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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.
SiSoft CPU Arithmetic Benchmark
SiSoft CPU Multimedia Benchmark
It's going to be looking very clear that even on a 533FSB, the Canterwood based ABIT IC7 is going to be winning the speed crown, but keep in mind that it is an ATX board, and is not in the same market segment as the SFF PC. Other than that, the MSI MEGA 651 is doing pretty good for itself using a one year old motherboard technology. In SiSoft's CPU tests, the MEGA 651 comes out on top of the Shuttle XPC SS51G, which uses the same chipset.
SiSoft Memory Benchmark
The MEGA 651 wins the Single Channel performance, but is no match for the Dual Channel Canterwood.
PC Mark 2002
In another synthetic benchmark, we can see the MEGA 651 continue its roll, edging out the XPC. No surprises when matched against the 875P though.
PiFast
A good indicator of CPU/Motherboard performance is PiFast 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 minutes:seconds.
Lower scores are better
Pretty close here. PiFast will stress the CPU and memory subsystem, so a fast setup will be optimal. The MEGA 651 outpaces the XPC by about 2 seconds. Play with larger numbers, and that time will add up.
TMPGEnc MPEG Encoding
Video editing is a taxing chore, and we'll be testing the Mega PC 651 using TMPGEnc v2.512 to encode a 7.78MB, 1:30 movie trailer to a 24FPS MPG file. Note that lower scores are better, and times are in seconds.
Neither board comes even close to the Canterwood, but the MEGA 651 holds an easy three second lead here. Like PiFast, use a larger video file, and that time will add up.
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MSI MEGA 651 PC: The MSI MEGA 651 PC is a full-function multimedia PC that combines information and entertainment to offer hi-fi stereo, DVD/VCD, MP3, TV and high-performing computer functions.
