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MSI 975X Platinum Motherboard Review - PCSTATS

With a top of the line motherboard like the MSI Computer 975X Platinum, you're getting a nice looking slab of PCB with a healthy dose of enthusiast friendly features to match.
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External Mfg. Website: MSI		Nov 30 2006	C. Sun

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Motherboard Benchmarks: SuperPi, PCMark05

Super Pi Mod 1.5 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 Mod 1.5

1 Million Digits: Seconds Ranking

ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800 A64 5000+) 34

Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800 A64 5000+) 34

MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+) 33

Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+) 33

Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667 PD 840) 41

Foxconn 955X7AA-8EKRS2 (955X 200/667 PD 840) 39

Foxconn 945P7AA-8EKRS2 (945P 200/667 PD 840) 41

MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800 PD 840) 39

Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800 PD 840) 39

Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H (975X 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 20

Asus P5B (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 20

Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 20

Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 20

Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 21

Gigabyte GA-945GM-S2 (945G 200/667 Core 2 Duo Onboard Video) 21

Epox 5P945 Pro (945P 200/667 Core 2 Duo) 21

Gigabyte GA-945GZME-RH (945GZ 200/533 Core 2 Duo Onboard Video) 28

Gigabyte GA-945PL-S3 (945PL 200/533 Core 2 Duo) 27

MSI 975X Platinum (975X 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 20

Completing Super Pi's 1 million digit test in 20 seconds is par for the course with Intel Core 2 Duo motherboards. The MSI 975X Platinum is certainly a fast motherboard.

Futuremark PCMark05 1.1.0 Source:FutureMark

PCMark05 is a premium tool for measuring both normal home use and simple 3D performance of the latest PC hardware. There are 11 system tests - each one is designed to represent a certain type of PC usage. By running these tests, PCMark05 stresses the components in a similar manner as they are stressed in normal home usage.

Futuremark PCMark05 1.1.0:
Overall	Points	Ranking
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800 A64 5000+)	6629
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800 A64 5000+)	6454
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	6647
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	6127
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667 PD 840)	6112
Foxconn 955X7AA-8EKRS2 (955X 200/667 PD 840)	5662
Foxconn 945P7AA-8EKRS2 (945P 200/667 PD 840)	6094
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800 PD 840)	6171
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800 PD 840)	5955
Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H (975X 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	6897
Asus P5B (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	7003
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	7045
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	7046
Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	6890
Gigabyte GA-945GM-S2 (945G 200/667 Core 2 Duo Onboard Video)	6901
Epox 5P945 Pro (945P 200/667 Core 2 Duo)	6907
Gigabyte GA-945GZME-RH (945GZ 200/533 Core 2 Duo Onboard Video)	5242
Gigabyte GA-945PL-S3 (945PL 200/533 Core 2 Duo)	5362
MSI 975X Platinum (975X 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	7035
CPU	Points	Ranking
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800 A64 5000+)	5317
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800 A64 5000+)	5342
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	5832
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	5336
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667 PD 840)	5284
Foxconn 955X7AA-8EKRS2 (955X 200/667 PD 840)	5253
Foxconn 945P7AA-8EKRS2 (945P 200/667 PD 840)	5294
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800 PD 840)	5287
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800 PD 840)	5379
Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H (975X 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	6131
Asus P5B (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	6141
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	6146
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	6221
Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	6130
Gigabyte GA-945GM-S2 (945G 200/667 Core 2 Duo Onboard Video)	6112
Epox 5P945 Pro (945P 200/667 Core 2 Duo)	6145
Gigabyte GA-945GZME-RH (945GZ 200/533 Core 2 Duo Onboard Video)	4834
Gigabyte GA-945PL-S3 (945PL 200/533 Core 2 Duo)	4886
MSI 975X Platinum (975X 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	6144
Memory	Points	Ranking
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800 A64 5000+)	4964
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800 A64 5000+)	5074
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	5113
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	5035
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667 PD 840)	4155
Foxconn 955X7AA-8EKRS2 (955X 200/667 PD 840)	4151
Foxconn 945P7AA-8EKRS2 (945P 200/667 PD 840)	4088
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800 PD 840)	4148
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800 PD 840)	4151
Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H (975X 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	5387
Asus P5B (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	5256
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	5426
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	5336
Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	5143
Gigabyte GA-945GM-S2 (945G 200/667 Core 2 Duo Onboard Video)	5126
Epox 5P945 Pro (945P 200/667 Core 2 Duo)	5041
Gigabyte GA-945GZME-RH (945GZ 200/533 Core 2 Duo Onboard Video)	3647
Gigabyte GA-945PL-S3 (945PL 200/533 Core 2 Duo)	3712
MSI 975X Platinum (975X 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	5323

PCMark05 results from the MSI 975X Platinum show that it battles it out for top spot in this test. Of the numbers most impressive is the memory score, it's quite high.

Contents of Article: MSI 975X Platinum

Pg 1. MSI 975X Platinum Motherboard Review
Pg 2. Intel 975X Express Chipset
Pg 3. Motherboard Highlights
Pg 4. Overclocking and the BIOS
Pg 5. Motherboard Benchmarks: Sysmark 2004
Pg 6. Motherboard Benchmarks: Office Productivity, SiSoft Sandra
Pg 7. — Motherboard Benchmarks: SuperPi, PCMark05
Pg 8. Motherboard Benchmarks: 3DMark05, 3DMark06
Pg 9. Motherboard Benchmarks: FarCry, Doom 3, Quake 4
Pg 10. Motherboard Benchmarks - Quake 4

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