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ASRock 939 Dual SATA2

Mother Board

Page 3 Performance

03/03/05

Performance:

When it comes to performance there are a few things to consider, one is speed or flat out benchmark results, and two is more difficult to explain. That is the overall stability or how well does the PC run. The first part is easy to measure. I tend to use several synthetic utilities designed to measure performance on an even playing field. Bellow you will see these results. We used Futuremark's PCMark04 and Passmark's Performance Test 6.0 both of these tools are very reliable and easy to use.

The second part of performance, Stability I try and measure by running multiple load tests and auto surfing utilities let them run for a few days nonstop and see what happens. If things are good nothing will happen but if there are hardware or software issues then anything from lockup's to image defects can cause the PC to function improperly.. I did this to The ASRocks PC and I can attest that this PC after all the load tools where turn off performed just as well as it did prior to running the load tests. That makes for a good product. As you will see I used a very old yet stable video card a NVIDIA 5200 GT from BFG that is my personal favorite for bas stability it has been on the market for years and very little negative can be said other then maybe it being slow to today's standards. All and all this Motherboard did what it was supposed to with no lockups or problems. I definitely recommend this board for stability.. I will even be using this board in future tests when comparing video cards due to the multiple video options making this board not only varsity but stable to boot.

PassMark

http://www.passmark.com

Performance Test 6.0

Benchmark Results

I did not use a comparison for this set of these because this will probably be a baseline for future testing and other product will be measured using this CPU and setup.. Also note the graphics results are a bit low but that is expected with a 5200 vid card but this testing was by design and the results are solid.

Test Name	ASRock 939 Dual SATA2
CPU - Integer Math	68.72
CPU - Floating Point Math	392.11
CPU - Find Prime Numbers	162.59
CPU - SSE/3DNow!	1496.19
CPU - Compression	1877.67
CPU - Encryption	13.66
CPU - Image Rotation	244.17
CPU - String Sorting	1144.43
Graphics 2D - Lines	211.86
Graphics 2D - Rectangles	122.45
Graphics 2D - Shapes	18.40
Graphics 2D - Fonts and Text	165.87
Graphics 2D - GUI	302.64
Graphics 3D - Simple	187.91
Graphics 3D - Medium	29.82
Graphics 3D - Complex	7.33
Memory - Allocate Small Block	1935.29
Memory - Read Cached	1065.78
Memory - Read Uncached	960.34
Memory - Write	868.13
Memory - Large RAM	103.60
Disk - Sequential Read	54.02
Disk - Sequential Write	42.48
Disk - Random Seek + RW	2.44
CD - Read	2.70
CPU Mark	443.29
2D Graphics Mark	579.81
Memory Mark	364.71
Disk Mark	357.80
CD Mark	330.01
3D Graphics Mark	72.03
PassMark Rating	376.42

System information - ASRock 939 Dual SATA2

CPU Manufacturer:AuthenticAMD
Number of CPU: 1
CPU Type: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+
CPU Speed: 2200.4 MHz
Cache size: 512KB
O/S: Windows XP (WIN32)
Total RAM:536064000 Bytes
Available RAM:376569856 Bytes
Video settings: 1280x1024x32
Video driver
DESCRIPTION:
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
MANUFACTURER:
GeForce FX 5200
BIOS:
Version 4.34.20.18.00
DATE:
03/27/03
Drive Letter: C
Total Disk Space: 74.5 GBytes
Cluster Size: 4 KBytes
File system:NTFS

Future Mark

3DMark03

Benchmark 3DMark03
Width	1024
Height	768
Anti-Aliasing	None
Post-Processing	No
Texture Filtering	Optimal
Max Anisotropy	4
Vertex Shaders	Optimal
Force PS 1.1 in GT2 & GT3	No
Repeat Tests	Off
Fixed Framerate	Off
Comment

