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Gigabyte GA-945GM-S2 945G Express Core 2 Duo Motherboard Review
Gigabyte GA-945GM-S2 945G Express Core 2 Duo Motherboard Review - PCSTATS
The Core 2 Duo compatible Intel 945G Express northbridge is ideal for cash-strapped consumers and not so great for AMD... as we'll see with the Gigabyte GA-945GM-S2 motherboard.
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Benchmarks: SiSoft Sandra, Super PI

SiSoft Sandra 2005 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 2005 Benchmark Results
Multimedia Benchmark CPU Benchmark Memory Benchmark
Motherboard Integer SSE2: Floating-Point SSE2: Dhrystone SSE2: Whetstone SSE2: Integer SSE2: Float SSE2:
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800 A64 5000+) 48799 53396 21837 8172 FPU / 10620 SSE2 6688 6607
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800 A64 5000+) 49031 53788 22011 8263 FPU / 10700 SSE2 6737 6656
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+) 48963 53456 22014 8266 FPU / 10718 SSE2 6694 6612
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+) 49006 53359 22011 8263 FPU / 10701 SSE2 6646 6565
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667 PD 840) 35956 42846 17351 4601 FPU / 7913 SSE2 5097 5097
Foxconn 955X7AA-8EKRS2 (955X 200/667 PD 840) 36082 42781 17356 4594 FPU / 7923 SSE2 5103 5106
Foxconn 945P7AA-8EKRS2 (945P 200/667 PD 840) 35865 42555 17272 4582 FPU / 7880 SSE2 5036 5040
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800 PD 840) 36212 42926 17400 4618 FPU / 7952 SSE2 5015 5020
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800 PD 840) 36562 43384 17621 4668 FPU / 8036 SSE2 5183 5182
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 62807 71205 28923 7258 FPU / 10712 SSE2 5651 5599
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 63606 71990 29230 7361 FPU / 10793 SSE2 5593 5528
Gigabyte GA-945GM-S2 (945G 200/667 Core 2 Duo Onboard Video) 62265 70603 28690 7176 FPU / 10639 SSE2 5098 5065

Units:

it/s it/s MIPS MFLOPS MB/s MB/s

Do not be alarmed at the lower memory bandwidth numbers, remember the Gigabyte GA-945GM-S2 system is running its memory at DDR2-667 speeds. The processor numbers are a tad lower than anticipated but not too much out of the ordinary.

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. Lower times are better.

SuperPi
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
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

Super Pi is heavily dependant on memory bandwidth and with the Gigabyte GA-945GM-S2 running its DDR2 memory at 667 MHz, there is an ever so slight performance penalty. Regardless, all platforms equipped with Core 2 Duo processors perform at the top of the pack.

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Contents of Article: Gigabyte GA-945GM-S2
 Pg 1.  Gigabyte GA-945GM-S2 945G Express Core 2 Duo Motherboard Review
 Pg 2.  Intel 945G Express and ICH7 Chipsets
 Pg 3.  High Definition Content Playback: System Load Test
 Pg 4.  Gigabyte GA-945GM-S2 Motherboard Highlights Gallery
 Pg 5.  Overclocking and Test System Specs
 Pg 6.  Benchmarks: Bapco Sysmark 2004
 Pg 7.  Benchmarks: Business Winstone 2004
 Pg 8.  — Benchmarks: SiSoft Sandra, Super PI
 Pg 9.  Benchmarks: FutureMark PCMark05
 Pg 10.  Benchmarks: FutureMark 3DMark05
 Pg 11.  Benchmarks: FutureMark 3DMark06, FarCry
 Pg 12.  Benchmarks: Doom 3, Quake 4
 Pg 13.  How Does 945G Express Handle Core 2 Duo?

 
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