ASUS P5NSLI with nForce 570 SLI. Placeholder or chip set alternative?

Written by Berthold Hoch. Posted in Motherboards. 17 views

Introduction

It is not always easy to keep up with the times. This probably also nVidia currently must learn the nForce Chipset of next generation for Intel CPUs moves ever further, although first test samples were available months ago. Probably it was due to competition forced to improve, refine and stabilize. After all, the counterparts in PES on Intel’s can not a little successful i975 – and resort i965 chipset, which not only in terms of performance and stability, but also by low heat release conditionally passive chilled and yet excellently over clock bar.

In addition, the latest enthusiast chipset from nVidia hits the nForce, 4 in the SLI-x 16 version, good against Intel’s high end counterpart. The new litter must be so a next, otherwise you lose perhaps not only the delayed start against Intel’s in-house competing chipsets for nVidia.

This also explains why the first nForce 570-boards on the market come without being pulled by a new nForce 5 spearhead in the form of the nForce 590 SLI: while gewerkelt eagerly on top front and improved, to the competitive mainstream market operated once in advance and therefore not without a fight abandoned are. This can only succeed if the new chipset in mid-priced against highly equipped and-gezüchtete mainboards of the competition in price segments of every stripe can claim. The demands are so high and our first nForce-5-test candidate for Intel in the form of ASUS P5NSLI faces a demanding task. The following test to clarify to what extent he satisfies it.

Bookmark

As himself in the course of time some articles have accumulated, related to this article in context, we wish to once again these to remind. Because it sometimes happens that in today’s article on existing knowledge of older tests and explanation of the technology used, it is for those who want to know something “more”, certainly not wrong to take also a look at our older reports.

  • ASUS P5N32-SLI Deluxe
  • Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 and E6600
  • ASUS P5W DH Deluxe and MSI P4N SLI XE
  • Intel Core 2 Extreme X 6800
  • nVidia nForce 500
  • nForce4 SLI XE and nForce4 Ultra
  • CrossFire on i955X and i975X
  • Socket 775 with i945, i955X and nForce 4
  • nVidia nForce 4 SLI (Intel Edition)
  • Intel 955X, 945P, and 945 g Express Chipset
  • Abits socket of 775 boards
  • Socket of 775 boards from ASUS
  • 925X and 915 express – the basics
  • PCI express – the basics
  • DDR2 – the basics

The subjects

Before we come to an individual assessment of the mainboard, we want to summarize the most important key data of the test operator in a table:

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Facilities of the subjects
Layout ASUS P5NSLI ASUS P5W DHDeluxe ASUS P5N32-SLI Deluxe
Features
Chip set nForce 570 SLI Intel 975 x nVidia nForce 4 SLI x 16
Expandability
for processors
Pentium 4
Celeron
Pentium 4 EE
Pentium D
Pentium XE
Core 2 Duo
Core 2 extreme
Pentium 4
Celeron
Pentium 4 EE
Pentium D
Pentium XE
Core 2 Duo *.
Core 2 extreme *.
Pentium 4
Celeron
Pentium 4 EE
Pentium D
Pentium XE
Core 2 Duo *.
Core 2 extreme *.
* Intel’s core 2-CPUs are supported only from the BIOS version 0504.
Our Testmainboard is still shipped with this version of BIOS!
* The ASUS P5N32-SLI Deluxe supports core 2 processors until the revision of 2.02G!
Revision 2.00G 1.02G 2.02G
Frontside Bus
533 MHz
800 MHz
1066 MHz
Memory clock / type
DDR2-400
DDR2-533
DDR2-667
DDR2-711 X X
DDR2-889 X X
DDR2-1066 X X
Dual channel mode available available available
Maximum RAM expansion 16 GB (4 slots) 8 GB (4 slots) 16 GB (4 slots)
Multi-GPU capability SLI CrossFire SLI
Onboardgrafik Does not exist Does not exist Does not exist
Onboardsound ADI AD1986A Realtek ALC882M
8-Ch
Realtek ALC850
8-Ch
Slots 2 x PCIe x 16 *.
3 x PCIe x 1
2 x PCI
2 x PCIe x 16 *.
2 x PCIe x 1
3 x PCI
2 x PCIe x 16
2 x PCIe x 1
1 x PCIe x 4
2 x PCI
* In CrossFire/SLI mode run both PCIe x 16 slots in the PCIe x 8 mode.
WiFi capability √ (optional card)
(WiFi 802 .11b / g)
√ (tickets)
(WiFi 802.11 a / b / g)
√ (optional card)
(WiFi 802 .11b / g)
HDD Controller
ATA 133 / 100/66 / 33 2 Devices
2 x nVidia MCP51
UDMA 133 / 100/66 / 33
2 Devices
2 x Intel ICH7 / R
UDMA 100/66/33
4 Devices
4 x nForce 4
UDMA 133 / 100 / 66
Serial ATA 4 Devices
4 x nVidia MCP51
(RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, JBOD)
7 Devices
3 x Intel ICH7 / R
(RAID 0,1,10****)

