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MSI X48 Platinum Intel X48 Express Motherboard Review
MSI X48 Platinum Intel X48 Express Motherboard Review - PCSTATS
In this review PCSTATS is pleased to be testing out MSI's flagship Intel X48 Express motherboard, the aptly named MSI X48 Platinum.
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External Mfg. Website: MSI Nov 10 2008   Max Page  
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Motherboard Benchmarks: SiSoft Sandra

SiSoft Sandra XII 2008 Source: Sandra

Sandra is designed to test the theoretical power of a complete system as well as the individual components. The results are also purely theoretical and may not represent real world performance.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportSiSoft Sandra XII 2008
Processor Arithmetic Dhryestone ALU: Points Ranking
Asus P5NT Deluxe (NF 780i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 24555
MSI P6N Diamond (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 24457
Biostar TF7150V-M7 (GF 7150 333/1066 Onboard GF 7150) 24538
MSI X48 Platinum (X48 333/1333) 22757
Asus Maximus Extreme (X38 333/1333) 23981
Foxconn DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/800 DDR2) 23741
Foxconn DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/1333 DDR3) 23768
Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (X38 333/1066) 23988
Asus BLITZ Formula (P35 333/1066) 24058
Foxconn MARS (P35 333/1066) 24559
MSI P35 Platinum Combo (P35 333/1333 DDR3) 22718
Processor Arithmetic Whetstone iSSE3: Points Ranking
Asus P5NT Deluxe (NF 780i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 17173
MSI P6N Diamond (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 17061
Biostar TF7150V-M7 (GF 7150 333/1066 Onboard GF 7150) 16968
MSI X48 Platinum (X48 333/1333) 17238
Asus Maximus Extreme (X38 333/1333) 17145
Foxconn DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/800 DDR2) 17115
Foxconn DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/1333 DDR3) 17137
Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (X38 333/1066) 17200
Asus BLITZ Formula (P35 333/1066) 17228
Foxconn MARS (P35 333/1066) 17188
MSI P35 Platinum Combo (P35 333/1333 DDR3) 16624
Processor Multi-Media Int x8 iSSE3: Points Ranking
Asus P5NT Deluxe (NF 780i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 147573
MSI P6N Diamond (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 147775
Biostar TF7150V-M7 (GF 7150 333/1066 Onboard GF 7150) 14763
MSI X48 Platinum (X48 333/1333) 147962
Asus Maximus Extreme (X38 333/1333) 147694
Foxconn DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/800 DDR2) 14721
Foxconn DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/1333 DDR3) 147134
Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (X38 333/1066) 147777
Asus BLITZ Formula (P35 333/1066) 147957
Foxconn MARS (P35 333/1066) 147787
MSI P35 Platinum Combo (P35 333/1333 DDR3) 147708
Processor Multi-Media Float x4 iSSE2: Points Ranking
Asus P5NT Deluxe (NF 780i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 80189
MSI P6N Diamond (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 79729
Biostar TF7150V-M7 (GF 7150 333/1066 Onboard GF 7150) 79818
MSI X48 Platinum (X48 333/1333) 80152
Asus Maximus Extreme (X38 333/1333) 80191
Foxconn DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/800 DDR2) 80012
Foxconn DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/1333 DDR3) 79957
Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (X38 333/1066) 79979
Asus BLITZ Formula (P35 333/1066) 80354
Foxconn MARS (P35 333/1066) 80300
MSI P35 Platinum Combo (P35 333/1333 DDR3) 80055
Multi-Core Efficiency Bandwidth: Points Ranking
Asus P5NT Deluxe (NF 780i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 8376
MSI P6N Diamond (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 8258
Biostar TF7150V-M7 (GF 7150 333/1066 Onboard GF 7150) 8126
MSI X48 Platinum (X48 333/1333) 8390
Asus Maximus Extreme (X38 333/1333) 8617
Foxconn DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/800 DDR2) 8561
Foxconn DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/1333 DDR3) 8577
Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (X38 333/1066) 8671
