Synthetic Benchmarks
To benchmark the Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe/WiFi-AP motherboard we selected a list of benchmarks that would test memory, hard drive, and CPU performance. When it comes to motherboards, these factors are what separates the wheat from the chaff. First up in our round of tests is SiSoftware Sandra. This program contains within it several benchmarks that cover everything from processor performance to USB throughput. For the purposes of this review, we highlighted three particular tests.
The first of our three test Sandra run is the Processor Arithmetic benchmark. In these tests we used the results database built into Sandra for comparisons sake. Needless to say, the equivalent motherboard with Intel silicon wins this round. But it’s interesting to note that Sandra’s database shows the Phenom 9600 performing better than what is in our test rig. Unfortunately it’s not a significant lead, and as I discovered the database results use faster RAM. With that in mind I would call this motherboard a good performer on the AMD platform.
Processor Multimedia saw a little more consistency between the results database and the actual hardware. This means that now we’ve isolated testing to where just raw processing speed is affecting the results. The M3A32-MVP Deluxe is definitely looking better in this test. I’m sure we would see better results given a faster processor.
With the Memory Bandwidth test, we once again see our test rig come in lower than the same setup used in the results database. Given the same amount and type of memory, this board performs just as well as its contemporaries.
Up next we ran through all the tests featured in Futuremark’s PCMark 2005. The overall was pretty well the same we got from the tests performed in our review of the Phenom 9600 Black Edition. With that in mind we dug deeper to see how each of the important sub-systems scored. Compared to other systems tested, the CPU performance was in the mid range, with the HDD and Memory pulling ahead.
Overall the M3A32-MVP Deluxe is looking like a good performer in our synthetic tests. Now we need to run some real world tests, starting with video encoding and finishing with some excellent game play