Prelude to Benchmarks

The details of how the Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P motherboard test system was configured for benchmarking; the specific hardware, software drivers, operating system and benchmark versions is indicated below. In the second column are the general specs for the reference platforms this AMD 790FX / SB750 based motherboard is to be compared against. Please take a moment to look over PCSTATS test system configurations before moving on to the individual benchmark results on the next page.

PCSTATS Test System Configurations

test system reference system #1 reference system #2 processor: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition (AM3) AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (AM3) AMD Athlon64 X2 5000+ (AM2) Clock Speed: 16 x 200MHz = 3.2GHz 14 x 200 MHz = 2.8 GHz 13 x 200 MHz = 2.6 GHz Motherboards: Gigabyte GA-Ma790FXT-UD5P (AMD 790FX) ASUS M4A78T-E (AMD 790GX / AM3) ASUS M3A78-T (AMD 790GX / AM2+) ECS A780GM-A (AMD 780G) Biostar TF8200 A2+ (Geforce 8200) Foxconn A690GM2MA (AMD 690G) Foxconn A7DA-S (AMD 790GX) Biostar Tpower N750 (NF 750a) Videocard: ASUS ENGTS250 DK MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC Memory: 2x 2GB Corsair XMS3-1600C9 (DDR3) 2x 1GB Patriot PDC32G1600LLK (DDR3) 2x 1GB Corsair Twin2X2048-6400C4 (DDR2) 2x 1GB Corsair Twin2X2048-6400C4 (DDR2) Hard Drive: 74GB Western Digital Raptor WD740 CDROM: ASUS BC-1205PT-BD Blu-Ray Drive Monitor (1080p): ASUS MK241 24" HD LCD Power Supply: PC Power & Cooling TurboCool 750W Heatsink: AMD K8 Reference Heatsink Test System Setup: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit Catalyst 9.4 Forceware 182.08 Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate ATi Catalyst 9.1 nVIDIA Forceware 169.25 Benchmarks: SYSMark 2007 SiSoft Sandra 2009 PCMark Vantage 3DMark Vantage 3DMark06 FEAR

SYSmark2007 Preview 1.05	Source: Bapco

SYSmark 2007 Preview is an application-based benchmark that reflects usage patterns of business users in the areas of Video creation, E-learning, 3D Modeling and Office Productivity. This new release includes a robust and refreshed set of applications. The new release also incorporates numerous new features and enhancements such as an improved GUI allowing streamlined start-up and run along with a heads-up-display (HUD) and automated error reporting.

SYSMark 2007 1.04 Overall: Points Ranking Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (AMD 790FX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X4 955 GF GTS250) 144 ASUS M4A78T-E (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 135 ASUS M3A78-T (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 138 Foxconn A7DA-S (790GX 200/800 GF 8800GTS) 99 ECS A780GM-A (AMD 780G 200/800 GF 8800GTS) 91 Foxconn A690GM2MA-RS2H (AMD 690G 200/800 GF 8800TS) 100 Biostar Tpower N750 (NF 750a 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+ GF 8800GTS 320MB) 95 Biostar TF8200 A2+ (GF8200 200/800 GF 8800GTS) 103 E-Learning: Points Ranking Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (AMD 790FX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X4 955 GF GTS250) 155 ASUS M4A78T-E (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 147 ASUS M3A78-T (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 144 Foxconn A7DA-S (790GX 200/800 GF 8800GTS) 97 ECS A780GM-A (AMD 780G 200/800 GF 8800GTS) 95 Foxconn A690GM2MA-RS2H (AMD 690G 200/800 GF 8800TS) 96 Biostar Tpower N750 (NF 750a 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+ GF 8800GTS 320MB) 90 Biostar TF8200 A2+ (GF8200 200/800 GF 8800GTS) 94 Videocreation: Points Ranking Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (AMD 790FX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X4 955 GF GTS250) 113 ASUS M4A78T-E (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 106 ASUS M3A78-T (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 128 Foxconn A7DA-S (790GX 200/800 GF 8800GTS) 107 ECS A780GM-A (AMD 780G 200/800 GF 8800GTS) 102 Foxconn A690GM2MA-RS2H (AMD 690G 200/800 GF 8800TS) 98 Biostar Tpower N750 (NF 750a 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+ GF 8800GTS 320MB) 101 Biostar TF8200 A2+ (GF8200 200/800 GF 8800GTS) 106 Productivity: Points Ranking Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (AMD 790FX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X4 955 GF GTS250) 141 ASUS M4A78T-E (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 138 ASUS M3A78-T (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 132 Foxconn A7DA-S (790GX 200/800 GF 8800GTS) 90 ECS A780GM-A (AMD 780G 200/800 GF 8800GTS) 88 Foxconn A690GM2MA-RS2H (AMD 690G 200/800 GF 8800TS) 117 Biostar Tpower N750 (NF 750a 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+ GF 8800GTS 320MB) 86 Biostar TF8200 A2+ (GF8200 200/800 GF 8800GTS) 107 3D: Points Ranking Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (AMD 790FX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X4 955 GF GTS250) 175 ASUS M4A78T-E (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 151 ASUS M3A78-T (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 152 Foxconn A7DA-S (790GX 200/800 GF 8800GTS) 105 ECS A780GM-A (AMD 780G 200/800 GF 8800GTS) 102 Foxconn A690GM2MA-RS2H (AMD 690G 200/800 GF 8800TS) 106 Biostar Tpower N750 (NF 750a 200/800 AM2 X2 5000+ GF 8800GTS 320MB) 103 Biostar TF8200 A2+ (GF8200 200/800 GF 8800GTS) 106