3DMark Score	1517 3DMarks	Game Tests
GT1 - Wings of Fury	81.8 FPS	Game Tests
GT2 - Battle of Proxycon	7.8 FPS	Game Tests
GT3 - Troll's Lair	6.9 FPS	Game Tests
GT4 - Mother Nature	8.0 FPS	Game Tests
CPU Score	626 CPUMarks	CPU Tests
CPU Test 1	75.5 FPS	CPU Tests
CPU Test 2	10.2 FPS	CPU Tests
Fill Rate (Single-Texturing)	605.6 MTexels/s	Feature Tests
Fill Rate (Multi-Texturing)	289.7 MTexels/s	Feature Tests
Vertex Shader	5.8 FPS	Feature Tests
Pixel Shader 2.0	6.7 FPS	Feature Tests
Ragtroll	4.8 FPS	Feature Tests
No sounds	53.8 FPS	Sound Tests
24 sounds	42.7 FPS	Sound Tests
60 sounds	Not Supported	Sound Tests

3DMark is one of my favorite tools for synthetic benchmarking above are the base system results bellow will be a comparison to other PC's using similar CPU's and graphics cards. Seeing this is my baseline as mentioned earlier this is not the best set of comparisons but you will see many other more detailed results in future reviews..

Future Mark

PCMark04

The PCMark results however are compared to very similar setups and overwhelmingly the ASRock performs as well if not better to products of the same class. Here is a detailed comparison you can judge for yourself..

Name	MS-6702E	A8V Deluxe	939Dual-SATA2	A8V Deluxe

	General Information
Operating System	Microsoft Windows XP	Microsoft Windows XP	Microsoft Windows XP	Microsoft Windows XP
DirectX Version	9.0c	9.0c	9.0c	9.0c
Mobo Manufacturer	MSI	ASUSTeK Computer Inc.	ASRock Dual Sata2	ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
Mobo Model	MS-6702E	A8V Deluxe	939Dual-SATA2	A8V Deluxe
AGP Rates (Current/Available)	8x / 4x, 8x	8x / 8x	N/A / N/A	8x / 8x
CPU	AMD Athlon(tm) 64 2200 MHz	AMD Athlon(tm) 64 2203 MHz	AMD Athlon(tm) 64 2200 MHz	AMD Athlon(tm) 64 2203 MHz
Physical CPUs	1	1	1	1
HyperThreading	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available
FSB	200 MHz	200 MHz	200 MHz	200 MHz
Memory	512 MB	1024 MB	512 MB	512 MB
	Display Information
Graphics Chipset	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Video Memory	128 MB	128 MB	128 MB	128 MB
Core Clock	249 MHz	249 MHz	249 MHz	249 MHz
Memory Clock	418 MHz	330 MHz	405 MHz	405 MHz
	Sound Information
Sound Adapter Driver Name	Realtek AC97 Audio	Realtek AC97 Audio	Realtek AC97 Audio	Realtek AC97 Audio
Sound Adapter Driver Version	5.10.0.5620	5.10.0.5530	5.10.0.5650	5.10.0.5530
	Benchmark Information
Program Version	PCMark04 Revision 3 Build 0	PCMark04 Revision 3 Build 0	PCMark04 Revision 3 Build 0	PCMark04 Revision 3 Build 0

System Test Suite (PCMarks)

MS-6702E

3543

A8V Deluxe

3553

939Dual-SATA2

3698

A8V Deluxe

4099

CPU Test Suite

MS-6702E

N/A

A8V Deluxe

4012

939Dual-SATA2

4063

A8V Deluxe

N/A

Memory Test Suite

MS-6702E

N/A

A8V Deluxe

3966

939Dual-SATA2

4030

A8V Deluxe

N/A

Graphics Test Suite

MS-6702E

N/A

A8V Deluxe

881

939Dual-SATA2

1215

A8V Deluxe

N/A

HDD Test Suite

MS-6702E

N/A

A8V Deluxe

2179

939Dual-SATA2

3796

A8V Deluxe

N/A

System Test Suite

File Compression (MB/s)

