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MSI P6N SLI Platinum nForce 650i SLI Motherboard Review
MSI P6N SLI Platinum nForce 650i SLI Motherboard Review - PCSTATS
The MSI P6N SLI Platinum motherboard is a good mainstream motherboard for part time tweakers, full time gamers, or for anyone who wants a fully featured board without too steep a price tag.
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External Mfg. Website: MSI Mar 21 2007   C. Sun  
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Motherboard Benchmarks: SiSoft Sandra, SuperPi, PCMark05

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-DQ6 (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 62715 70963 28863 7212 SSE2 / 10706 SSE2 5595 5534
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
MSI P6N SLI Platinum (NF 650i 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 62571 71675 29112 7332 FPU / 10738 SSE2 5473

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Units:

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

SiSoft Sandra results for the MSI P6N SLI Platinum are pretty good; processor figures are nice and strong in particular. Memory bandwidth results for the nVIDIA nForce 650i chipset are not as high as the Intel P965/975X Express motherboards. Let's see how that translates in the other benchmarks.

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.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportSuperPi
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
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 20
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 20
Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H (975X 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 20
MSI 975X Platinum (975X 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 20
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 20
Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 21
Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 20
MSI P965 Platinum (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 20
MSI P6N SLI Platinum (NF 650i 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 20

20 seconds is par for the course with Intel Core 2 Duo motherboards. The MSI P6N SLI Platinum is shaping up to be a pretty good performance motherboard all around!

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.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportPCMark05:
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
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 7012
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 6917
Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H (975X 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 6897
MSI 975X Platinum (975X 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 7035
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 7045
Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 6890
Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 6884
MSI P965 Platinum (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 7022
MSI P6N SLI Platinum (NF 650i 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 7024
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
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 6145
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 6140
Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H (975X 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 6131
MSI 975X Platinum (975X 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 6144
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 6146
Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 6130
Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 6115
MSI P965 Platinum (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 6128
MSI P6N SLI Platinum (NF 650i 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 6152
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
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 5372
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 5366
Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H (975X 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 5387
MSI 975X Platinum (975X 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 5323
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 5426
Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 5143
Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 5324
MSI P965 Platinum (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 5314
MSI P6N SLI Platinum (NF 650i 200/800 Core 2 Duo) 5418

PCMark05 results are nice and strong, while the memory results show little difference between platforms.

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Contents of Article: MSI P6N SLI Platinum
 Pg 1.  MSI P6N SLI Platinum nForce 650i SLI Motherboard Review
 Pg 2.  Passive Cooling System for Chipsets
 Pg 3.  MSI P6N SLI Platinum Motherboard Highlights
 Pg 4.  The nVidia nForce 650i SLI chipset
 Pg 5.  Overclocking the MSI P6N SLI Platinum Motherboard
 Pg 6.  Motherboard Benchmarks: Sysmark 2004
 Pg 7.  Motherboard Benchmarks: PC Worldbench (Graphics)
 Pg 8.  Motherboard Benchmarks: PC Worldbench (Office)
 Pg 9.  Motherboard Benchmarks: PC Worldbench (Data Crunching)
 Pg 10.  — Motherboard Benchmarks: SiSoft Sandra, SuperPi, PCMark05
 Pg 11.  Motherboard Benchmarks: 3DMark05, 3DMark06
 Pg 12.  Motherboard Benchmarks: FarCry, Doom 3
 Pg 13.  Motherboard Benchmarks: Quake 4 / Conclusions
 
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