Hardware and Software Used

Now we begin the benchmark portion of this article, but first let me show you our test system, plus the software we used.

Mainboards

Intel D5400XS Mainboard

Processors

AMD64 Athlon FX-62 -> nForce
Core 2 Duo Diverse
Core 2 Quad Q6600 Diverse
Core 2 Quad QX9770
Core 2 Quad QX9775

Graphics Card

GeForce 8800 GTX 768 MB

Memory

4096 MB (2x2048MB) FB-DIMM CAS3

Power Supply Unit

Enermax Galaxy 1000W

Monitor

2x Dell 2405FPW - up-to 1920x1200

OS related Software

Windows Vista Business edition 32-bit
DirectX 9.0c/10.0 End User Runtime latest update
Intel Beta Platform drivers
 

Software benchmark suite

PCMark 2004
PCMark 2005
3DMark06
SiSoft Sandra
MPEG Encoding
DiVX Encoding
WMV Encoding
Virus Check
File Encoding/Decoding
Everest
Ghost Recon: AW
F.e.a.r.
Call of Duty 4