Compact P55: Four MicroATX Motherboards Tried And Tested
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Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos
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Feature Table And Test Setup
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| Manufacturer | ASRock | Foxconn | Gigabyte | MSI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model | P55M Pro | P55MX | P55M-UD2 | P55M-GD45 |
| Socket | LGA 1156 | LGA 1156 | LGA 1156 | LGA 1156 |
| Voltage Regulator | 5-phase | 5-phase | 6-phase | 5-phase |
| Chipset | Intel P55 Express | Intel P55 Express | Intel P55 Express | Intel P55 Express |
| RAM | 4 x DDR3, no ECC | 2 x DDR3, no ECC | 4 x DDR3, no ECC | 4 x DDR3, no ECC |
| Ethernet I | RTL8111DL gigabit LAN | RTL8111DL gigabit LAN | RTL8111DL gigabit LAN | RTL8111DL gigabit LAN |
| Panel connectors | 1 x Ethernet6 x USB1 x FireWire2 x eSATA/USB1 x PS/2 Keyboard1 x PS/2 Mouse1 x PS/2 Mouse | 1 x Ethernet6 x USB1 x PS/2 Keyboard1 x RS232 | 1 x Ethernet10 x USB1 x FireWire1 x eSATA1 x PS/2 for Keyboard or Mouse | 1 x Ethernet10 x USB1 x FireWire2 x eSATA1 x PS/2 Keyboard1 x PS/2 Mouse |
| Expansion Slots | 1 x PCIe 2.0 x161 x PCIe x16 (x4 mode)1 x PCIe x11 x PCI | 1 x PCIe 2.0 x161 x PCIe x12 x PCI | 1 x PCIe 2.0 x161 x PCIe x16 (x4 mode)2 x PCI | 1 x PCIe 2.0 x161 x PCIe x16 (x4 mode)1 x PCIe x11 x PCI |
| Onboard Connectors | 4 x SATA1 x PATA1 x Floppy | 6 x SATA1 x Floppy | 7 x SATA1 x PATA1 x Floppy | 6 x SATA1 x PATA1 x Floppy |
| Pin-Header | 3 x USB1 x FireWire1 x IR1 x LPT1 x RS-232 | 3 x USB1 x FireWire1 x IR1 x RS-232 | 2 x USB1 x FireWire1 x RS-232 | 2 x USB1 x LPT1 x RS-232 |
| Fan | 1 x CPU, 2 x Sys | 1 x CPU, 2 x Sys | 1 x CPU, 1 x Sys | 1 x CPU, 2 x Sys |
| Audio | Via VT1708S7.1 Channel6 x RCA JackS/PDIF Optical + Electrical1 x Front Panel Audio | Realtek ALC888S7.1 Channel6 x RCA JackS/PDIF Optical1 x Front Panel Audio | Realtek ALC888B7.1 Channel6 x RCA JackS/PDIF Optical + Electrical1 x Front Panel AudioS/PDIF In Header | Realtek ALC8897.1 Channel6 x RCA Jack1 x Front Panel AudioS/PDIF In Header |
| Accessoires | 2 x SATA1 x SATA Power1 x PATA1 x Floppy | 2 x SATA2 x SATA Power | 2 x SATA1 x PATA | 2 x SATA1 x SATA Power1 x PATA |
Test Setup
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| System Hardware | |
|---|---|
| Hardware | Details |
| Performance Benchmarks | |
| Motherboard I (LGA 1156) | ASRock P55M Pro (Rev. 1.02) Chipset: P55 BIOS: 1.9 (11/06/2009) |
| Motherboard II (LGA 1156) | Foxconn P55MX (Rev. 1.0) Chipset: P55 BIOS: P05 (10/30/2009) |
| Motherboard III (LGA 1156) | Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2 (Rev. 1.0) Chipset: P55 BIOS: F5 (11/20/2009) |
| Motherboard IV (LGA 1156) | MSI P55M-GD45 (Rev. 1.0) Chipset: P55 BIOS: 1.3 (11/12/2009) |
| CPU Intel | Intel Core i5-750 (45 nm, 2.66 GHz, 4 x 256KB L2 and 8MB L3 Cache, TDP 95W, Rev. B1) |
| RAM DDR3 (dual-channel) | 2 x 2GB DDR3-1600 (Corsair CMD4GX3M2A1600C8) |
| Graphics | Zotac Geforce GTX 260² GPU: Geforce GTX 260 (576 MHz) Graphics RAM: 896MB DDR3 (1998 MHz) Stream Processors: 216 Shader Clock: 1242 MHz |
| Hard Drive | Western Digital VelociRaptor, 300GB (WD3000HLFS) 10,000 RPM, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16MB Cache |
| Power Supply | PC Power & Cooling, Silencer 750EPS12V 750W |
| System Software & Drivers | |
| Operating System | Windows Vista Enterprise Version 6.0 x64 Service Pack 2 (Build 6000) |
| Drivers and Settings | |
| AMD Chipset Drivers | Radeon 9.4 |
| Intel Chipset Drivers | Chipset Installation Utility Ver. 9.1.1.1019 |
| Intel Storage Drivers | Matrix Storage Drivers Ver. 8.8.0.1009 |
| Nvidia GeForce Drivers | Forceware 185.85 |
