MSI P6N SLI Platinum

Memory Performance:

The memory performance is excellent, matching that of the EVGA nForce 680i LT. We managed to successfully get the memory to an extremely fast and stable 3-3-3-9-18-1T at 2.3V with OCZ FlexXLC PC2 9200. The board not only managed the whole test bench at these timings, but sat through the stress test with them also.

Disk Performance:

The SATA read tests were conducted with a 74GB Western Digital Raptor using HD Tach 3.0.1.0's 8MB zone test. The USB 2.0 tests were done using an ATA133 160GB Maxtor DiamondMax 10 hard drive (model number: 6L160PO) using the same 8MB zone test enclosed in an Icy Box USB 2.0 hard drive caddy. We recorded the average read speeds in all cases.


Across the board, the MSI P6N SLI Platinum has a peripheral speed that is almost or just as fast as boards even more expensive than itself.