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Another P55 round-up: Asus/Asus/DFI

Tell me again how many PCIe slots that SuperComputer has? :)

one more :)

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Expansion Slots
PCI Express 2.0 x16 2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (@ x16 or x8)
2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (@ x8)
PCI Express x16 1 x PCIe x16 (@ x4 )
PCI Express x1 1
PCI Slots 1

but the fifth one is online @x4

that's what I meant? :p

Awaiting the MSI Trinergy board to start testing :-)

Nice :D. Let's see how will perform the DFI against the other ones :).

Just set up the test rig.

Does anyone actually care about bios photo's? Takes a shitload of time to make and manage them ... if no one cares, I could just skip that phase.

I would still include them PJ ( sorry for the extra trouble )

I disagree LH
I would only make shots of those settings which are interesting for OC :)

ofcourse not all that other stuff (boot sequence,tralala)... voltages, tweaks, hardware monitoring page is interesting too, etc or some special stuff to look for...

Just finishing the tests on the Asus P7P55 WS Supercomputer. For 2D, this board is really fast!

Leeghoofd, I'll need the Acard back for the PCMark05 benchmarks.

I need so many things :p, wanna swap it for the REX II ? Need to get that waterblock thing started...

Acard, another thing to add to the list then

Yeah. Finished my -ehrm- secret tests. I'll make sure you can take it home with ya.

Just setup the Maximus III Formula. Let's see how it works!

mmm I love secrets, I will never tell, I promise, just my neighbours and girlfriends will know

Oops. The word secret is under NDA

Dfi seems to be the most performant 32M board at this moment

Last board on the test bench: Big Bang Trinergy :D

Some pictures of the bench system ... for those who are interested.

The Maximus III Formula is not even capable of finishing the 3.8GHz tests ... all other boards do this fluently ... :-/

seems something you are missing or that sample is really flakey

I've changed bioses now, same issue. I'll remount the cpu cooler.

Cooler was mounted perfectly, but the mainboard is getting worse and worse.

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Originally Posted by Massman (Post 250295)

Cooler was mounted perfectly, but the mainboard is getting worse and worse.

Massman,

What CPU are you using with the OC? Very interested in how this goes as I'm thinking of picking up one of these myself.

Also, is it a Engineering Sample or full retail?

Thanks for the info,

Kurg

Core i5 750, full retail.

it has probably been tested to the bone by the previous reviewer/ competition...

Better ask Milan for a new one

Must be the motherboard ... just switched cpu and cooler to the UD6 and 3.8GHz is perfectly stable here. I didn't even change or add cooling paste.

Last board is on the test bench. In total, I will have 405 benchmark results ... :-/

Can't believe any vendor has taken the time to fix the turbo-issues I've discussed in the first article: 3D and HDD are still hurt when you enable turbo mode :-/

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Originally Posted by Madshrimps, 2009-09-13

- "The PCMark05 benchmark is something different as the system score, which is used in overclocking environments, decreases quite a lot by enabling Turbo mode. Reason of that decrease seems to be the weaker scores in the graphics and hdd subtests, but why they are slower is an unanswered question at this moment. We suspect it has something to do with the way Windows manages the C-states (power saving); as C-states have to be enabled for Turbo mode to work, it may be in conflict with Windows settings. For more info about this oddity check our upcoming motherboard review."
-"In Entry mode, where the CPU frequency plays a big role, the Turbo mode is indeed faster, but more interesting are the performance and high preset results. Similar to what we saw in the PCMark05 benchmark, the more important the graphics card is, the more likely that Turbo Mode becomes slower. The question is if this issue is also present in extreme overclocking situations where, quite often, people use these turbo mode multipliers for higher clock frequencies. Something Madshrimps will definitely look into."

~ http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=get...&articID= 951

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Originally Posted by Madshrimps, 2009-09-20

- "The HDD performance takes a serious hit when enabling Turbo Mode."
- "As we also noticed in the first Core i5 article released here on Madshrimps, there's a performance problem with 3D and enabling Turbo Mode. We are still trying to pinpoint the exact cause of this problem and when we have more data we will fill you in."
"Notice how in the High preset, where the GPU is stressed more, the performance of a turbo mode configuration falls behind the non-turbo configuration, which is in line with what we see in the PCMark05 benchmark."

~ http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=get...&articID= 960

What are the results now ...

And yes - I have used newer bios versions.

so GFX test PCMark05 is failing
can you do another test with another HDD bench with/without turbo?
http://www.alex-is.de/PHP/fusion/dow...&download_id=9

FYI - the 'without turbo' is the average of all boards without turbo enabled

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Originally Posted by jmke (Post 251041)

so GFX test PCMark05 is failing
can you do another test with another HDD bench with/without turbo?
http://www.alex-is.de/PHP/fusion/dow...&download_id=9

The issue is present in 3Dmark Vantage as well

much less pronounced in 3Dmark Vantage, could be a timing issue related to Futuremark benches
need to verify with another 3D benchie, Crysis or so

It's significant that ALL mainboards perform lower when turbo is enabled.

yes. I agree!

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need to verify with another 3D benchie, Crysis or so

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Originally Posted by jmke (Post 251041)

can you do another test with another HDD bench with/without turbo?
http://www.alex-is.de/PHP/fusion/dow...&download_id=9

Running HDD as we speak - I'll try to install RE5 to verify ;)

TURBO DISABLED

TURBO ENABLED

very interesting! thanks for running those tests.

what are you using for storage? SSDs in RAID or the ACARD?
either way, I think this needs to be brought to attention of Intel and motherboard manufacturers;