2 x Silicon Image 4732
(RAID 0, 1).

2 x Jmicron JMB363 (RAID 0,1)

6 Devices
4 x nForce 4
(RAID 0, 1, 5, 10)

2 x Silicon Image 3132
(RAID 0,1)

* A RAID10 array is through the combined use of the ICH7/R Southbridge
as well as the SI-4723 controller realized. Three of the four disks are on the
ICH7/R mentioned, one of the Silicon Image controller.
Connections
USB 2.0 4 x on rear
Panel

4 x on route
Header

4 x on rear
Panel

4 x on route
Header

4 x on rear
Panel

6 x on route
Header

IEEE 1394 ports does not exist 1 x on rear
Panel

1 x on route
Header

2 x motherboard header
LAN Controller Marvell 88E8001
Gigabit Ethernet
2 x Marvell 88E8053

Dual Gigabit Ethernet

Marvell 88E1115
Marvell 88E8053

Dual Gigabit Ethernet

Other connections 2 x PS/2
1 x serial
6 x audio
1 x coaxial S/PDIF
2 x PS/2
1 x serial
6 x audio
1 x optical S/PDIF
1 x coaxial S/PDIF
1 x eSATA
1 x parallel
2 x PS/2
6 x audio
1 x coaxial S/PDIF
1 x optical S/PDIF
1 x eSATA

To obtain a better overview of the chip sets that currently support core 2 processors, a compatibility chart is given at this point once again.It is however important to note that not all motherboards which have one of the compatible chipsets support also core 2 CPUs in each revision!An example is the ASUS P5N32-SLI Deluxe, that can only record the new Intel processors from the revision of 2.02G. The ASUS P5W DH Deluxe requires at least a BIOS update before a core 2 extreme 2 Duo or core!

