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Review: XFX's Intel Core i7 X58 motherboard: delivering the goods?

by Tarinder Sandhu on 13 February 2009, 09:27 3.55

Tags: X58 XT, XFX (HKG:1079)

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Peripheral performance

HD Tach v3.0.4.0 SATA average read speed
Foxconn Bloodrage X58XFX X58 XT
93.593.6


HD Tach v3.0.4.0 SATA burst speed
Foxconn Bloodrage X58XFX X58 XT
228.5235


HD Tach v3.0.4.0 USB average read speed
Foxconn Bloodrage X58XFX X58 XT
3231.7


HD Tach v3.0.4.0 FireWire average read speed
Foxconn Bloodrage X58XFX X58 XT
3834.5


The Samsung Spinpoint 1TB drive is new to the suite and averages almost 100MB/s when reading.

XFX uses a JMicron controller - JMB381 - for FireWire duties, and no matter how many times the test was run, it fell behind the T.I. ASIC on the Foxconn board.