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Foxconn Quantum Force X58 BloodRage Motherboard Review
Author: Dennis Garcia
Published: Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Benchmarks - Synthetic
Time for the benchmarks! 
The system as it was tested
Foxconn Quantum Force BloodRage X58 Intel X58 Chipset
Core i7 920 (2.66Ghz) 4 x 256KB L2, 8MB L3 Cache 4.8GT/s QPI
Custom Watercooler – Thermalright XWB-01 1/2” hose
3x G.SKILL PI Black 6GB DDR3 (8-8-8-21)
VisionTek 3870 PCI Express
Western Digital Raptor X 150BG SerialATA 10000RPM
LG 20x Super Multi GSA-H55L
Hiper HPU-4S730 730w power supply
Window Vista SP1
Core i7 920 (2.66Ghz) 4 x 256KB L2, 8MB L3 Cache 4.8GT/s QPI
Custom Watercooler – Thermalright XWB-01 1/2” hose
3x G.SKILL PI Black 6GB DDR3 (8-8-8-21)
VisionTek 3870 PCI Express
Western Digital Raptor X 150BG SerialATA 10000RPM
LG 20x Super Multi GSA-H55L
Hiper HPU-4S730 730w power supply
Window Vista SP1
Reference System
Foxconn Quantum Force BlackOps X48 Intel X48 Chipset
Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4Ghz) 2 x 4MB L2 Cache 1066MHz FSB (Quad-Core)
Custom Watercooler – DD TDX block 1/2” hose
2x OCZ PC3 1600 DDR3 (6-6-6-19) 1gig
VisionTek 3870 PCI Express
Western Digital Raptor X 150BG SerialATA 10000RPM
LG 20x Super Multi GSA-H55L
Hiper HPU-4S730 730w power supply
Window Vista SP1
Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4Ghz) 2 x 4MB L2 Cache 1066MHz FSB (Quad-Core)
Custom Watercooler – DD TDX block 1/2” hose
2x OCZ PC3 1600 DDR3 (6-6-6-19) 1gig
VisionTek 3870 PCI Express
Western Digital Raptor X 150BG SerialATA 10000RPM
LG 20x Super Multi GSA-H55L
Hiper HPU-4S730 730w power supply
Window Vista SP1
SiSoft Sandra
Sandra is a software collection of synthetic benchmarks that will give us a basic idea as to what a system is capable of. It should be noted that SiSoft numbers change depending on what version you have installed; these were recorded using Sandra Professional Business Version 2009.1.15.42
Synthetic Conclusion
Synthetic performance never really tells the entire story but is a good benchmark of what the system "could" do under the right conditions.
We used a new version of Sandra for this review and currently do not have any CPU or Multi Media scores for the Q6600. However Core i7 triple channel memory is off the chart!
We used a new version of Sandra for this review and currently do not have any CPU or Multi Media scores for the Q6600. However Core i7 triple channel memory is off the chart!