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Chip set support for Intel processors overview
Processor ATi Intel nVidia SiS ULi VIA
Logo
Core 2 Duo
Core 2 extreme
i975X
P965
G965
Q965
nForce 4 Ultra
nForce 4 SLI x 16
nForce 500 series
? ? PT890
P4M890
P4M900
Pentium XE 9 x 5 i975X nForce 4 Ultra
nForce 4 SLI XE
nForce 4 SLI x 16
nForce 500 series
? ? PT890
P4M890
P4M900
Pentium D 9xx i945 family
i955X
i975X
P965
G965
Q965
nForce 4 Ultra
nForce 4 SLI XE
nForce 4 SLI x 16
nForce 500 series
? ? PT880 ultra
PT890
PT890
P4M890
P4M900
Pentium XE 840 RX400
RS400
RD400
i955X
i975X
nForce 4 Ultra
nForce 4 SLI
nForce 4 SLI XE
nForce 4 SLI
nForce 4 SLI x 16
nForce 500 series
SiS656
SiS656FX
? PT880 ultra
PT890
P4M890
P4M900
Pentium D 8xx RX400
RS400
RD400
i945 family
i955X
i975X
P965
G965
Q965
nForce4 Ultra
nForce4 SLI XE
nForce 4 SLI
(No 820)
nForce 4 SLI x 16
nForce 500 series
SiS656FX
SiS649FX
SiS656
SiS649
? PT880 ultra
PT890
P4M890
P4M900
Pentium 4
Extreme
Edition
RS400
RD400
i925X/XE
i945 family
i955X
i975X
nForce4 Ultra
nForce4 SLI XE
nForce 4 SLI
nForce 4 SLI x 16
nForce 500 series
SiS656FX
SiS649FX
? PT880 ultra
PT890
P4M890
P4M900
Pentium 4 6xx/5xx RS400
RD400
i915 family
i925X/XE
i945 family
i955X
i975X
P965
G965
Q965
nForce4 Ultra
nForce4 SLI XE
nForce 4 SLI
nForce 4 SLI x 16
nForce 500 series
SiS661FX
SiS656FX
SiS649FX
SiS656
SiS649
M1685 PT880
PT880 ultra
PT890
P4M890
P4M900
RS400 = Radeon Xpress 200
RD400 = Radeon Xpress 200 CrossFire

ASUS P5NSLI

  • Scope of delivery
    • Manual
    • Driver and software CD
    • 1 x dual-USB module
    • 2 x SATA data cable
    • 2 x SATA power cable
    • 1 x UDMA 133/100/66-USB data cable
    • 1 x FDD cable
    • 1 x ASUS SLI soft bridge
    • 1 x slot

The ASUS P5NSLI offers the facilities usual for the price without surprise with special extras.

Layout

The ASUS P5NSLI is open; In addition to two PCIe-offers three PCIe x 16 slots-x 1-as well as two PCI slots. These are distributed so that in the worst case, so for use with two graphics cards with dual-slot cooling, two PCIe-x 1- and a PCI slot left. For use with a graphics card, all other slots are so that they are still accessible. Only a second larger sized graphics card can lead to problems with the SATA ports; our test video card, an nVidia GeForce 7900 GTX reference design, partially blocked the four SATA connectors so that with normal plugs was only one to achieve. The problem could be however deal with angled heads.

The connection for the floppy drive is rather inconvenient. By positioning at the bottom of the Board, across not only the cable must be conducted on the motherboard. When a the ASUS P5NSLI with several cards you installed access to the floppy connector is probably even if the lower PCI-course must include a card with more structure, for example, a TV show,. After all, two IDE slots are provided so that owners of the mainboard must not necessarily upgrade to SATA hard drives to connect your optical drive to the IDE connector.

Positively falls to the completely passive cooling of motherboard which is expressed in a large passive heatsink on the Northbridge. The southbridge has no own heat sink. In this context however, why there are only two more 3-pin heads for more case fans in addition to the 4-pin connector for the processor fan is incomprehensible. A passive cooling works well only at comparatively decent housing ventilation, for stability, it would be so beneficial to be able to connect more than two case fan. Nevertheless, the two ports are logically placed so that easily connect a rear case fan on the 3-pin connector in addition to the Northbridge and a front fan to which in addition to the southbridge.

Unfortunately relatively little connectivity offers the ASUS P5NSLI: Sun motherboard only has a Gigabit Ethernet port and does not have the motherboard header, or the slot has the ability to connect FireWire devices. Go the used AD1986A sound chip to only three training or inputs (depending on the configuration request). A coaxial S/PDIF output does well here only little ground. After all, there is the ASUS P5NSLI also in the WiFi Edition which in addition has a built-in WLAN chip.

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Components ASUS P5N32-SLI Deluxe
No. Function Name Info
1 Northbridge nVidia Crush19
2 Southbridge nVidia MCP51
3 GBit network Marvell 88E8053 Short Info
4 Sound chip ADI AD1986A Analog devices Info
5 SLI switch card
8 Super I/o ITE IT8712F Short Info

Interrupt distribution
A look into the manual reveals a good distribution of the IRQs. So eight lines on the individual components are distributed, no more than four devices must share a line here.

