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Overclocking
I
wasn't disappointed with what I got from the P5E3. Overclocking
was easy, it easily went to 450MHz FSB with an 8 multiplier.
3.6GHz which is the most I could get from this CPU on my 790i chipset board. Next I wanted to see if I could find the
max FSB, so I took out the quad and replaced it with an E8400.
500MHz + is easy on this board, however your results may vary. A
quick note on memory overclocking. Intel chipsets do not allow for
memory overclocking the way Nvidia does. Intel uses only a select
set of multipliers to overclock the memory. Be aware that in order
for you to get a super high memory overclock, you're going to have to
push the FSB up pretty high.
Testing
For
testing we are going to run the P5E3 Premium through a gamut of benchmarks, from synthetic to
gaming. I'll show each benchmark as completely default and as overclocked. Settings for each benchmark will be listed. Test system is as follows.
| Motherboard |
Asus P5E3
Premium WiFi-AP @n Edition |
| CPU |
C2D Q9450 |
| Video |
XFX 8800GTS
512MB |
| Memory |
2GB Patriot PC3-15000
Extreme |
| Power Supply |
Enermax
Galaxy 1000w |
| Storage |
2 x 400GB Seagate HDD
RAID 0 |
| Optical |
Lite-On 20X DVD+/-RW +DL |
| OS |
Windows Vista Ultimate |
While the CPU was tested at
defaults and overclocked, the memory was set to 1333MHz, CAS 7-7-7-20 and
the video card was kept at stock clocks
throughout all of the testing. At 450MHz we could have taken the
memory to 1800. We kept the memory as close to 1333 as possible,
to keep the benches consistant. Please keep in mind that this
review is about overall motherboard performance.
Sisoft
Sandra
|
Memory |
Default Clocks (2.66GHz)
1333MHz CAS 7-7-7-20 |
INT buff'd |
5791
MB/s |
| Float buff'd |
6811 MB/s |
Overclocked at 450MHz (3.6GHz)
1353MHz CAS 7-7-7-20 |
INT buff'd |
8255 MB/s |
| Float buff'd |
8193 MB/s |
|
Wireless N
Performance |
| Data
Bandwidth (MB/s) |
11.69 MB/s |
| Data Latency
Lower is better |
196
µs |
Everest 4.0
|
Everest (memory
at 1333MHz Cas 7-7-7-20 1t) |
| Test |
2.66GHz (266FSB) |
3.6GHz (450FSB) |
| Read |
8024 MB/s |
10135 MB/s |
| Write |
6992 MB/s |
9435 MB/s |
| Copy |
6829 MB/s |
7827 MB/s |
| Latency |
65.4 ns |
62.1 ns |
Cinebench
10
|
CineBench 10 |
| Default Clocks
(2.66GHz) |
Single CPU |
2940 CB-CPU |
| Dual CPU |
10419 CB-CPU |
| OpenGL |
3754 CB-GFX |
| Overclocked at
450MHz (3.6GHz) |
Single CPU |
3943 CB-CPU |
| Dual CPU |
13802 CB-CPU |
| OpenGL |
4798 CB-GFX |
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