Tabula Rasa: Six Boards for the Pentium 4

MPEG-4 Encoding: Flask MPEG

The MPEG 4 encoding test is a very good method for testing the memory performance of a motherboard. Our test sequence still averaged a coding of 21 frames per second. Any way you look at it, this is top-notch performance, particularly so if you consider the fact that an AMD Athlon 1200 reaches a mere 13 frames per second for the same discipline. The Asus P4T managed to get a nose ahead of the others.

Linux Kernel Compilation

Compiling a Linux kernel is always an interesting test. The frontrunner is the DFI, which manages to finish the kernel in less than 128 seconds. At almost 130 seconds, the other boards tested didn't do too badly either.