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MSI P6N Diamond nForce 680i Motherboard Review
MSI P6N Diamond nForce 680i Motherboard Review - PCSTATS
Believe it or not, there are high performance motherboards out there for Intel's latest and greatest CPUs which don't have an Intel chipset at their heart. Top of that list is the nVidia nForce 680i.
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External Mfg. Website: MSI Nov 02 2007   C. Sun  
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Motherboard Benchmarks: PCMark05

Futuremark PCMark05 1.1.0 Source:FutureMark

PCMark05 is a premium tool for measuring both normal home use and simple 3D performance of the latest PC hardware. There are 11 system tests - each one is designed to represent a certain type of PC usage. By running these tests, PCMark05 stresses the components in a similar manner as they are stressed in normal home usage.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportPCMark05:
Overall Points Ranking
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800 A64 5000+) 6629
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800 A64 5000+) 6454
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+) 6647
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+) 6127
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 266/800 C2D E6600) 7012
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 266/800 C2D E6600) 6917
Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H (975X 266/800 C2D E6600) 6897
MSI 975X Platinum (975X 266/800 C2D E6600) 7035
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 266/800 C2D E6600) 7045
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 (P965 266/800 C2D E6600) 7046
Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H (P965 266/800 C2D E6600) 6890
MSI P965 Platinum (P965 266/800 C2D E6600) 7022
Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 (P965 266/800 C2D E6600) 6884
Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 (P35 266/1066 C2D E6600) 7029
MSI P35 Platinum (P35 266/1066 C2D E6600) 7143
Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (X38 333/1066 C2D E6750 New BIOS) 7491
MSI P35 Platinum (P35 333/1066 C2D E6750) 7625
Biostar TP35D3-A7 Deluxe (P35 333/1333 C2D E6750) 7423
MSI P6N Diamond (NF 680i 333/1066 C2D E6750) 7526
CPU Points Ranking
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800 A64 5000+) 5317
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800 A64 5000+) 5342
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+) 5832
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+) 5336
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 266/800 C2D E6600) 6145
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 266/800 C2D E6600) 6140
Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H (975X 266/800 C2D E6600) 6131
MSI 975X Platinum (975X 266/800 C2D E6600) 6144
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 266/800 C2D E6600) 6146
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 (P965 266/800 C2D E6600) 6221
Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H (P965 266/800 C2D E6600) 6130
MSI P965 Platinum (P965 266/800 C2D E6600) 6128
Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 (P965 266/800 C2D E6600) 6115
Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 (P35 266/1066 C2D E6600) 6150
MSI P35 Platinum (P35 266/1066 C2D E6600) 6152
Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (X38 333/1066 C2D E6750 New BIOS) 6823
MSI P35 Platinum (P35 333/1066 C2D E6750) 6856
Biostar TP35D3-A7 Deluxe (P35 333/1333 C2D E6750) 6819
MSI P6N Diamond (NF 680i 333/1066 C2D E6750) 6837
Memory Points Ranking
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800 A64 5000+) 4964
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800 A64 5000+) 5074
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+) 5113
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+) 5035
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 266/800 C2D E6600) 5372
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 266/800 C2D E6600) 5366
Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H (975X 266/800 C2D E6600) 5387
MSI 975X Platinum (975X 266/800 C2D E6600) 5323
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 266/800 C2D E6600) 5426
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 (P965 266/800 C2D E6600) 5336
Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H (P965 266/800 C2D E6600) 5143
MSI P965 Platinum (P965 266/800 C2D E6600) 5314
Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 (P965 266/800 C2D E6600) 5324
Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 (P35 266/1066 C2D E6600) 5453
MSI P35 Platinum (P35 266/1066 C2D E6600) 5555
Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 (X38 333/1066 C2D E6750 New BIOS) 6038
MSI P35 Platinum (P35 333/1066 C2D E6750) 6160
Biostar TP35D3-A7 Deluxe (P35 333/1333 C2D E6750) 5878
MSI P6N Diamond (NF 680i 333/1066 C2D E6750) 6173

The results here in PCMark05 are interesting, Sandra reports less memory bandwidth but the MSI P6N Diamond motherboard does very well for itself in the memory portion of this test.

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Contents of Article: MSI P6N Diamond
 Pg 1.  MSI P6N Diamond nForce 680i Motherboard Review
 Pg 2.  MSI P6N Diamond Motherboard Highlights
 Pg 3.  The nVIDIA nForce 680i Chipset
 Pg 4.  Overclocking the Diamond
 Pg 5.  Motherboard Benchmarks: Sysmark 2004
 Pg 6.  Motherboard Benchmarks: Sysmark 2004 Continued
 Pg 7.  Motherboard Benchmarks: PC Worldbench (Graphics)
 Pg 8.  Motherboard Benchmarks: PC Worldbench (Office)
 Pg 9.  Motherboard Benchmarks: PC Worldbench (Data Crunching)
 Pg 10.  Motherboard Benchmarks: SiSoft Sandra, Super Pi
 Pg 11.  — Motherboard Benchmarks: PCMark05
 Pg 12.  Motherboard Benchmarks: 3DMark05, 3DMark06
 Pg 13.  Motherboard Benchmarks: FarCry, Doom 3., Quake 4
 Pg 14.  PCSTATS Maximum Motherboard Overclocking Chart & Conclusions

 
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