| 3D-Games Benchmarks and Settings | |
| Benchmark | Details |
| Far Cry 2 | Version: 1.0.1 Far Cry 2 Benchmark Tool Video Mode: 1280x800 Direct3D 9 Overall Quality: Medium Bloom activated HDR off Demo: Ranch Small |
| GTA IV | Version: 1.0.3 Video Mode: 1280x1024 - 1280x1024 - Aspect Ratio: Auto - All options: Medium - View Distance: 30 - Detail Distance: 100 - Vehicle Density: 100 - Shadow Density: 16 - Definition: On - Vsync: Off Ingame Benchmark |
| Left 4 Dead | Version: 1.0.0.5 Video Mode: 1280x800 Game Settings - Anti Aliasing none - Filtering Trilinear - Wait for vertical sync disabled - Shader Detail Medium - Effect Detail Medium - Model/Texture Detail Medium Demo: THG Demo 1 |
| Audio Benchmarks and Settings | |
| Benchmark | Details |
| iTunes | Version: 8.1.0.52 Audio CD ("Terminator II" SE), 53 min. Convert to AAC audio format |
| Lame MP3 | Version 3.98 Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 min. convert WAV to MP3 audio format Command: -b 160 --nores (160 kbps) |
| Video Benchmarks and Settings | |
| Benchmark | Details |
| TMPEG 4.6 | Version: 4.6.3.268 Video: Terminator 2 SE DVD (720x576, 16:9) 5 Minutes Audio: Dolby Digital, 48000 Hz, 6-channel, English Advanced Acoustic Engine MP3 Encoder (160 Kbps, 44.1 KHz) |
| DivX 6.8.5 | Version: 6.8.5 == Main Menu == default == Codec Menu == Encoding mode: Insane Quality Enhanced multithreading Enabled using SSE4 Quarter-pixel search == Video Menu == Quantization: MPEG-2 |
| XviD 1.2.1 | Version: 1.2.1 Other Options / Encoder Menu - Display encoding status = off |
| Mainconcept Reference 1.6.1 | Version: 1.6.1 MPEG-2 to MPEG-2 (H.264) MainConcept H.264/AVC Codec 28 sec. HDTV 1920x1080 (MPEG-2) Audio: MPEG-2 (44.1 kHz, 2-channel, 16-bit, 224 Kbps) Codec: H.264 Mode: PAL (25 FPS) Profile: Settings for eight threads |
| Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 | Version: 4.0 WMV 1920x1080 (39 sec.) Export: Adobe Media Encoder == Video == H.264 Blu-ray 1440x1080i 25 High Quality Encoding Passes: one Bitrate Mode: VBR Frame: 1440x1080 Frame Rate: 25 == Audio == PCM Audio, 48 kHz, StereoEncodingPasses: one |
| Application Benchmarks and Settings | |
| Benchmark | Details |
| Grisoft AVG Anti-Virus 8 | Version: 8.5.287 Virus base: 270.12.16/2094 Benchmark Scan: some compressed ZIP and RAR archives |
| Winrar 3.9 | Version 3.90 x64 BETA 1 Compression = Best Benchmark: THG-Workload |
| Winzip 12 | Version 12.0 (8252) WinZip Commandline Version 3 Compression = Best Dictionary = 4096KB Benchmark: THG-Workload |
| Autodesk 3d Studio Max 2009 | Version: 9 x64 Rendering Dragon Image Resolution: 1920 x 1280 (frame 1-5) |
| Adobe Photoshop CS 4 (64-Bit) | Version: 11 Filtering a 16MB TIF (15000x7266) Filters: Radial Blur (Amount: 10; Method: zoom; Quality: good) Shape Blur (Radius: 46 px; custom shape: Trademark sysmbol) Median (Radius: 1px) Polar Coordinates (Rectangular to Polar) |
| Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional | Version: 9.0.0 (Extended) == Printing Preferenced Menu == Default Settings: Standard == Adobe PDF Security - Edit Menu == Encrypt all documents (128 bit RC4) Open Password: 123 Permissions Password: 321 |
| Microsoft Powerpoint 2007 | Version: 2007 SP2 PPT to PDF Powerpoint Document (115 Pages) Adobe PDF-Printer |
| Deep Fritz 11 | Version: 11 Fritz Chess Benchmark Version 4.2 |
| Synthetic Benchmarks and Settings | |
| Benchmark | Details |
| 3DMark Vantage | Version: 1.02 Options: Performance Graphics Test 1 Graphics Test 2 CPU Test 1 CPU Test 2 |
| PCMark Vantage | Version: 1.00 PCMark Benchmark Memories Benchmark |
| SiSoftware Sandra 2009 | Version: 2009 SP3 Processor Arithmetic, Cryptography, Memory Bandwith |
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