J&W MINIX 780G mini-ITX HTPC mobo

Written by Richard Swinburne

September 17, 2008 | 08:19

Tags: #65w #780g #am2 #athlon #benchmark #definition #efficient #energy #factor #form #hdmi #high #low #mini-itx #motherboard #pci-express #phenom #power #review #sff #small #uvd

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Lavalys Everest Memory Performance

Website: Lavalys

Everest Memory Performance Test

  • J&W Minix 780G (AMD 780G/SB700 - BE-2350)
  • J&W Minix 780G (AMD 780G/SB700 - LE-1200)
  • Jetway JNC62K (GeForce 8200 - BE-2350)
  • Jetway JNC62K (GeForce 8200 - LE-1200)
    • 6043
    • 5347
    • 5826
    • 5159
    • 4206
    • 5286
    • 4628
    • 5301
    • 4398
    • 4179
    • 4315
    • 4001
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
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6000
MB/s (higher is better)
  • Read (MB/s)
  • Write (MB/s)
  • Copy (MB/s)

Everest Memory Latency Test

  • J&W Minix 780G (AMD 780G/SB700)
  • Jetway JNC62K (GeForce 8200)
    • 62.6
    • 99.1
    • 61.0
    • 97.5
0
25
50
75
100
Nanoseconds (lower is better)
  • Athlon 64 X2 BE-2350
  • Sempron LE-1200

While there is little difference in latency, the dual channel memory of the J&W MINIX means it has considerably better read and copy performance than the single 2GB stick in the Jetway motherboard.

SiSoftware Sandra Lite XII.2008.SP2c (14.24)

Website: Sisoftware

Sisoft Sandra Unbuffered Memory Test

  • J&W Minix 780G (AMD 780G/SB700)
  • Jetway JNC62K (GeForce 8200)
    • 5317.0
    • 2962.7
    • 3722.7
    • 2676.0
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
MB/s (higher is better)
  • Athlon 64 X2 BE-2350
  • Sempron LE-1200

Sisoft Sandra Random Memory Latency Test

  • J&W Minix 780G (AMD 780G/SB700)
  • Jetway JNC62K (GeForce 8200)
    • 132
    • 309
    • 135
    • 330
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
Nanoseconds (lower is better)
  • Athlon 64 X2 BE-2350
  • Sempron LE-1200

Sisoft Sandra tells pretty much the same story, especially when a dual core CPU is used the J&W MINIX is 43 percent faster.

SATA and eSATA Performance

Website: HD Tach 3.0

SATA and eSATA Performance

HDTach 3.0.1.0, 8MB Zone Test, Average Read

  • J&W Minix 780G (AMD 780G/SB700)
  • Jetway JNC62K (GeForce 8200)
    • 78.2
    • 78.2
    • 82.0
    • 0.0
0
10
20
30
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50
60
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90
MB/s (higher is better)
  • SATA
  • eSATA

Because eSATA and SATA come from the SB700 soutbridge, the performance is the same, but both are a fraction less than the standard maximum of 82MB/s that the GeForce 8200-based Jetway board achieves.

USB 2.0 Performance

Website: HD Tach 3.0

USB 2.0 Performance

HDTach 3.0.1.0, 8MB Zone Test, Average Read

  • J&W Minix 780G (AMD 780G/SB700)
  • Jetway JNC62K (GeForce 8200)
  • 28.8
  • 32.4
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
MB/s (higher is better)

Unsurprisingly the USB performance of the AMD SB700 southbridge is hardly fantastic compared to the competition. If you have USB peripherals that are particularly sensitive to USB performance like external hard drives, then you might want to consider another chipset option like Nvidia or Intel.
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