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Biostar TA990FXE AMD 990FX Motherboard Review
Biostar TA990FXE AMD 990FX Motherboard Review - PCSTATS
The AMD 990FX chipset has been out for a while now, yet Biostar's TA990FXE motherboard still gets you in the game with plenty of PCI Express lanes for Crossfire/SLI, and more SATA III connectivity than rival Intel's Z77 platform.
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Sandra: Memory - Motherboard Benchmarks

SiSoft Sandra 2011 - Memory 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.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportSiSoft Sandra 2011: Memory
Multicore Efficiency Bandwidth: (GB/s) Points Ranking
Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 (X79 / 1600) 27.42
Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 (X79 / 1600) *x64 28.75
Gigabyte G1.Assassin (X58 / 1333) 18.31
ECS Z77H2-A2X (Z77 / 1333) 8.1
Gigbyte GA-Z77X-UD3H (Z77 / 1333) 8.24
Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5-B3 (Z68 / 1333) 7.84
Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3-iSSD (Z68 / 1333) 8
Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (Z68 / 1333) 7.87
Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD7 (P67 / 1333) 8
Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4-B3 (P67 / 1333) 8
Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4 (P67 / 1333) 7.74
ASUS P8P67 Pro (P67 / 1333) 7.75
MSI P67A-GD65 (P67 / 1333) 7.71
ECS P67H2-A (P67 / 1333) 7.9
ASUS P8H67-M Evo (H67 / 1333) 8.12
Biostar TH67XE (H67 / 1333) 8
ECS H67H2-M (H67 / 1333) 7.8
Intel DH67BL (H67 / 1333) 6.41
Biostar TA75M+ (A75 / 1333 A8-3850) 3
Gigabyte GA-A75-UD4H (A75 / 1333 A8-3850) 3
Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H (A75 / 1333 A8-3850) 3
Biostar TA990FXE (990FX / 1333 FX-8150) 8.86
ASUS Crosshair V Formula (990FX / 1333 FX-8150) 10.63
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7 (990FX / 1333 FX-8150) 10.12
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7 (990FX / 1333 PIIX6 1090T) 2.5
Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD7 (890FX / 1333 PIIX6 1090T) 2.46
Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (790FX / 1066) 4.95
MSI 785GM-E65 (785G / 1066) 4.59
Multicore Efficiency Latency: (ns) Points Ranking
Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 (X79 / 1600) 41.7
Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 (X79 / 1600) *x64 49.1
Gigabyte G1.Assassin (X58 / 1333) 45.6
ECS Z77H2-A2X (Z77 / 1333) 38.1
Gigbyte GA-Z77X-UD3H (Z77 / 1333) 38.5
Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5-B3 (Z68 / 1333) 41.8
Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3-iSSD (Z68 / 1333) 48.2
Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (Z68 / 1333) 41.8
Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD7 (P67 / 1333) 40.8
Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4-B3 (P67 / 1333) 43.1
Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4 (P67 / 1333) 44
ASUS P8P67 Pro (P67 / 1333) 44.1
MSI P67A-GD65 (P67 / 1333) 41.7
ECS P67H2-A (P67 / 1333) 41.7
ASUS P8H67-M Evo (H67 / 1333) 45
Biostar TH67XE (H67 / 1333) 42.6
ECS H67H2-M (H67 / 1333) 41.4
Intel DH67BL (H67 / 1333) 42.8
Biostar TA75M+ (A75 / 1333 A8-3850) 78.4
Gigabyte GA-A75-UD4H (A75 / 1333 A8-3850) 86.2
Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H (A75 / 1333 A8-3850) 89
Biostar TA990FXE (990FX / 1333 FX-8150) 184.2
ASUS Crosshair V Formula (990FX / 1333 FX-8150) 195.5
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7 (990FX / 1333 FX-8150) 207.7
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7 (990FX / 1333 PIIX6 1090T) 78
Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD7 (890FX / 1333 PIIX6 1090T) 85.2
Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (790FX / 1066) 89