MS-6702E

3.24

A8V Deluxe

3.13

939Dual-SATA2

3.23

A8V Deluxe

3.13

File Encryption (MB/s)

MS-6702E

33.81

A8V Deluxe

33.45

939Dual-SATA2

33.97

A8V Deluxe

33.37

File Decompression (MB/s)

MS-6702E

26.53

A8V Deluxe

26.08

939Dual-SATA2

27.24

A8V Deluxe

26.7

Image Processing (MPixels/s)

MS-6702E

13.44

A8V Deluxe

13.21

939Dual-SATA2

13.43

A8V Deluxe

13.31

Virus Scanning (MB/s)

MS-6702E

1875.88

A8V Deluxe

1960.11

939Dual-SATA2

2066.12

A8V Deluxe

2646.42

Grammar Check (KB/s)

MS-6702E

3.37

A8V Deluxe

3.24

939Dual-SATA2

3.34

A8V Deluxe

3.29

File Decryption (MB/s)

MS-6702E

67.47

A8V Deluxe

66.3

939Dual-SATA2

67.85

A8V Deluxe

67.68

Audio Conversion (KB/s)

MS-6702E

2837.92

A8V Deluxe

2866.84

939Dual-SATA2

2905.43

A8V Deluxe

2895.89

Web Page Rendering (Pages/s)

MS-6702E

4.76

A8V Deluxe

4.78

939Dual-SATA2

5.31

A8V Deluxe

5.27

WMV Video Compression (FPS)

MS-6702E

48.98

A8V Deluxe

49.07

939Dual-SATA2

50.49

A8V Deluxe

51.63

DivX Video Compression (FPS)

MS-6702E

56.27

A8V Deluxe

56.98

939Dual-SATA2

52.54

A8V Deluxe

65.31

Physics Calculation and 3D (FPS)

MS-6702E

127.75

A8V Deluxe

100.65

939Dual-SATA2

160.35

A8V Deluxe

169.5

Graphics Memory - 64 Lines (FPS)

MS-6702E

388.09

A8V Deluxe

542.92

939Dual-SATA2

433.85

A8V Deluxe

1067.97

CPU Test Suite

File Compression (MB/s)

MS-6702E

N/A

A8V Deluxe

3.15

939Dual-SATA2

3.22

A8V Deluxe

N/A

File Encryption (MB/s)

MS-6702E

N/A

A8V Deluxe

33.37

939Dual-SATA2

33.99

A8V Deluxe

N/A

File Decompression (MB/s)

MS-6702E

N/A

A8V Deluxe

26.06

939Dual-SATA2

27.01

A8V Deluxe

N/A

Image Processing (MPixels/s)

MS-6702E

N/A

A8V Deluxe

13.34

939Dual-SATA2

13.47

A8V Deluxe

N/A

Grammar Check (KB/s)

MS-6702E

N/A

A8V Deluxe

5.83

939Dual-SATA2

5.92

A8V Deluxe

N/A

File Decryption (MB/s)

MS-6702E

N/A

A8V Deluxe

66.69

939Dual-SATA2

67.83

A8V Deluxe

N/A

Audio Conversion (KB/s)

MS-6702E

N/A

A8V Deluxe

2865.15

939Dual-SATA2

2899.41

A8V Deluxe

N/A

WMV Video Compression (FPS)

MS-6702E

N/A

A8V Deluxe

49.25

939Dual-SATA2

50.78

A8V Deluxe

N/A

DivX Video Compression (MFPS)

MS-6702E

N/A

A8V Deluxe

56.98

939Dual-SATA2

54.31

A8V Deluxe

N/A

Memory Test Suite

Raw Block Read - 8 MB (MB/s)

MS-6702E

N/A

A8V Deluxe

4421.02

939Dual-SATA2

4492.45

A8V Deluxe

N/A

Raw Block Read - 4 MB (MB/s)

