File Compression & Encryption:
Website: WinRAR
Our file compression and decompression tests were split into two halves to cover a broad spectrum of performance. The first test we ran was to compress and encrypt a 176MB MPEG-2 source file with the highest quality compression ratio. Secondly, we compressed and encrypted the folder of 400 photographs with the same compression settings.
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Gigabyte GA-X48T-DQ6
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Asus P5Q Deluxe
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Abit IX38 QuadGT
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Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS4
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MSI P35 Diamond
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102.3
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107.3
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110.0
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110.3
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118.3
Time in seconds (lower is better)
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Gigabyte GA-X48T-DQ6
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Asus P5Q Deluxe
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Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS4
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MSI P35 Diamond
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Abit IX38 QuadGT
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89.3
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93.7
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98.3
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100.0
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102.3
Time in seconds (lower is better)
Again, the Asus P5Q Deluxe performs faster than the other DDR2 boards and even faster than the MSI P35 DDR3 by a couple of seconds at a minimum. It's only outperformed by the Gigabyte X48 board, however that's using DDR3 and is significantly more expensive.
File Decompression & Decryption:
The two RAR archives created during the compression and encryption tests were then decompressed and decrypted.
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Gigabyte GA-X48T-DQ6
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MSI P35 Diamond
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Asus P5Q Deluxe
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Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS4
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Abit IX38 QuadGT
0
3
5.5
8
10.5
13
15.5
18
Time in seconds (lower is better)
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Gigabyte GA-X48T-DQ6
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MSI P35 Diamond
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Asus P5Q Deluxe
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Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS4
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Abit IX38 QuadGT
Time in seconds (lower is better)
In decompression the DDR3 boards seem to benefit slightly better than the DDR2, however of those DDR2 boards the Asus P5Q Deluxe again works best.
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