Review: ASUS P5WD2-E Premium

by Ryszard Sommefeldt on 27 April 2006, 13:48

Tags: ASUS P5WD2-E Premium, ASUSTeK (TPE:2357)

Quick Link: HEXUS.net/qafd5

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System Setup and Notes

Hardware

  • ASUS P5WD2-E Premium Test Platform
Processor(s) Intel Pentium 4 670J
3.8GHz, single-core, 2MiB L2, Prescott-2M, LGA775
Mainboard(s) ASUS P5WD2-E Premium (i975X)
ASUS P5WD2 Premium (i955X)
Memory 2GiB DDR2-667
Memory Timings 4-3-3-8, 1T
BIOS Version 0302
Disk Drive Seagate ST3160812AS, 160GB, SATA2
Intel ICH7R
Graphics Card(s) ATI Radeon X1800 XT (625/750)
Graphics Driver ATI CATALYST 6.2
Operating System Windows XP Professional, SP2, 32-bit
Core Logic Driver(s) 7.0.0.1020

Software

Test Software
  • ScienceMark 2.1
  • Realstorm 2004
  • Kribibench
  • picCOLOR v4.0
  • HEXUS Pifast
  • HEXUS Crypto
  • HDTach
  • LAME MP3 Encoder
  • 3DMark05
  • Far Cry
  • Quake 4
  • Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
  • Cinebench 2003

Notes

Tests were run a minimum of three times and the median result reported. If values weren't part of a repeatable set, they were discarded and obtained again. Driver defaults were used throughout and stock clocks for all hardware was used unless otherwise noted.

Comparison is done against the board it replaces and one time flagship of ASUS's lineup, the P5WD2 Premium, powered by i955X.