Benchmarking:
The following is a list of all benchmarks and game tests in the order that they will be analyzed. All overclocking benchmarks were done at 225MHz.
• SiSoft Sandra 2005 Memory Benchmark
• Everest Memory Benchmark
• SiSoft Sandra 2005 CPU Arithmetic Benchmark
• SiSoft Sandra 2005 CPU Multimedia Benchmark
• PCMark05
• PiFast
• HD Tach v3.0.1.0
• 3DMark03
• 3DMark05
• Aquamark
• Unreal Tournament 2003
• Halo
• Battlefield 2
• Doom 3
SiSoft Sandra 2005 Memory Benchmark - First up, let's take a look at the memory bandwidth as reported by SiSoft Sandra's Memory Benchmark. Looking at the chart below you will notice that the base memory bandwidth on the
ECS board is close to the overclocked bandwidth on the Gigabyte board!
Everest Memory Benchmark - Below we have the results from the Everest Memory Benchmark, and you can see that once again ECS surpasses the Gigabyte results. In the memory write portion, the stock setting by ECS blow past the overclocked setting by Gigabyte!
SiSoft Sandra 2005 CPU Arithmetic Benchmark - Next is Sandra's CPU Arithmetic Benchmark. As with the previous tests, the ECS board surpasses the Gigabyte board, but not by much. Overclocking this board should provide a real life performance boost!
SiSoft Sandra 2005 CPU Multimedia Benchmark - In Sandra's CPU Multimedia Benchmark I saw anywhere from .5% to 4% performance difference between the two boards, with the ECS board pushing the Gigabyte board aside.
