.

Sisoft Sandra 2004 Benchmark Results - Intel CPU

Multimedia Benchmark CPU Benchmark Memory Benchmark

Processors Integer SSE2: Floating-Point SSE2: Dhrystone SSE2: Whetstone SSE2: Integer SSE2: Float SSE2:

Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Royal (NF4-SLI 200/400) 22607 30124 9292 3834 FPU / 6521 SSE2 5078 5061

Albatron PX925XE Pro-R (925XE 200/400) 22543 30072 9417 3850 FPU / 6647 SSE2 5008 5025

Gigabyte GA-8ANXP-D (925X 200/400) 24239 32071 10011 4082 FPU / 7070 SSE2 5374 5359

MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum (915P 200/400) 22929 30626 9475 3865 FPU / 6692 SSE2 5079 5083

DFI LANParty 875P-T (i875P 200/400) 22749 30012 9365 3833 FPU / 6631 SSE2 5022 5007

VIA PT894 Ref Motherboard (PT894 200/400) 22430 30019 9441 3848 FPU / 6681 SSE2 4819 4819

ASRock 775V88 (PT880 200/400) 22584 29697 9298 3824 FPU / 6770 SSE2 4968 4968

ECS PF88 Extreme (SiS 656 200/533) 22557 30013 9285 3822 FPU / 6522 SSE2 4149 4148

Units:
it/s it/s MIPS MFLOPS MB/s MB/s

The processor numbers are in line with what we'd expect, but memory bandwidth is a bit on the low side. Looks like SiS has a bit of tweaking to do with its memory controller.

Sisoft Sandra 2005 Benchmark Results - AMD CPU
	Multimedia Benchmark		CPU Benchmark		Memory Benchmark
Processors	Integer SSE2:	Floating-Point SSE2:	Dhrystone SSE2:	Whetstone SSE2:	Integer SSE2:	Float SSE2:
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400)	22946	24677	10346	3796 FPU / 4950 SSE2	4974	4978
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	23022	24758	10381	3809 FPU / 4967 SSE2	6108	6074
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400)	22956	24688	10351	3798 FPU / 4953 SSE2	4978	4978
Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400)	22638	24441	10773	3897 FPU / 5066 SSE2	5993	5944
Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	22954	24693	11055	3770 FPU / 4920 SSE2	6071	6031
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (NF4 Ultra 200/400)	22962	24702	11061	3803 FPU / 4922 SSE2	4940	4928
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400)	22917	24743	10715	3945 FPU / 5038 SSE2	6108	6064
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400)	22893	24716	10981	3941 FPU / 5118 SSE2	6105	6050
ECS PF88 Extreme (SiS 756 200/400)	22854	24585	11009	3785 FPU / 4899 SSE2	4961	4973
Units:	it/s	it/s	MIPS	MFLOPS	MB/s	MB/s

The memory bandwidth numbers are also quite a bit lower than we expected on the AMD platform.

Super Pi Source: SuperPI

SuperPI calculates the number PI to 1 Million digits in this raw number crunching benchmark. The program allows the user to change the number of digits of PI that can be calculated from 16 thousand to 32 million. Our benchmark is set to 1 Million digits and 19 iterations.

SuperPi - Intel CPU
1 Million Digits:	Seconds	Ranking
Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Royal (NF4-SLI 200/400)	41
Albatron PX925XE Pro-R (925XE 200/533)	41
Gigabyte GA-8ANXP-D (i925X 200/533)	41
MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum (i915P 200/533)	41
DFI LANParty 875P-T (i875P 200/400)	41
VIA PT894 Ref Motherboard (PT894 200/533)	43
ASRock 775V88 (PT880 200/400)	42
ECS RS400-A (RS400 200/400)	45
ECS PF88 Extreme (SiS 656 200/533)	44

SuperPi loves memory bandwidth and here we see that the ECS PF88 Extreme clearly doesn't have as much as the Intel chipset-based systems.

SuperPi - AMD CPU

1 Million Digits: Points Ranking

ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) 36

Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 (K8T800 Pro 200/400) 34

Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400) 35

Albatron K8X890 Pro II (K8T890 200/400) 35

MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 36

Chaintech Zenith VNF4 Ultra (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 35

MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI (NF4 SLI 200/400) 36

DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR (NF4-SLI 200/400) 35

ECS PF88 Extreme (SiS 756 200/400) 36

On the AMD side of things, bandwidth does not seem to be a big problem and the ECS PF88 Extreme performs quite well.

Contents of Article: ECS PF88 Extreme

Pg 1. ECS PF88 Extreme Hybrid Intel/AMD Motherboard Review
Pg 2. Onboard Features and Options
Pg 3. The SIMA Daughtercard
Pg 4. Wireless 802.11G USB Adaptor
Pg 5. The SIS 656 and SIS 756 chipsets
Pg 6. Overclocking both Intel and AMD
Pg 7. Benchmarks: SYSmark2004 Intel
Pg 8. Benchmarks: SYSmark 2004 AMD
Pg 9. Benchmarks: Winstone 2004
Pg 10. Benchmarks: Winbench 99
Pg 11. — Benchmarks: SiSoft Sandra, Super Pi
Pg 12. Benchmarks: PCMark04
Pg 13. Benchmarks: 3DMark2001
Pg 14. Benchmarks: 3DMark05
Pg 15. Benchmarks: Comanche 4, X2: The Threat
Pg 16. Benchmarks: UT2003
Pg 17. Benchmarks: UT2004
Pg 18. Benchmarks: Doom 3
Pg 19. Versatility is the key to the ECS PF88 Extreme!

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