Platform Test Setup

CPU

Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 Overclocked @ 9 x 266MHz = 2.4GHz

Motherboard

Gigabyte GA-N650SLI-DS4

Abit FP-IN9 SLI 650i SLI

ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i SLI

Memory

2 x 1GB GSkill F2-8000PHU2-2GBHZ DDR II set to run @ CL4-4-4-12, DDR2 800MHz, 2T

Graphics Card

EVGA 8800GTS 320MB Superclocked with Drivers 97.92 - Default Settings in Control Panel

Cooling

Default Intel Cooler

Hard Disk Drive

Seagate 80GB Barracuda SATA Hard Disk Drive

PSU

SilverStone Zeus ST56ZF

Operating System

Windows XP Pro

SuperPi Calculation Tests puts the cross-hair over the raw horse-power of a system, a strong indicator of computing prowess. 16 Million Pi Digits Test ran:

The Gigabyte is only about 0.2% slower, nothing much to shout about.


 

Cinebench is based on the powerful 3D software CINEMA 4D. The results of tests conducted carry significant weight when analyzing a computer’s performance in everyday use.

The Gigabyte no slower than any of the other 650i boards here.


 

Sisoft Sandra Memory Bandwidth Tests shows that the Gigabyte is about 0.4% slower than the ASUS in Memory performance. This difference is small for sure, but proves that ASUS seem to be a little better at tweaking for Memory performance.



All these synthetic benchmarks may not even come close to being as sensitive as 3D Mark 2001 Lobby High Game Test. This is one of the best benchmarks to test for the area of system's performance largely dependant on bandwidth and latency. You see a bigger margin of difference, the Gigabyte emerges slightly faster than Abit and 1% slower than the ASUS.