Application Testing

Pifast: Really good for crunching down on the CPU. We used version 4.2 by Xavier Gourdon. We used a computation of 10000000 digits of Pi, Chudnovsky method, 1024 K FFT, and no disk memory.

Time in seconds (Lower is better)

DBpowerAMP music Converter: Another really good test for testing the CPU and the memory. I used a 63.2mb wave and converted it into a 192 k lame encoded mp3.

Time in seconds (Lower is better)

Literally both boards performed the same at stock speeds and overclocked.

PCmark2002: This one sort of speaks for itself.
On the Memory the LanParty is a bit faster. The scores show the A7N8x deluxe pulling ahead on all the CPU based tests.

PCmark2004: The latest version of PCmark. If you ask me, it seems to be less versatile. I don't put too much stock in this particular benchie, but it appears that the scores offer more of the same.

3D Mark 01 SE: This used to be the definitive test as far as over all system performance in a gaming rig.

The A7N8x is faster at stock speeds, and the LanParty pulls ahead overclocked.

Unreal Tournament 2003
Stock the A7N8x is just slightly faster, overclocked the LanParty is just slightly ahead.

Throughout all of the testing, both boards were more or less neck in neck, showing that there was no clear winner.

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