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ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR Motherboard Review - PCSTATS
Based on the ALi M1689 chipset, the K8 Combo-Z/ASR can be used with both Socket 754 and Socket 939 Athlon64 CPUs.
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Benchmarks: Winstone 2004, Winbench 99

Winstone 2004 Source: Zdnet

Content Creation Winstone 2004 is a system-level, application-based benchmark that measures a PC's overall performance when running top, Windows-based, 32-bit, content creation applications in Windows XP.

Business Winstone 2004 runs real applications through a series of scripted activities and uses the time a PC takes to complete these activities to produce its performance scores.

Winstone 2004
Business Winstone 2004: Points Ranking
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400) 29.4
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 33.4
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) A64 4000+ Socket 939 27
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) A64 3200+ Socket 754 22.6
Content Creation 2004: Points Ranking
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400) 35.9
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 36.3
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) A64 4000+ Socket 939 34.7
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) A64 3200+ Socket 754 31.3

Both Winstone 2004 tests show slightly slower performance from the ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR. Again the motherboard does quite well against the competition when using an equivalent processor.

Winbench 99 Source: Zdnet

WinBench 99 is a subsystem-level benchmark that measures the performance of a PC's graphical, disk, and video subsystems in a Windows environment. WinBench 99's tests can run on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP systems.

Winbench 99
Business Disk WinMark: Points Ranking
MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 PRO 200/400) 19600
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra 200/400) 19400
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400) 19200
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 18900
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) A64 4000+ Socket 939 30000
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) A64 3200+ Socket 754 28800
High-End Disk WinMark: Points Ranking
MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 PRO 200/400) 43300
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra 200/400) 41000
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400) 42600
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 36900
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) A64 4000+ Socket 939 51800
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) A64 3200+ Socket 754 50600
Business Graphics WinMark: Points Ranking
MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 PRO 200/400) 1490
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra 200/400) 1580
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400) 1560
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 1710
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) A64 4000+ Socket 939 1580
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) A64 3200+ Socket 754 1420
High-End Graphics WinMark: Points Ranking
MSI K8T Neo2-FIR (K8T800 PRO 200/400) 2460
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (NF3 Ultra 200/400) 2490
Epox 9NDA3+ (NF3 Ultra 200/400) 2480
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (NF4 Ultra 200/400) 2660
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) A64 4000+ Socket 939 2470
ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR (Ali M1689 200/400) A64 3200+ Socket 754 2110

Well! These Hard drive scores are quite impressive; it looks like ALi did good work in this area. In both Business disk and high end disk tests, the ALi M1689 based ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR comes out ahead by a lot! The motherboard also scored right in the middle

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Contents of Article: ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR
 Pg 1.  ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR Motherboard Review
 Pg 2.  Twin CPU's
 Pg 3.  ALi M1689 chipset
 Pg 4.  System Spec's and Benchmarks
 Pg 5.  — Benchmarks: Winstone 2004, Winbench 99
 Pg 6.  Benchmarks: SiSoft Sandra 2004, Super Pi
 Pg 7.  Benchmarks: PCMark04, 3DMark2001
 Pg 8.  Benchmarks: 3DMark05, AquaMark03
 Pg 9.  Benchmarks: Comanche 4, X2: The Threat, UT2003
 Pg 10.  Benchmarks: UT2004, Doom 3
 Pg 11.  Maximum Motherboard Overclock and Conclusion

 
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