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Posted: April 6th, 2002
Written by: Tuan Huynh
The Test
Compared to our reference Intel Desktop Board D845BG, the BD7-RAID obtains approximately 4% more memory bandwidth according to Sandra’s Calculated Memory Bandwidth Test.
When it comes to Theoretical Memory performance, both boards have about 1% performance difference; with the BD7-RAID beating out the D845BG in ALU while the D845BG beats out the BD7-RAID in FPU.
When it comes to Sysmark Internet Content Creation, the BD7-RAID finished approximately 2% faster then the Intel board. This is a minimal and unnoticeable improvement, but with the recent boards coming so close within each other, the BD7-RAID is a great contender for Internet Content Creation.
In Office productivity, the BD7-RAID speeds ahead of the D845BG by approximately 6%. This is most likely due to the how well the BD7-RAID handles the IDE devices and the processor.
In Quake 3 Arena HQ at 640x480, we see the BD7-RAID pulls ahead approximately 4%, which has become the trend compared to the D845BG.
in 3D Mark 2001SE where memory bandwidth is king, the BD7-RAID is about 3% faster. Again, nothing breath-taking as most boards aren’t much faster then one another and usually fall less then 5% within each other.
In PC Mark 2002, it appears that the boards don’t matter as much as the processor as we see the BD7-RAID only be approximately 1% faster.
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