BIOSTAR K8VHA Pro VIA K8T800 Mainboard Review (3)

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BIOSTAR K8VHA Pro VIA K8T800 Mainboard Review (3)
Overclocker 6 Oct 2003

Benchmarking

Before we benchmark, we document the FSB the board is running at. The SiS 748 reference board is a bit on the high side. Do bear that in mind when comparing results of the boards as a higher FSB usually will impact the benchmarks in one way or another. ASrock K7S8X-E is registered at 200.97MHz and the EPoX 8RDA3+ is at 200.46 MHz. Gigabyte 7NNXP runs at 200.45MHz and DFI is at 200.47. Gigabyte 7VT600-1394 is at 200.9Mhz, DFI 748-AL is at a very exact 200.45MHz. The M1687 Reference Board runs exactly at 200.00MHz FSB. Gigabyte K8NNXP runs at 201 (old BIOS with 3100+) and 200MHz (new BIOS with 3200+). GA-K8VNXP also runs at 200.00MHz FSB and Biostar K8VHA Pro runs at 200.4MHz, a bit higher than most boards.

In the comparison, DFI 748-AL, ASRock K7S8X-E and SiS 748 Reference board is running 1 x 512M Corsair XMS3500C2 Stick at CAS 2, 5-2-2. The Gigabyte 7VT600-1394 runs CAS 2, 6-2-2. EPoX 8RDA3+ is running 2 x 256M Corsair TWINX512-2700LLPT at CAS 2, 5-2-2.

Although the memory controller embedded within the CPU. The memory benchmark scores still varies base on the patches and errata made to the BIOS. As we can see, Gigabyte K8VNXP has a lower score of 3062/3062 compared to the other two boards. The BIOSTAR got 3068/3067 which is not too far off.

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