It's difficult to get any sort of comparison between the motherboards out of this test, since the Phenom II X4 955 was used in place of the Phenom II X3 720 and the Athlon X2 5000+. The Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P motherboard naturally comes out ahead.

SiSoft Sandra 2009	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 2009 ver 15.72 Processor Arithmetic Dhrystone ALU: (GIPS) Points Ranking Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (AMD 790FX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X4 955 GF GTS250) 43.7 ASUS M4A78T-E (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 28.59 ASUS M3A78-T (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 28.64 Processor Arithmetic Whetstone iSSE3: (Gflops) Points Ranking Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (AMD 790FX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X4 955 GF GTS250) 42.17 ASUS M4A78T-E (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 27.7 ASUS M3A78-T (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 27.64 Processor Multi-Media Int x8 iSSE3: (Mpixels/s) Points Ranking Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (AMD 790FX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X4 955 GF GTS250) 125.63 ASUS M4A78T-E (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 81.93 ASUS M3A78-T (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 81.85 Processor Multi-Media Float x4 iSSE2: (Mpixels/s) Points Ranking Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (AMD 790FX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X4 955 GF GTS250) 55 ASUS M4A78T-E (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 36.1 ASUS M3A78-T (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 36.04 Processor Multi-Media Float x2 iSSE2: (Mpixels/s) Points Ranking Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (AMD 790FX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X4 955 GF GTS250) 29.99 ASUS M4A78T-E (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 19.75 ASUS M3A78-T (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 19.68 Multicore Efficiency Bandwidth: (GB/s) Points Ranking Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (AMD 790FX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X4 955 GF GTS250) 4.95 ASUS M4A78T-E (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 3.75 ASUS M3A78-T (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 3.67 Multicore Efficiency Latency: (ns) Points Ranking Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (AMD 790FX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X4 955 GF GTS250) 89 ASUS M4A78T-E (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 96 ASUS M3A78-T (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 83 Memory Bandwidth Int iSSE2: (GB/s) Points Ranking Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (AMD 790FX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X4 955 GF GTS250) 12.18 ASUS M4A78T-E (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 11.38 ASUS M3A78-T (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 11.38 Memory Bandwidth Float iSSE2: (GB/s) Points Ranking Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (AMD 790FX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X4 955 GF GTS250) 12.17 ASUS M4A78T-E (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 11.38 ASUS M3A78-T (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 11.41 Memory Latency (Random): (ns) Points Ranking Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (AMD 790FX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X4 955 GF GTS250) 83 ASUS M4A78T-E (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 85 ASUS M3A78-T (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 82 Memory Latency (Linear): (ns) Points Ranking Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (AMD 790FX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X4 955 GF GTS250) 15 ASUS M4A78T-E (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 14 ASUS M3A78-T (AMD 790GX 200/1066 AM3 Phenom II X3 720 GF 8800GTS) 14

Ditto for the SiSoft Sandra tests - the Phenom II 955 trounces the Phenom II 720. The memory test is also handled by the CPU's memory controller, so the Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P motherboard isn't doing a whole lot in this benchmark.