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ABIT AW9D-MAX 975X Express Motherboard Review
ABIT AW9D-MAX 975X Express Motherboard Review - PCSTATS
ABIT, which is now officially known as Universal ABIT, is recapturing is former glory. The ABIT AW9D-MAX motherboard is based on Intel's top of the line 975X Express and ICH7R chipsets, packs in quite a lot to get excited about.
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Motherboard Benchmarks: Office Productivity, SiSoft Sandra

Office Productivity Source: Zdnet

Business Winstone 2004 runs real applications through a series of scripted activities and uses the time a PC takes to complete these activities to produce its performance scores.

Content Creation Winstone 2004 is a system-level, application-based benchmark that measures a PC's overall performance when running top, Windows-based, 32-bit, content creation applications in Windows XP.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportOffice Productivity
Business Winstone 2004: Points Ranking
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800 A64 5000+) 29.1
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800 A64 5000+) 30.3
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+) 29.6
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+) 30.4
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667 PD 840) 26.1
Foxconn 955X7AA-8EKRS2 (955X 200/667 PD 840) 25.2
Foxconn 945P7AA-8EKRS2 (945P 200/667 PD 840) 26.5
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800 PD 840) 26.1
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800 PD 840) 25.8
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 32.7
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 32.5
Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H (975X 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 32.6
MSI 975X Platinum (975X 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 32.7
Asus P5B (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 32.5
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 32.3
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 31.9
Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 31.6
MSI P965 Platinum (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 32.5
ABIT AW9D-MAX (975X 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 32.8
Content Creation 2004: Points Ranking
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800 A64 5000+) 42
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800 A64 5000+) 41.8
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+) 41.2
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+) 41.7
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667 PD 840) 33.2
Foxconn 955X7AA-8EKRS2 (955X 200/667 PD 840) 32.6
Foxconn 945P7AA-8EKRS2 (945P 200/667 PD 840) 33.3
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800 PD 840) 33
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800 PD 840) 34.2
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 43.6
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 43.8
Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H (975X 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 43.6
MSI 975X Platinum (975X 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 43.6
Asus P5B (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 43.3
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 43
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 43.4
Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 43.2
MSI P965 Platinum (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 43.5
ABIT AW9D-MAX (975X 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 43.6

Office productivity numbers back up what SYSMark2004 says. The ABIT AW9D-MAX is fast and it would be a shame to use it primarily for workstation work.

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
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 63621 71847 29035 7322 FPU / 10783 SSE2 5318 5275
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 63545 71756 29211 7312 FPU / 10763 SSE2 5214 5175
Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H (975X 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 62560 70920 28774 7228 SSE2 / 10672 SSE2 5643 5596
Asus P5B (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 62814 71756 29142 7328 FPU / 10785 SSE2 5618 5584
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
Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 63045 71513 29014 7318 FPU / 10762 SSE2 5613 5578
MSI 975X Platinum (975X 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 63124 71956 28962 7314 FPU / 10758 SSE2 5555 5484
MSI P965 Platinum (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 63218 71859 29063 7325 FPU / 10757 SSE2 5521 5486
ABIT AW9D-MAX (975X 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 63815 71976 29158 7334 FPU / 10785 SSE2 5623 5579

Units:

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

SiSoft Sandra numbers from the ABIT AW9D-MAX are strong, it's nice to see how consistently the various Intel platforms are performing.

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Contents of Article: ABIT AW9D-MAX
 Pg 1.  ABIT AW9D-MAX 975X Express Motherboard Review
 Pg 2.  Accessories in the Box
 Pg 3.  External Serial ATA and Port 80
 Pg 4.  ABIT AW9D-MAX motherboard highlights
 Pg 5.  The Intel 975X Chipset
 Pg 6.  Overclocking the ABIT AW9D-MAX motherboard
 Pg 7.  Motherboard Benchmarks: Sysmark 2004
 Pg 8.  — Motherboard Benchmarks: Office Productivity, SiSoft Sandra
 Pg 9.  Motherboard Benchmarks: SuperPi, PCMark05
 Pg 10.  Motherboard Benchmarks: 3DMark05, 3DMark06
 Pg 11.  Motherboard Benchmarks: FarCry, Doom 3
 Pg 12.  Motherboard Benchmarks: Quake 4 / Conclusion

 
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