HTPC face-off: VIA EPIA EX vs. AMD 690G

Written by Richard Swinburne

July 27, 2007 | 12:32

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Companies: #amd #via

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.

USB 2.0 Performance

HDTach 3.0.1.0, 8MB Zone Test, Average Read

  • EPIA EX 15000G (1.5GHz C7, 1GB DDR2 533MHz)
  • MSI K9AGM2 (AMD BE-2350, 1GB DDR2 800MHz)
  • MSI K9AGM2 (AMD BE-2350, 2GB DDR2 800MHz)
  • MSI K9AGM2 (AMD 5000+ 65nm, 2GB DDR2 800MHz)
  • MSI K9AGM2 (AMD 5000+ 65nm, 2GB DDR2 800MHz)
  • 33.3
  • 28.2
  • 28.1
  • 28.2
  • 28.2
0
5
10
15
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30
35
MB/s

Firewire Performance

HDTach 3.0.1.0, 8MB Zone Test, Average Read

  • MSI K9AGM2 (AMD BE-2350, 1GB DDR2 800MHz)
  • MSI K9AGM2 (AMD BE-2350, 2GB DDR2 800MHz)
  • MSI K9AGM2 (AMD 5000+ 65nm, 1GB DDR2 800MHz)
  • MSI K9AGM2 (AMD 5000+ 65nm, 2GB DDR2 800MHz)
  • 35.0
  • 35.0
  • 35.0
  • 35.0
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
MB/s

SATA Hard Drive Performance

HDTach 3.0.1.0, 8MB Zone Test, Average Read

  • EPIA EX 15000G (1.5GHz C7, 1GB DDR2 533MHz)
  • MSI K9AGM2 (AMD BE-2350, 1GB DDR2 800MHz)
  • MSI K9AGM2 (AMD BE-2350, 2GB DDR2 800MHz)
  • MSI K9AGM2 (AMD 5000+ 65nm, 1GB DDR2 800MHz)
  • MSI K9AGM2 (AMD 5000+ 65nm, 2GB DDR2 800MHz)
  • 64.3
  • 64.3
  • 64.3
  • 64.3
  • 64.3
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
MB/s

The EPIA is void of Firewire, but the results for SATA and USB are very good. USB particularly so, where the performance of the EPIA is as fast as we've seen from USB 2.0 in other boards.
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