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SiSoftware Sandra 2003
Although a synthetic benchmark, it's a popular one, freely available if you wish to make comparison benchmarks. We will be testing the CPU, MMX, and memory speeds.
CPU Arithmetic Benchmark
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Dhrystone ALU
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Whetstone iSSE2
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| IS7 - Pre Game Accelerator |
7361
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4532
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| IS7 - Street Racer |
7390
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4554
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| IS7 @ 3GHz |
9213
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5683
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| IC7 - Pre Game Accelerator |
7399
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4386
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| IC7 - Street Racer |
7338
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4552
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| IC7 @ 3GHz |
9229
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5677
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CPU Multimedia Benchmark
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Integer iSSE2
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Floating Point iSSE2
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| IS7 - Pre Game Accelerator |
11093
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17068
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| IS7 - Street Racer |
11091
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17343
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| IS7 @ 3GHz |
13869
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21107
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| IC7 - Pre Game Accelerator |
11094
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17009
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| IC7 - Street Racer |
11088
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17086
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| IC7 @ 3GHz |
13874
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21603
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Looking at the numbers, performance between the IS7 and IC7 are very close, though the Canterwood holds a slight edge, be it with Game Accelerator enabled or disabled. Still, the Springdale makes a strong showing here, and is not embarrassed at all.
Memory Benchmark
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Int Buffered iSSE2
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Float Buffered iSSE2
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| IS7 - Pre Game Accelerator |
4119
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4153
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| IS7 - Street Racer |
4864
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4848
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| IS7 @ 3GHz |
5368
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5374
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| IC7 - Pre Game Accelerator |
4339
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4658
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| IC7 - Street Racer |
4903
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4911
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| IC7 @ 3GHz |
5414
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5434
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Here we can see the Game Accelerator make a larger impact, which it should given it's a memory optimization. Here we can see the IS7's strength with the BIOS update, as it clobbers the non-updated Canterwood. Good thing for ABIT that they released the same BIOS update for the IC7, or there would have been problems justifying the more expensive board for enthusiasts.
PC Mark 2002
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CPU
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Memory
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| IS7 - Pre Game Accelerator |
5907
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7449
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| IS7 - Street Racer |
5957
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8944
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| IS7 @ 3GHz |
7479
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9022
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| IC7 - Pre Game Accelerator |
5998
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8374
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| IC7 - Street Racer |
6009
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9362
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| IC7 @ 3GHz |
7512
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9045
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The IS7 continues it's strong showing here, staying within reach of the more expensive IC7. One thing worth pointing out that memory performance is better when at Street Racer, rather than OC'd to 3GHz @ Auto. Other than that, performance trends are in line with those found in SiSoft, so maybe it's time to checkout some real world benchmarks.
PiFast
A good indicator of CPU/Motherboard performance is version 4.2, by Xavier Gourdon. We used a computation of 10000000 digits of Pi, Chudnovsky method, 1024 K FFT, and no disk memory. Note that lower scores are better, and times are in seconds.
Lower is Better
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Time in Seconds
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| IS7 - Pre Game Accelerator |
60.33
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| IS7 - Street Racer |
56.05
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| IS7 @ 3GHz |
47.81
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| IC7 - Pre Game Accelerator |
57.52
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| IC7 - Street Racer |
55.22
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| IC7 @ 3GHz |
47.30
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Here we can see similar performance between the two boards. Before the Game Accelerator update, Intel's PAT gave the IC7 the edge. After the updates, both boards performed within split seconds of each other.
TMPGEnc MPEG Encoding
Video editing is a taxing chore, and we'll be testing the IC7 using TMPGEnc 2.512 to encode a 7.78MB, 1:30 movie trailer to a 23FPS MPG file. Note that lower scores are better.
Lower is Better
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Time in Seconds
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| IS7 - Pre Game Accelerator |
27
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| IS7 - Street Racer |
26
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| IS7 @ 3GHz |
22
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| IC7 - Pre Game Accelerator |
27
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| IC7 - Street Racer |
26
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| IC7 @ 3GHz |
22
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No performance differences between the Springdale and Canterwood here, as either board will serve you well when it comes to video editing.
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ABIT IS7 Max II Advance Motherboard: We take a look at the ABIT IS7 Springdale today, and if our benchmarks are any indication, this mainstream board demonstrates that the Canterwood is not the only game in town.
