Benchmarks
| WinBench
99 (133) |
AZZA
815TX |
ASUS
P3V4X |
| CPU
MARK 99 |
69.1 |
68.4 |
| FPU
WINMARK |
3940 |
3930 |
| WinBench
99 (100) |
AZZA
815 |
ASUS
P3V4X |
| CPU
MARK 99 |
51.5 |
51.5 |
| FPU
WINMARK |
2950 |
2970 |
| Wintune
99 (133) |
AZZA
815 |
ASUS
P3V4X |
| CPU
Integer |
2138.216
MIPS |
2133.875
|
| CPU
Floating Point Point |
847.6845
MFLOPS |
845.8781 |
| Wintune
99 (100) |
AZZA
815 |
ASUS
P3V4X |
| CPU
Integer |
1603.567
MIPS |
1610.874 |
| CPU
Floating Point Point |
635.2723 MFLOPS |
638.3033 |
| Sandra
2000 (133) |
AZZA
815 |
ASUS
P3V4X |
| CPU
Dhrystone |
1741 |
1989 |
| CPU
Whetstoe |
986
|
988 |
| Integer
MMX |
2317 |
2320 |
| Floating
Point SSE |
3085 |
3088 |
| CPU/MEM
Bandwidth 133MHZ SDRAM |
375 |
340 |
| FPU/MEM
Bandwidth 133 MHZ SDRAM |
403 |
395 |
| Sandra
2000 (100) |
AZZA
815 |
ASUS
P3V4X |
| CPU
Dhrystone |
1303 |
1496 |
| CPU
Whetstoe |
740
|
743 |
| Integer
MMX |
1737 |
1744 |
| Floating
Point SSE |
2312 |
2322 |
| CPU/MEM
Bandwidth 133MHZ SDRAM |
283 |
270 |
| FPU/MEM
Bandwidth 133MHZ SDRAM |
309 |
309 |
Summation
As the benchmark numbers already concluded, the 815TX is performing very close
to the high end Asus P3V4X motherboard using the PRO133A chip-set. Most of
the differences are around 0.5 – 1.0%, which we can’t count as an improvement.
If you noticed, the 815TX was the weakest under the Sandra 2000 CPU Bandwidth
benchmarks. I couldn’t comment on this little issue now, but if I had to take
a guess, I would say that it has something to do with the PHOENIX BIOS used
with the unit. If it is BIOS related, I would say that this could be improved
with a BIOS update in the near future. I’ll keep you up to date with this
when I get the chance to speak with Azza’s people next week.
As for all the other benchmark numbers, the AZZA 815 performed acceptably.
Nothing too shabby though. The 815TX mainboard ended up being a very stable
unit, as we didn’t experience any problems after using it in one of our main
systems for over 72 hours. Even when overclocked at 133MHz, the unit has been
very stable.
As you might already have read in other online
publications, motherboards using the 815 chip-set generally perform better
than the 133APRO solutions from VIA. It’s not always the case with the 815TX,
but the results remained acceptable in almost all the scenarios. We wouldn’t
have a problem recommending the 815TX motherboard for the ones planning to
build a lower cost system, as the price of the 815TX should be lower than
other 815 mainboards on the market.
Oleg Mitskaniouk
00/07/04
