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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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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.

SiSoft 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.

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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