MS-6702E

N/A

A8V Deluxe

4438.19

939Dual-SATA2

4501.32

A8V Deluxe

N/A

Raw Block Read - 192 kB (MB/s)

MS-6702E

N/A

A8V Deluxe

10690.49

939Dual-SATA2

8895.15

A8V Deluxe

N/A

Raw Block Read - 4 kB (MB/s)

MS-6702E

N/A

A8V Deluxe

27789.13

939Dual-SATA2

28072.58

A8V Deluxe

N/A

Raw Block Write - 8 MB (MB/s)

MS-6702E

N/A

A8V Deluxe

3009.71

939Dual-SATA2

3043.82

A8V Deluxe

N/A

Raw Block Write - 4 MB (MB/s)

MS-6702E

N/A

A8V Deluxe

2999.24

939Dual-SATA2

3042.74

A8V Deluxe

N/A

Raw Block Write - 192 kB (MB/s)

MS-6702E

N/A

A8V Deluxe

6917.01

939Dual-SATA2

7000.57

A8V Deluxe

N/A

Raw Block Write - 4 kB (MB/s)

MS-6702E

N/A

A8V Deluxe

21144.76

939Dual-SATA2

21350.4

A8V Deluxe

N/A

Raw Block Copy - 8 MB (MB/s)

MS-6702E

N/A

A8V Deluxe

1494.13

939Dual-SATA2

1509.32

A8V Deluxe

N/A

Raw Block Copy - 4 MB (MB/s)

MS-6702E

N/A

A8V Deluxe

1486.48

939Dual-SATA2

1512.03

A8V Deluxe

N/A

Raw Block Copy - 192 kB (MB/s)

MS-6702E

N/A

A8V Deluxe

4338.27

939Dual-SATA2

4653.15

A8V Deluxe

N/A

Raw Block Copy - 4 kB (MB/s)

MS-6702E

N/A

A8V Deluxe

11272.5

939Dual-SATA2

11389.33

A8V Deluxe

N/A

Random Access - 8 MB (MB/s)

MS-6702E

N/A

A8V Deluxe

2485.2

939Dual-SATA2

2615.72

A8V Deluxe

N/A

Random Access - 4 MB (MB/s)

MS-6702E

N/A

A8V Deluxe

2487.31

939Dual-SATA2

2617.12

A8V Deluxe

N/A

Random Access - 192 kB (MB/s)

MS-6702E

N/A

A8V Deluxe

6741.51

939Dual-SATA2

6770.97

A8V Deluxe

N/A

Random Access - 4 kB (MB/s)

MS-6702E

N/A

A8V Deluxe

14201.79

939Dual-SATA2

14338.66

A8V Deluxe

N/A

Graphics Test Suite

Transparent Windows (Windows/s)

MS-6702E

N/A

A8V Deluxe

215.01

939Dual-SATA2

733.95

A8V Deluxe

N/A

Graphics Memory - 16 Lines (FPS)

MS-6702E

N/A

A8V Deluxe

660.43

939Dual-SATA2

529.05

A8V Deluxe

N/A

Graphics Memory - 32 Lines (FPS)

MS-6702E

N/A

A8V Deluxe

617.45

939Dual-SATA2

495.2

A8V Deluxe

N/A

3D - Fill Rate Single Texturing (MTexels/s)

MS-6702E

N/A

A8V Deluxe

268.78

939Dual-SATA2

603.5

A8V Deluxe

N/A

3D - Fill Rate Multitexturing (MTexels/s)

MS-6702E

N/A

A8V Deluxe

277.23

939Dual-SATA2

271.3

A8V Deluxe

N/A

3D - Polygon Throughput Single Light (MTriangles/s)

MS-6702E

N/A

A8V Deluxe

9.95

939Dual-SATA2

11.54

A8V Deluxe

N/A

3D - Polygon Throughput Multiple Lights (MTriangles/s)

MS-6702E

N/A

A8V Deluxe

4.23

939Dual-SATA2

3.71

A8V Deluxe

N/A

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