2D Performance
Summary
Across most of the benchmarks the performance is the same between C51XEM2AA and the other FX-62 systems, however in Kribibench the NVIDIA-based systems are struggling compared to the ATI based systems, and the Foxconn board in particular is down in performance by some 12% when compared to the nForce5 590 SLI-based ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe.In terms of memory performance the Foxconn has no rival with a clear lead over both the nForce5-based Evesham and HEXUS FX-62 systems, in addition to a dominating lead over the ATI-based Sturgeon reference board. However the large difference between the Foxconn and ATI boards doesn't come through in any other of the benchmarks, so this is possibly an invalid set of results due to a BIOS problem or other incompatibility on the ATI Sturgeon board.
Hard disk average read performance on this board is equivalent to the other systems except for the Intel i975X chipset-based ASUS, which offers a slight advantage. The SATA Burst speed of the C51XEM2AA is slightly ahead of the Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe in the HEXUS FX-62 test system, but both are down in performance compared to the nForce4 SLI x16 chipset of the ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe used in the HEXUS FX-60 test system.
USB 2.0 performance is typically strong on nForce 4 based systems and this doesn't look set to change on the nForce 5, with the Foxconn board slightly ahead of both the ULi M1575 southbridge on the A8R32-MVP, and also the newly launched ATI B600, however the USB2 performance, like SATA2 performance, is strongest on the i975X based P5WD2-E Premium.