MSI 785GM-E65 (785G / 1066) 91
Memory Bandwidth Int iSSE2: (GB/s) Points Ranking
Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 (X79 / 1600) 37.84
Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 (X79 / 1600) *x64 37.7
Gigabyte G1.Assassin (X58 / 1333) 21.76
ECS Z77H2-A2X (Z77 / 1333) 17.4
Gigbyte GA-Z77X-UD3H (Z77 / 1333) 17.78
Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5-B3 (Z68 / 1333) 17.77
Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3-iSSD (Z68 / 1333) 17.77
Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (Z68 / 1333) 17.8
Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD7 (P67 / 1333) 17.79
Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4-B3 (P67 / 1333) 17.78
Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4 (P67 / 1333) 17.68
ASUS P8P67 Pro (P67 / 1333) 18
MSI P67A-GD65 (P67 / 1333) 17.78
ECS P67H2-A (P67 / 1333) 17.78
ASUS P8H67-M Evo (H67 / 1333) 17.8
Biostar TH67XE (H67 / 1333) 17.8
ECS H67H2-M (H67 / 1333) 17.77
Intel DH67BL (H67 / 1333) 9
Biostar TA75M+ (A75 / 1333 A8-3850) 13.22
Gigabyte GA-A75-UD4H (A75 / 1333 A8-3850) 13.2
Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H (A75 / 1333 A8-3850) 13.28
Biostar TA990FXE (990FX / 1333 FX-8150) 8.5
ASUS Crosshair V Formula (990FX / 1333 FX-8150) 16.23
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7 (990FX / 1333 FX-8150) 16
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7 (990FX / 1333 PIIX6 1090T) 13
Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD7 (890FX / 1333 PIIX6 1090T) 13
Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (790FX / 1066) 12.18
MSI 785GM-E65 (785G / 1066) 11.41
Memory Bandwidth Float iSSE2: (GB/s) Points Ranking
Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 (X79 / 1600) 37.86
Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 (X79 / 1600) *x64 37.71
Gigabyte G1.Assassin (X58 / 1333) 21.71
ECS Z77H2-A2X (Z77 / 1333) 17.4
Gigbyte GA-Z77X-UD3H (Z77 / 1333) 17.79
Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5-B3 (Z68 / 1333) 17.76
Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3-iSSD (Z68 / 1333) 17.79
Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (Z68 / 1333) 17.78
Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD7 (P67 / 1333) 17.8
Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4-B3 (P67 / 1333) 17.78
Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4 (P67 / 1333) 17.65
ASUS P8P67 Pro (P67 / 1333) 18
MSI P67A-GD65 (P67 / 1333) 17.78
ECS P67H2-A (P67 / 1333) 17.78
ASUS P8H67-M Evo (H67 / 1333) 17.8
Biostar TH67XE (H67 / 1333) 17.78
ECS H67H2-M (H67 / 1333) 17.74
Intel DH67BL (H67 / 1333) 9
Biostar TA75M+ (A75 / 1333 A8-3850) 13.22
Gigabyte GA-A75-UD4H (A75 / 1333 A8-3850) 13.26
Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H (A75 / 1333 A8-3850) 13.27
Biostar TA990FXE (990FX / 1333 FX-8150) 8.48
ASUS Crosshair V Formula (990FX / 1333 FX-8150) 16.32
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7 (990FX / 1333 FX-8150) 16
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7 (990FX / 1333 PIIX6 1090T) 13
Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD7 (890FX / 1333 PIIX6 1090T) 12.9
Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (790FX / 1066) 12.17
MSI 785GM-E65 (785G / 1066) 11.41
Memory Latency (Random): (ns) Points Ranking
Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 (X79 / 1600) 70.5
Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 (X79 / 1600) *x64 71.3
Gigabyte G1.Assassin (X58 / 1333) 72.8
ECS Z77H2-A2X (Z77 / 1333) 72.1
Gigbyte GA-Z77X-UD3H (Z77 / 1333) 72
Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5-B3 (Z68 / 1333) 72
Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3-iSSD (Z68 / 1333) 71.6
Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (Z68 / 1333) 72.4
Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD7 (P67 / 1333) 72.3
Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4-B3 (P67 / 1333) 72
Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4 (P67 / 1333) 73.9
ASUS P8P67 Pro (P67 / 1333) 71.3
MSI P67A-GD65 (P67 / 1333) 72.8
ECS P67H2-A (P67 / 1333) 72.8
ASUS P8H67-M Evo (H67 / 1333) 72.6
Biostar TH67XE (H67 / 1333) 72.4
ECS H67H2-M (H67 / 1333) 74.4
Intel DH67BL (H67 / 1333) 74.1
Biostar TA75M+ (A75 / 1333 A8-3850) 87.3
Gigabyte GA-A75-UD4H (A75 / 1333 A8-3850) 87.6
Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H (A75 / 1333 A8-3850) 87.1
Biostar TA990FXE (990FX / 1333 FX-8150) 83.6
ASUS Crosshair V Formula (990FX / 1333 FX-8150) 82.2
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7 (990FX / 1333 FX-8150) 82.4
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7 (990FX / 1333 PIIX6 1090T) 80.6
Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD7 (890FX / 1333 PIIX6 1090T) 81.1
Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (790FX / 1066) 83
MSI 785GM-E65 (785G / 1066) 81
Memory Latency (Linear): (ns) Points Ranking
Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 (X79 / 1600) 7.1
Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 (X79 / 1600) *x64 6.9
Gigabyte G1.Assassin (X58 / 1333) 7
ECS Z77H2-A2X (Z77 / 1333) 6
Gigbyte GA-Z77X-UD3H (Z77 / 1333) 6.2
Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5-B3 (Z68 / 1333) 6.5
Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3-iSSD (Z68 / 1333) 6.3
Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (Z68 / 1333) 6.5
Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD7 (P67 / 1333) 6.7
Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4-B3 (P67 / 1333) 6.5
Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4 (P67 / 1333) 6.9
ASUS P8P67 Pro (P67 / 1333) 6.7
MSI P67A-GD65 (P67 / 1333) 6.8
ECS P67H2-A (P67 / 1333) 6.5
ASUS P8H67-M Evo (H67 / 1333) 6.6
Biostar TH67XE (H67 / 1333) 6.5
ECS H67H2-M (H67 / 1333) 6.5
Intel DH67BL (H67 / 1333) 8
Biostar TA75M+ (A75 / 1333 A8-3850) 13
Gigabyte GA-A75-UD4H (A75 / 1333 A8-3850) 13.1
Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H (A75 / 1333 A8-3850) 13.1
Biostar TA990FXE (990FX / 1333 FX-8150) 11.5
ASUS Crosshair V Formula (990FX / 1333 FX-8150) 10.6
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7 (990FX / 1333 FX-8150) 10.8
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7 (990FX / 1333 PIIX6 1090T) 17
Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD7 (890FX / 1333 PIIX6 1090T) 14
Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (790FX / 1066) 15
MSI 785GM-E65 (785G / 1066) 15

As expected, all AMD 990FX motherboards behave identically. Multi-core bandwidth for the Biostar TA990FXE platform is slightly under the norm with a result of 8.86 GB/s, memory latency returns a value of 11.5ns.

For the most part the results are flat for each particular platform. Next up we have PCMark Vantage results!

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Contents of Article: Biostar TA990FXE
 Pg 1.  Biostar TA990FXE AMD 990FX Motherboard Review
 Pg 2.  360-Degree Motherboard Gallery Continued
 Pg 3.  AMD 990FX Core Logic
 Pg 4.  Overclocking and BIOS Features
 Pg 5.  Test System Hardware & Specs
 Pg 6.  Sysmark 2007 - Workstation Motherboard Benchmarks
 Pg 7.  SiSoft Sandra - CPU Motherboard Benchmarks
 Pg 8.  — Sandra: Memory - Motherboard Benchmarks
 Pg 9.  PCMark Vantage - System Motherboard Benchmarks
 Pg 10.  3DMark 11 - Gaming Motherboard Benchmarks
 Pg 11.  3DMark Vantage - Gaming Motherboard Benchmarks
 Pg 12.  3DMark06 - Gaming Motherboard Benchmarks
 Pg 13.  System Power Draw and Conclusions

 
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