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Foxconn A88GMX MicroATX Motherboard Review
Author: Dennis Garcia
Published: Sunday, September 12, 2010
Benchmarks Synthetic
The test systems are not a direct comparison on a few levels but will give you a good cross section on how the 1090T Black Edition compares across different chipsets and a low-end Core processor.
The system as it was tested
Foxconn A88GMX AMD 880G Chipset
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition (3.2Ghz) 6 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache
Cooler Master V6 GT
2x G.Skill F3-12800CL7D-4GBHZ DDR3 (7-7-7-18) 2gig
Western Digital VelociRaptor 150BG SerialATA 10000RPM
LG 20x Super Multi GSA-H55L
CoolerMaster Silent Gold 1200W PSU
Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit
Video
Radeon HD4250 (integrated)
BFG GTX 260 Maxcore 55
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition (3.2Ghz) 6 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache
Cooler Master V6 GT
2x G.Skill F3-12800CL7D-4GBHZ DDR3 (7-7-7-18) 2gig
Western Digital VelociRaptor 150BG SerialATA 10000RPM
LG 20x Super Multi GSA-H55L
CoolerMaster Silent Gold 1200W PSU
Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit
Video
Radeon HD4250 (integrated)
BFG GTX 260 Maxcore 55
Reference System
Gigabyte GA-890FX-UD5 AMD 890FX Chipset
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition (3.2Ghz) 6 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache
Cooler Master V6 GT
2x G.Skill F3-12800CL7D-4GBHZ DDR3 (7-7-7-18) 2gig
BFG GTX 260 Maxcore 55
Western Digital VelociRaptor 150BG SerialATA 10000RPM
LG 20x Super Multi GSA-H55L
CoolerMaster Silent Gold 1200W PSU
Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition (3.2Ghz) 6 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache
Cooler Master V6 GT
2x G.Skill F3-12800CL7D-4GBHZ DDR3 (7-7-7-18) 2gig
BFG GTX 260 Maxcore 55
Western Digital VelociRaptor 150BG SerialATA 10000RPM
LG 20x Super Multi GSA-H55L
CoolerMaster Silent Gold 1200W PSU
Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit
Reference System
EVGA P55 Classified 200 Intel P55 Chipset
Core i5 750 (2.66Ghz) 4 x 256KB L2, 8MB L3 Cache 2.5GT/s DMI
Custom Watercooler - DangerDen TDX-MC 1/2" hose
2x Corsair Dominator GT PC2000 6GB DDR3 (7-8-7-21)
VisionTek 3870 PCI Express
Western Digital Raptor X 150BG SerialATA 10000RPM
LG 20x Super Multi GSA-H55L
Corsair HX 850 Watt PSU
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
Core i5 750 (2.66Ghz) 4 x 256KB L2, 8MB L3 Cache 2.5GT/s DMI
Custom Watercooler - DangerDen TDX-MC 1/2" hose
2x Corsair Dominator GT PC2000 6GB DDR3 (7-8-7-21)
VisionTek 3870 PCI Express
Western Digital Raptor X 150BG SerialATA 10000RPM
LG 20x Super Multi GSA-H55L
Corsair HX 850 Watt PSU
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
SiSoft Sandra
Sandra is a software collection of synthetic benchmarks that will give us a basic idea as to what a system is capable of. It should be noted that SiSoft's numbers change depending on which version you have installed. These were recorded using Sandra Professional Business Version 2010.1.16.11
Synthetic Conclusion
Synthetic performance never really tells the entire story, but is a good indication of what the system is capable of doing under the right conditions.
The results are about what we had expected, in terms of raw CPU performance all of the systems are about the same. The 1090T pulls ahead when it comes to multi media performance and the Core i5 750 takes the lead in memory bandwidth. The only real surprise here is the drop in memory bandwidth between the Foxconn A88GMX and 890FX reference system. Normally this is due to relaxed memory timings in the bios for greater system compatibility.
The results are about what we had expected, in terms of raw CPU performance all of the systems are about the same. The 1090T pulls ahead when it comes to multi media performance and the Core i5 750 takes the lead in memory bandwidth. The only real surprise here is the drop in memory bandwidth between the Foxconn A88GMX and 890FX reference system. Normally this is due to relaxed memory timings in the bios for greater system compatibility.