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Interrupt distribution
Component IRQ A IRQ (B) IRQ (C). IRQ (D). IRQ S IRQ F IRQ G IRQ H
PCIE x 16 1 shared
PCIE x 16 2 shared
PCIE x 1 shared
PCIE x 1 shared
PCIE x 1 shared
PCI slot 2 shared
PCI slot 3 shared
USB1.1. 0 controller 1 shared
USB1.1. 0 controller 2 shared
USB2. 0 controller 2 shared
Onboard LAN shared
Onboard IDE shared
Onboard SATA shared
Sound shared

BIOS

The BIOS was present at the time of the test in the version of 0601.

Fan control
The ASUS P5NSLI offers unfortunately only a fan controller for the CPU fan. This can be set the voltage of the CPU fan at low speed and the temperature, the fan with ultra-low respectively with highest speed among the works is to step in.

BIOS Flash
Flashing the BIOS’ update program on Windows is possible from the DOS environment out via boot disk as well as with the ASUS. The latter allows also the backing up of BIOS’ as well as updating via the Internet or from a file. Even downgrades are possible with this program. A built-in version check also checks the new BIOS version on their compatibility with the motherboard back.

Software

The following content displays after the startup of the driver and Utilities CD-ROM:

  • Drivers
    • ASUS in installer all – installation wizard for drivers
    • NVIDIA nForce Chipset driver
    • SoundMAX ADI1986A audio driver
    • Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet driver
    • USB 2.0 driver
  • Utilities
    • ASUS in installer all – installation wizard for utilities
    • Marvell Yukon VCT application
    • ASUS PC probe II
    • ASUS Update
    • ASUS music alarm
    • Adobe Acrobat Reader v7. 0
    • Microsoft DirectX 9.0 c
    • Anti virus utility
  • Make disk
    • NVIDIA 32 bit SATA RAID driver
    • NVIDIA 64 bit SATA RAID driver
  • Manual
    • NVIDIA RAID user’s Guide
    • RTL8187 wireless LAN user’s manual

A further “Contact” tab takes you to the support addresses from ASUS.

Test system

  • Processors
    • Core 2 Duo E6700
    • Pentium 4 EE 3.73 GHz
  • CPU cooler
    • Intel boxed cooler
    • Zalman CNPS7000B CU
  • Mainboards
    • Asus P5NSLI
    • ASUS P5W DH Deluxe
    • ASUS P5N32-SLI Deluxe
  • Memory
    • 2 x 1024 MB Corsair CM2X1024-8500C5 (DDR2-RAM PC2-8000) @ 800 MHz/4-4-4-10-1 *
    • 2 x 1024 MB crucial Ballistix BL2KIT12864AA1005 (DDR2-RAM PC2-8000) @ 800 MHz/4-4-4-10
  • Graphics cards
    • 2 x nVidia GeForce 7900 GTX 512 MB
  • Peripherals
    • Samsung P80SD SATA II, 80 GB (1 x system, 3 x RAID)
    • Iomega 250 GB USB 2.0 / FireWire External
  • Other
    • Avance B031 housing
    • Tagan TG480-U22-2Force power supply, 480 Watts
    • Noiseblocker S2 ultra silent fan 80 mm (three pieces)
  • Software
    • Windows XP Professional SP2
    • DirectX 9.0 c
  • Driver
    • Intel chipset driver 7.2.1.1003
    • nForce 4 chipset driver 6.86
    • nForce 5 chipset driver 9.35
    • nVidia ForceWare 91.31
    • Realtek audio driver 1.40

* The Corsair RAM was used for the test of ASUS P5N SLI, because it was incompatible with the present at the time of the test BIOS version to Crucials memory and already before the POST screen resigned. Newer BIOS versions should take but just this issue of the incompatibility of the store.

