ASRock AM2NF6G-VSTA AM2 board (NF6100-405) Review Benchmarks 2/8
Bluetooth 3 Aug 2006

Benchmarks

In this test, we measured the CLK used by the boards. Both boards are set to run in SPD mode of the modules which is rated CAS 5, 5-5-15, 2T. The ECS KA3 MVP Extreme is based on the ATi RD580 chipset while the ASUS M2N32-SLI is based on NVidia's 590 SLI chipset.  The ASrock AM2V890-VSTA and ALIVESATA2-GLAN are based on the VIA K8T890 CF stepping.

The three boards defaults to different frequencies which is all within 1MHz. All turbo options available on the boards are turned off for fair comparison. The ASRock AM2NF6G-VSTA is defaulted at 200.9MHz.

With that in mind, we take a look at the memory benchmark scores using Sandra 2007. As the memory controller is built within the CPU, the differences aren't that great.

ASRock AM2NF6G-VSTA introduced a new option known as AM2 Boost. We tested the option and found that it actually increases the CLK to 203MHz. The Memory Benchmark scores 100 points more at around 7651/7612 when paired up with an external graphics card, the ASUS 7600GT.

Next >>>

(C) Copyright 1998-2009 OCWorkbench.com