Setup and notes
| Motherboard | ASUS P6T SE | Gigabyte EX58-UD5 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | £140.02 |
£192.90 | |
| Chipset | Intel X58/ICH10R | Intel X58/ICH10R | |
| CPU | Intel Core i7 920 ES
at 2,671MHz and 3,186MHz (OC) |
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| BIOS revision | 0704
(11/01/2010) |
F2 (29/01/2010) | |
| Mainboard software | Intel Inf 9.1.1.1025 | ||
| Memory | 6GB (3 x 2GB) Crucial DDR3-1,067 CL7 | ||
| Memory timings and speed | 7-7-7-20 1T @ DDR3 1,067 | 7-7-7-20 1T @ DDR3 1,067 | |
| Discrete graphics | Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 1,024MB | ||
| Discrete graphics driver | Catalyst 10.1 | ||
| Disk drive | Kingston SSDNow V+ 128GB | ||
| Operating system | Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit) | ||
| PSU | Corsair HX1000W | ||
Tests
| Benchmarks |
SiSoft
Sandra 2010 (16.26), aggregate bandwidth HDTach - SATA average
read speed Far Cry 2 v1.03 -
1,024x768 LQ, DX9 and 1,680x1,050 HQ, DX10 Power-consumption tests -
idle, 2D load, and 3D load. |
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Testing notes
We're comparing stock and overclocked performance of the ASUS board to a Gigabyte model that costs almost £200 but has a richer feature-set.The boards are compared at the CPU's stock frequency and with a reasonable overclock where the BCLK is raised to 177MHz with a CPU multiplier of 18x (3,186MHz, DDR3 at 1,067MHz). The overclocked numbers are a subset of the entire suite.