If the command rate of memory in the BIOS setting let, conducted all benchmarks with 1T-Timings. The ASUS P5NSLI, as well as the ASUS P5N32-SLI Deluxe offered this option, enabling stable operation at this addressing speed. The ASUS P5W DH Deluxe offered no adjustment for the command rate in the BIOS

Benchmarks

  • Synthetic benchmarks
    • PCMark05 1.01
    • SiSoft Sandra Professional 2005SR2a
    • PCI Express return channel bandwidth
  • System benchmarks
    • WorldBench 5
  • Interfaces
    • Network: NTtttcp
    • USB 2.0: HDTach 3.0.1.0 to your external hard disk
    • FireWire 400 / 800: HDTach 3.0.1.0 to your external hard disk
    • Sound: RightMark Audio Analyzer 5.5
  • Controller
    • RAID 0: HDTach 3.0.1.0
    • RAID 1: HDTach 3.0.1.0
    • RAID 5: HDTach 3.0.1.0
  • Games
    • Doom 3 1.3
    • Earth 2160 1.2
    • FarCry 1.32
    • Half-life 2
    • Painkiller 1.64

The games benchmarks were carried out in two levels of quality; once with anisotropic filtering and anti-aliasing and one without (as in the previous test course).

Synthetic benchmarks

PCMark05

  • Official website: www.futuremark.com

  • Download: ComputerBase.de
    • At a cost: free standard version, but only with limited features

  • What benchen we?
    • Version 1.01 professional

    • Default-benchmark
    • Special settings: – No.

PCMark05 – total

ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
7.513
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
7.359
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
7.236
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
5.281
Information on points

PCMark05 – HDD

ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
6.377
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
6.343
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
6.316
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
6.078
Information on points

PCMark05 – graphics card

ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
8.930
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
8.857
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
8.844
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
8.029
Information on points

PCMark05 – processor

ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
6.812
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
6.791
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
6.723
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
4.161
Information on points

PCMark05 – memory

ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
5.539
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
5.501
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
5.221
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
4.781
Information on points

3DMark06

  • Official website: www.futuremark.com

  • Download: ComputerBase.de
    • At a cost: free standard version, but only with limited features

  • What benchen we?
    • Version 1.02 professional

    • Default-benchmark
    • Special settings: – No.

3DMark06

ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
6.389
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
6.244
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
6.243
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
5.439
Information on points

Performance rating: Applications

ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
98.7
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
97.9
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
95.2
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
70.5
Data in %

Sandra 2005

  • Official website: www.sisoftware.co.uk

  • Download: ComputerBase.de
    • At a cost: free version

  • What benchen we?
    • Sandra Professional 2005 SR2a

    • Arithmetic and multimedia performance of CPU, memory transfer rates
    • Special settings: – No.

Sandra 2005 – multimedia

Integer:
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
69.943
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
69.860
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
69.758
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
26.859
Float:
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
79.205
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
79.126
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
78.997
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
35.646
Information in instructions per second (it/s)

Sandra 2005 – memory

Int ALU:
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
6.352
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
5.166
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
5.092
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
4.972
Float FPU:
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
6.362
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
5,112
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
5.060
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
4.921
Information in megabytes per second (MB/s)

PCI Express performance

The speed of the back channel of the graphics card can be measured with an older tool in 2002 by the company serious magic. Indirectly, it is possible to get the bandwidth of PCIe buses.

PCI Express feedback bandwidth channel

ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
1.206,44
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
976,52
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
941,54
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
932,61
Information in megabytes per second (MB/s)

System benchmarks

Worldbench

  • Official website: www.pcworld.com

  • Download: No download possible
    • At a cost: 249 USD

  • What benchen we?
    • Version 5

    • Complete benchmark run
    • Special settings: – No.

