Performance

Test system:
FIC AU13
Asus A7N8X (Comparison board)
Athlon XP 1700+ (Can be clocked to 2500 Mhz)
2x OCZ Rev 3.2 PC2700 (Runs comfortably at 400 MHz CL 2-3-3-6)
MSI Ti4800SE
Maxtor 40GB ATA133 HDD
Windows XP w/SP1
NForce2 2.03
Detonator 44.03

Test Software

CPUZ/CPUID by H Oda
SiSoft Sandra 2003
3D Mark 2001SE
Prime 95
Memtest 86

While I do have two Athlon XP 2500+ processors I purchased from Newegg, neither one is as flexible or reliable as my recently acquired DLT3C 1700+ from Xoxide. Unfortunately Xoxide no longer has the processor in stock, although I am being told by owner Chris Francy that they will possibly be back in stock soon. All testing was done using a clean install of Windows XP w/SP1 and the NVidia NForce 2.03 drivers.

The AU13 turned out to be quite the overclocker, and I think these screenshots will show this. At the point of 220 MHz I was being held back by the memory, which isn't bad considering it is PC2700 doing over PC3500 speeds.

I am attempting to get some faster memory from work, at which point we can see how far this board can truly be pushed. Stay tuned for an update.

Test One: Sandra CPU

	Drystone Alu	Whetstone FPU
AU13 @ 1700+	4120	2020
K7N2 Delta @ 1700+	4103	2015
AU13 @ 2200 MHz	7180	3120
K7N2 Delta @ 1700+	7280	5960

The AU13 manages to perform a bit a better then the K7N2 Delta from MSI. Typically CPU scores won't vary much from mainboard to mainboard, and this is the case here. The overclocked score improves the scores quite dramatically, and the board is so stable at 200 MHz FSB with this CPU, you could never guess it is OC'd. At 220 MHZ the scores get even better, despite keeping the CPU speed the same.

Test Two: Sandra Memory

	Integer	Floating Point
AU13 @ DDR333	2538	2437
AU13 @ DDR400	2931	2878
AU13 @ DDR440	3231	3010

The jump to DDR400 proves to be quite an improvement for the AU13. The AU13 had no problem running the benchmark at 220 MHz, although things got rough after that. So far I am very impressed by the performance and stability of this system. At DDR440 I was forced to relax the timings to CAS 2.5-3-3-8, but as you can see, the faster bus speed offered better performance despite relaxed timings.