Memory Tests
Let's start off with a few tests which measure the performance of the motherboards memory subsystem, starting with our own custom Pifast benchmark.Pifast
No massive gaps between systems here, but the KN1 Extreme finds itself sandwiched between the other two boards here, outperforming the nForce3-based board but unable to match EQS' Radeon Xpress 200 board.
Sciencemark 2.0 - Bandwidth
Sciencemark 2.0 is up next, used first to measures the peak bandwidth between the CPU and memory controller.
With the memory controller integrated into the die of Athlon64 parts, there should never be too much difference between boards, and so it proves here. Again, the ECS board finds itself inbetween the other two performance-wise.
Sciencemark 2.0 - Access Latency
We also use ScienceMark to measure memory latency.
Again, the on-die memory controller is doing the work here, leaving little to choose between the three competitors, although the ATI-based solution seems to find itself at a small advantage over the differing nForce boards.