Worldbench – total

ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
146
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
145
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
142
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
105
Information on points

ACDSee PowerPack 5.0

Worldbench – ACDSee

ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
398
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
398
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
418
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
526
Information in seconds

Adobe Photoshop 7.0.1

Worldbench – Adobe Photoshop

ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
229
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
251
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
260
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
405
Information in seconds

Adobe Premiere 6.5

Worldbench – Adobe Premiere

ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
301
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
322
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
365
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
456
Information in seconds

Nero Express 6.0.0.3

Worldbench – Nero Express

ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
210
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
212
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
215
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
222
Information in seconds

Discreet 3ds max 5.1

Worldbench – 3ds max (DirectX)

ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
211
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
212
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
219
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
289
Information in seconds

Worldbench – 3ds max (OpenGL)

ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
325
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
354
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
368
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
389
Information in seconds

MS Office XP SP2

Worldbench – MS Office

ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
481
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
485
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
510
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
530
Information in seconds

MS Media Encoder 9.0

Worldbench – MS Media Encoder

ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
206
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
213
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
225
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
362
Information in seconds

Mozilla 1.4

Worldbench – Mozilla

ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
237
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
239
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
241
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
521
Information in seconds

Multitasking

Worldbench – multi-tasking

ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
297
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
303
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
304
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
479
Information in seconds

Musicmatch Jukebox 7.10

Worldbench – Musicmatch Jukebox

ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
360
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
361
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
361
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
460
Information in seconds

VideoWave movie creator 1.5

WorldBench – Roxio movie creator

ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
208
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
208
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
224
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
310
Information in seconds

WinZip 8.1

Worldbench – WinZip

ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
197
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
198
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
201
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
304
Information in seconds

Interfaces

Network

  • Official website: www.microsoft.com

  • Download: No download possible
    • At a cost: 199 USD or via MSDN membership

  • What benchen we?
    • NTttcp Windows 2000 DDK

    • Server: Ntttcps-m 4.0, ‹client IP›-a 4-l 256000 n 30000
      Client (tested machines): Ntttcpr-m 4.0, ‹server IP›-a 4-l 256000 n 30000
    • Special settings: – No.

Network throughput

1. Ethernet controller:
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
111,4
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
109,5
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
91.0 %
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
86,0
2. Ethernet controller:
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
83,9
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
81.9
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
81,3
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700

0.0

Note: does not exist
Information in megabytes per second (MB/s)

Network CPU load

1. Ethernet controller:
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
20.5
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
15.3
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
11.3
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
9.0
2. Ethernet controller:
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
16.7
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
14.6
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
12.7
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700

0.0

Note: does not exist
Data in %

USB

  • Official website: Simpli software.com

  • Download: ComputerBase.de
    • At a cost: free standard version, but only with limited features

  • What benchen we?
    • We determine the speed of the interface with the help of HD tach 3.0.1.0 RW
    • Special settings: long bench (32 MB zones)

USB interface – average

ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
30.7
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
30.1
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
28.3
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
27.4
Information in megabytes per second (MB/s)

USB interface – burst

ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
31.3
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
31.0
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
30.9
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
28.6
Information in megabytes per second (MB/s)

USB interface CPU load

ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
11
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
7
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
5
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
4
Data in %

FireWire

FireWire interface – average

ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
29.8
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
29.6
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
28.5
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700

0.0

Note: does not exist
Information in megabytes per second (MB/s)

FireWire interface – burst

ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
31.2
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
30.9
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
30.2
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700

0.0

Note: does not exist
Information in megabytes per second (MB/s)

FireWire interface CPU load

ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
6
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
5
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
4
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700

0

Note: does not exist
Data in %

Sound

  • Official website: audio.rightmark.com

  • Download: audio.rightmark.com
    • At a cost: free version

  • What benchen we?
    • The quality of the audio input and-Ausgangs is measured via a loop cable
    • Special settings: – No.

