System setup and notes
Hardware
| Motherboard | ASUS P5K64 WS | ASUS P5K3 Deluxe WiFi |
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| Chipsets | P35 + ICH9R | |
| Processor | Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 (2.93GHz, 4MiB L2 cache, LGA775) | |
| Memory | 2GiB (2 x 1024) Corsair TWIN3X2048-1066C7 | |
| Memory timings and speed | 7-7-7-20 2T @ 1066MHz (PC8528) | 7-7-7-21 2T @ 1066MHz (PC8528) |
| Graphics card(s) | HIS X1900 CrossFire + Sapphire X1900 XTX | |
| Disk drive(s) | Seagate 160GB SATAII (ST3160812AS) | |
| Optical drive(s) | Sony DW-Q30A | |
| BIOS revision | 0302 (06/04/2007) | 0301 (04/23/2007) |
| Mainboard software | Intel Inf Update 8.3.0.1013 | |
| Graphics driver | ATI CATALYST 6.10 Beta (7.5 Beta for XF) | |
| Operating system | Windows XP Professional, w/ SP2, 32-bit | |
| PSU | OCZ GameXstream 700W | |
| Monitor | Dell 2405FPW | |
Software
The P5K64 WS went up against the P5K3 Deluxe - we ran our usual array of benchmarks on both boards.| 2D Benchmarks |
ScienceMark Memory Bandwidth ScienceMark Memory Latency HEXUS PiFast calculation to 10M places HEXUS WAV encoding HEXUS DivX encoding POV-Ray 32-bit 3.7.0 BETA 16 - Use internal benchmark mode - biscuit.pov Cinebench 2003 v9.5 HDTach RW v3.0.1.0 |
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| 3D Benchmarks |
Far Cry v1.33 Quake 4 v1.30 Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory v1.05 |
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Observational notes
We've skipped the usual BIOS analysis as the options are virtually identical to those of the P5K Deluxe, though, the P5K64 WS has an additional section for DDR3 settings.
By comparing against the P5K3 Deluxe, we're able to see if the design choices made with the P5K64 WS had a negative impact on performance. We already established in our P5K3 Deluxe review that the performance difference between DDR2-800 and DDR3-1066 is negligible.