SiSoft Sandra 2007 - CPU

SiSoft Sandra 2007 - Memory

SiSoft Sandra 2007 - Multimedia

With both systems using identical hardware, outside the motherboard, you would expect to see near identical results.  While for most of the SiSoft tests that reigns true, the memory bandwidth test tells a different story.  I double, neigh, triple cheked and then some, with the same results over and over.  I am not sure why, but for some reason Foxconn has better performance in the memory bandwidth category then Asus.

PiFast

While the numbers are impressive for a 2.18GHz clock, they are more impressive for Foxconn, could this be more indication of that memory performance we saw in the SiSoft tests?

TMPGEnc MPEG Encoding

Once again, absolutely amazed at the C2D performance when compared to previous CPU's tested, unfortunately, we are not here for C2D performance reviews. While I expected closer times, they are still not far from each other, once again the nod goes the way of Foxconn.

DVD Shrink

DVD Shrink is a common application used to backup your own DVD's from DVD-9 to DVD-5 size. This is a heavy test on the CPU / Memory / HD communication. Once again both motherboards when paired with a C2D give a very impressive performance, with Foxconn leading the way.

Quake 4

Making the CPU / Memory / Hard Drive earn their pay in this test, and the Asus comes out with a slight edge.

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