MSI 845E Max2 (5)
Overclocker 21 May 2002

Benchmarking

Systems Compared

The following tests are run at least 3 times to obtain a sustain score. MSI 845E Max2 is set to run at the best timings of CAS 2, DDR266, 2-2-5.

1) Best timings at CAS 2, 1T, DDR333, 2-2-2-4 RAM timings to reach the best speed. (async timing)
2) Turbo timings at CAS 2.5, 2T, DDR266, 3-3-3-6 RAM timings. (sync timing)

All above setup are set to operate with an AGP aperture size of 128MB so that consistent results can be used for comparison purposes.

Benchmark Tests Run

Business Winstone 2001

Business Winstone is a system-level, application-based benchmark that measures a PC's overall performance when running today's top-selling Windows-based 32-bit applications on Windows 98 SE, Windows NT 4.0 (SP6 or later), Windows 2000, Windows Me, or Windows XP. Business Winstone doesn't mimic what these packages do; it runs real applications through a series of scripted activities and uses the time a PC takes to complete those activities to produce its performance scores. The CD-ROM that contains Business Winstone includes all the files and application portions you need to run the benchmark.

Hmm. the MSI 845E max2 actually outperforms the i850E RAMBUS ? Is that possible. Well, no if the FSB is compared head to head at 133.33Mhz. In this case, the 850E board is running 132.xx while the MSI 845E Max2 is clocked at 134.xx by default (as indicated by WCPUID). Slight FSB difference does makes quite a difference in benchmarks. The ASUS P4S533 is running at exact 133.33Mhz FSB. 

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