Sisoft Sandra 2001 |
Source: Sandra |
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Sandra is designed to
test the theoretical power of a complete system and individual components. The
numbers taken though are again, purely theoretical and may not represent real
world performance.
SiSoft Sandra 2001 Benchmark Results |
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Shuttle AK35GTR |
Score |
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Multimedia Benchmark |
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1. |
Integer SSE - 133 MHz |
8920 it/s |
1a. |
Integer SSE - 160 MHz |
8930 it/s |
2. |
Floating-Point SSE - 133 MHz |
10274 it/s |
2a. |
Floating-Point SSE - 160 MHz |
10268 it/s |
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CPU Benchmark |
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3. |
Dhrystone ALU - 133 MHz |
4478 MIPS |
3a. |
Dhrystone ALU - 160 MHz |
4482 MIPs |
4. |
Whetstone FPU - 133 MHz |
2220 MFLOPS |
4a. |
Whetstone FPU - 160 MHz |
2210 MFLOPS |
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Memory Benchmark |
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5. |
Integer ALU - 133 MHz |
1959 MB/s |
5a. |
Integer ALU - 160 MHz |
2102 MB/s |
6. |
Float FPU - 133 MHz |
1879 MB/s |
6a. |
Float FPU - 160 MHz |
2135 MB/s |
SiSoft Sandra tests only theoretical power, so it's no surprise that
the Multi-Media and CPU benchmarks are almost identical since the CPU speed is
the same. The memory benchmark seems to get a healthy gain from the
higher bus speeds.
3DMark2001 is the latest installment in the 3DMark series
by MadOnion. By combining DirectX8 support with completely new graphics, it
continues to provide good overall system benchmarks. 3DMark2001 has been created
in cooperation with the major 3D accelerator and processor manufacturers to
provide a reliable set of diagnostic tools. The suite demonstrates 3D gaming
performance by using real-world gaming technology to test a system's true
performance abilities. Tests include: DirectX8 Vertex Shaders, Pixel Shaders and
Point Sprites, DOT3 and Environment Mapped Bump Mapping, support for Full Scene
Anti-aliasing and Texture Compression and two game tests using Ipion real-time
physics. Higher 3DMark scores denote better performance.
3DMark 2001 Benchmark Results |
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Shuttle AK35GTR |
3DMarks |
Ranking |
1. |
133 MHz FSB |
8375 |
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2. |
160 MHz FSB |
8748 |
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There's quite a nice
performance jump from going 133 to 160 MHz FSB! 3DMark2001 has always known to
love high FSB's and here, it just can't get enough!
Return to Castle Wolfenstein is a relatively new
game benchmark. However, RTCW takes up where Quake III left off and continues to
form the basis of the first person shooter system stressing that QIII has become
a hallmark for. Based upon the Quake III engine, RTCS is obviously going to be
quite taxing on even a top end system. Higher numbers denote faster frames per second (FPS), and
hence, better performance.
RTCW (640x480 atdemo6) Benchmark Results |
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Shuttle AK35GTR |
(FPS) |
Ranking |
1. |
133 MHz FSB |
58.5 |
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2. |
160 MHz FSB |
59.1 |
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RTCW (640x480 atdemo8) Benchmark Results |
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Shuttle AK35GTR |
(FPS) |
Ranking |
1. |
133 MHz FSB |
161.8 |
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2. |
160 MHz FSB |
170.8 |
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RTCW (1024x768 atdemo6) Benchmark Results
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Shuttle AK35GTR |
(FPS) |
Ranking |
1. |
133 MHz FSB |
57.1 |
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2. |
160 MHz FSB |
56.4 |
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RTCW (1024x768 atdemo8) Benchmark
Results |
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Shuttle AK35GTR |
(FPS) |
Ranking |
1. |
133 MHz FSB |
149.9 |
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2. |
160 MHz FSB |
157.3 |
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In the atdemo6 benchmarks, for both resolutions, we're all CPU limited, however in
the atdemo8 demo which is more of a overall system benchmark, having
the FSB higher really does boost gaming performance!
Conclusions:
The Shuttle AK35GTR is easily one of the most luxurious
KT266A based motherboards out there after all, it features 6 PCI slots, on board hardware 5.1 audio, on board Ultra/133 RAID controller and 4 DIMM slots. There are only a handful of other boards that can stand up to that list of features.
As far as performance goes, since the AK35GTR is using VIA's KT266A we expected that performance would be good, and the board didn't disappoint.
Stability wasn't a problem even with all 4 DIMM slots filled with different
types of memory.
The AK35GTR didn't overclock as well as some other boards in it's class, however 160 MHz FSB isn't anything to be ashamed of.
The performance boost isn't really that great for office based applications, however gamers will find a very nice increase by simply upping the bus speed.
The AK35GTR's biggest asset is it's extremely low price. For $180 CDN, it offers
a very good value for the amount of features is carries. It's closest competitor is on the order $40 more! Way to go Shuttle, great board!
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