Asus BLITZ Formula (P35 333/1066) 8678
Foxconn MARS (P35 333/1066) 8523
MSI P35 Platinum Combo (P35 333/1333 DDR3) 8340
Multi-Core Efficiency Latency: Points Ranking
Asus P5NT Deluxe (NF 780i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 33
MSI P6N Diamond (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 35
Biostar TF7150V-M7 (GF 7150 333/1066 Onboard GF 7150) 36
MSI X48 Platinum (X48 333/1333) 32
Asus Maximus Extreme (X38 333/1333) 32
Foxconn DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/800 DDR2) 33
Foxconn DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/1333 DDR3) 33
Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (X38 333/1066) 33
Asus BLITZ Formula (P35 333/1066) 32
Foxconn MARS (P35 333/1066) 33
MSI P35 Platinum Combo (P35 333/1333 DDR3) 32
Memory Bandwidth Int iSSE2: Points Ranking
Asus P5NT Deluxe (NF 780i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 6402
MSI P6N Diamond (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 6573
Biostar TF7150V-M7 (GF 7150 333/1066 Onboard GF 7150) 5126
MSI X48 Platinum (X48 333/1333) 6530
Asus Maximus Extreme (X38 333/1333) 6655
Foxconn DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/800 DDR2) 6680
Foxconn DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/1333 DDR3) 6587
Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (X38 333/1066) 6679
Asus BLITZ Formula (P35 333/1066) 6670
Foxconn MARS (P35 333/1066) 6144
MSI P35 Platinum Combo (P35 333/1333 DDR3) 6170
Memory Bandwidth Float iSSE2: Points Ranking
Asus P5NT Deluxe (NF 780i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 6399
MSI P6N Diamond (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 6450
Biostar TF7150V-M7 (GF 7150 333/1066 Onboard GF 7150) 5127
MSI X48 Platinum (X48 333/1333) 6550
Asus Maximus Extreme (X38 333/1333) 6702
Foxconn DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/800 DDR2) 6685
Foxconn DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/1333 DDR3) 6433
Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (X38 333/1066) 6729
Asus BLITZ Formula (P35 333/1066) 6807
Foxconn MARS (P35 333/1066) 6112
MSI P35 Platinum Combo (P35 333/1333 DDR3) 6120
Memory Latency (Random): Points Ranking
Asus P5NT Deluxe (NF 780i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 91
MSI P6N Diamond (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 79
Biostar TF7150V-M7 (GF 7150 333/1066 Onboard GF 7150) 81
MSI X48 Platinum (X48 333/1333) 78
Asus Maximus Extreme (X38 333/1333) 82
Foxconn DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/800 DDR2) 75
Foxconn DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/1333 DDR3) 83
Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (X38 333/1066) 75
Asus BLITZ Formula (P35 333/1066) 75
Foxconn MARS (P35 333/1066) 91
MSI P35 Platinum Combo (P35 333/1333 DDR3) 85
Memory Latency (Linear): Points Ranking
Asus P5NT Deluxe (NF 780i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 11
MSI P6N Diamond (NF 680i 333/1066 GF 8800GTS 320MB) 11
Biostar TF7150V-M7 (GF 7150 333/1066 Onboard GF 7150) 14
MSI X48 Platinum (X48 333/1333) 10
Asus Maximus Extreme (X38 333/1333) 10
Foxconn DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/800 DDR2) 11
Foxconn DigitaLife X38A (X38 333/1333 DDR3) 11
Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (X38 333/1066) 10
Asus BLITZ Formula (P35 333/1066) 11
Foxconn MARS (P35 333/1066) 13
MSI P35 Platinum Combo (P35 333/1333 DDR3) 12

Despite the X48 Platinum's faster DDR3 memory, its performance in SiSoft Sandra's memory benchmarks was only average.

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Contents of Article: MSI X48 Platinum
 Pg 1.  MSI X48 Platinum Intel X48 Express Motherboard Review
 Pg 2.  Intel X48 Express - Performance Tuned
 Pg 3.  Motherboard Highlights Photo Gallery
 Pg 4.  Overclocking the MSI X48 Platinum
 Pg 5.  Motherboard Benchmarks: 3DMark06, Quake 4, FEAR
 Pg 6.  Motherboard Benchmarks: SYSmark 2007 Preview
 Pg 7.  — Motherboard Benchmarks: SiSoft Sandra
 Pg 8.  Motherboard Benchmarks: PCMark Vantage
 Pg 9.  Motherboard Benchmarks: Super Pi & Conclusions

 
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