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Comparison of the sound chips and their quality
Sound test ASUS P5W
DH Deluxe
ASUS P5N32
SLI Deluxe
ASUS P5NSLI
Frequency response, dB + 0.25, – 0.33 + 0.21 1.67 + 0.21; -1.71
Noise level, dB(A) -82.8 -76.3 -78.6
Dynamic range, dB(A) 82.4 75.9 87.8
THD % 0.0083 0.016 0.222
Intermodulation % 0.030 0.096 0.028
Stereo crosstalk, dB -59.6 -72.6 -75.3

In the breakdown of the necessary values, the comparison looks as follows:

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Comparison of the sound chips and their quality
Sound test ASUS P5W
DH Deluxe
ASUS P5N32
SLI Deluxe
ASUS P5NSLI
Frequency response, dB Good Average Good
Noise level, dB(A) Good Average Average
Dynamic range, dB(A) Good Average Good
THD % Very good Good Poor
Intermodulation % Good Very good Good
Stereo crosstalk, dB Average Good Average

Controller

RAID 0

RAID 0 – average

Chipset:
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
94.1
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
94.1
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
93,3
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
90,2
Second controller:
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
89.6
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
89.6
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700

0.0

Note: does not exist
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700

0.0

Note: does not exist
Information in megabytes per second (MB/s)

RAID 0 – burst

Chipset:
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
292,8
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
292,8
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
271,1
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
253,1
Second controller:
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
258,2
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
258,2
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700

0.0

Note: does not exist
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700

0.0

Note: does not exist
Information in megabytes per second (MB/s)

RAID 0 – CPU load

Chipset:
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
4
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
3
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
3
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
3
Second controller:
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
5
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
5
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700

0

Note: does not exist
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700

0

Note: does not exist
Data in %

RAID 1

RAID 1 – average

Chipset:
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
50,4
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
50,4
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
46,9
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
39.0
Second controller:
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
50,6
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
50,6
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700

0.0

Note: does not exist
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700

0.0

Note: does not exist
Information in megabytes per second (MB/s)

RAID 1 – burst

Chipset:
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
172,0
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
171,5
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
165,1
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
59,4
Second controller:
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
104.8
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
103.4
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700

0.0

Note: does not exist
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700

0.0

Note: does not exist
Information in megabytes per second (MB/s)

RAID 1 – CPU load

Chipset:
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
2
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
2
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
2
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
2
Second controller:
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
3
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
3
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700

0

Note: does not exist
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700

0

Note: does not exist
Data in %

RAID 5

RAID 5 – average

ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
72,4
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
72,4
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
55,9
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
53,6
Information in megabytes per second (MB/s)

RAID 5 – burst

ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
271,0
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
271,0
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
262,1
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
240,2
Information in megabytes per second (MB/s)

RAID 5 – CPU load

ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
11
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
11
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700

2

ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700

2

Data in %

Games

Doom 3

While the game is based on the supposedly inferior believed OpenGL API, but persuades graphically more than through excessive use of high resolution textures and bump. All our measurements were carried out in the “high quality” mode, activated automatically eightfold anisotropic filtering.

  • Official website: idsoftware.com

  • Download: Doom3.com (demo)
    • At a cost: use free demo version, not demo the benchen

  • What benchen we?
    • Version 1.3

    • Special settings: precache time: 1000, graphics settings: high details, Demo: run default demo.

Doom 3

1280 x 1024, 0xAA/0xAF:
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
147.5
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
146,8
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
142,8
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
83,9
1280 x 1024, 4xAA/8xAF:
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe C2D E6700
144.1
ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe C2D E6700
143,9
ASUS P5NSLI C2D E6700
127,9
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe P4 EE 3.73
78,6
Information in frames per second (FPS)

Earth 2160

Time not a first-person shooter, which burdened the graphics card, but real time strategy. Plenty of light and shadow effects, chic explosions and detailed terrain, automotive and building models must be represented here. Earth 2160 is currently not supported by SLI.

  • Official website: Earth2160.com

  • Download: still no demo released
    • At a cost: free press version of the manufacturer

  • What benchen we?
    • Version 1.2

    • Built-in Timedemo
    • Special settings: graphics settings: maximum detail

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