Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P and DS4 mobos

January 21, 2009 | 08:40

Tags: #analysis #crossfire #mobo #motherboard #overclock #overclocking #performance #result #review #sli #testing #x58

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Lavalys Everest 4.60.1540 Beta Memory Performance

Website: Lavalys

Everest Memory Performance Test

  • Gigabyte GA-EX58-DS4
  • Asus P6T Deluxe
  • MSI Eclipse SLI
  • Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P
    • 12737
    • 9732
    • 13795
    • 12388
    • 9630
    • 14075
    • 12159
    • 9637
    • 13771
    • 12113
    • 9620
    • 13467
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  • Read (MB/s)
  • Write (MB/s)
  • Copy (MB/s)

Everest Memory Latency Test

  • Asus P6T Deluxe
  • Gigabyte GA-EX58-DS4
  • MSI Eclipse SLI
  • Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P
  • 36.9
  • 37.9
  • 38.1
  • 38.7
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We managed to get a very good timing set of 6-5-5-10-1T, however Gigabyte limits its BIOS to CAS-6, like the MSI Eclipse, but unlike the Asus P6T which allowed and did CAS-5 easily. That said, it doesn't seem to have made a difference for the DS4 which leads the table by a margin of several hundred MB/s in read performance, and remains a nose ahead in write. The Asus P6T beats it in copy performance, though. This is despite the exact same memory used on all the boards and the exact same timings set between the DS4 and UD4P, however the latency of the UD4P was consistently slightly slower.

SiSoftware Sandra Lite 2009.SP1 Beta (15.42)

Website: Sisoftware

Sisoft Sandra Unbuffered Memory Test

  • Asus P6T Deluxe
  • Gigabyte GA-EX58-DS4
  • MSI Eclipse SLI
  • Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P
  • 20180.3
  • 20037.8
  • 19918.2
  • 19845.0
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Sisoft Sandra Random Memory Latency Test

  • Asus P6T Deluxe
  • Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P
  • Gigabyte GA-EX58-DS4
  • MSI Eclipse SLI
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 74
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Sisoft Sandra reiterates the results above - the DS4 affords a slightly faster raw memory performance and ever so slightly lower latency than the UD4P.
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