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Gigabyte H55N Mini ITX Motherboard Review
Author: Dennis Garcia
Published: Friday, July 30, 2010
Benchmarks Synthetic
The test systems are not a direct comparison on a few levels, (I5 661 Dual core vs i5 750 Quad core, Mini-ITX vs Enthusiast system etc.) So keep in mind that reference system is only listed to give scale to the H55 performance numbers. These tests will also give a rare glimpse into how our benchmarks will react to different processor architectures.
The system as it was tested
Gigabyte GA-H55N-USB3 Intel H55 Chipset
Core i5 661 (3.33Ghz) 2x 256 L2, 4MB L3 Cache 2.5GT/s DMI
Themaltake Silent 1156
2x Corsair Dominator GT PC2000 6GB DDR3 (7-8-7-21)
Intel HD Graphics
Western Digital VelociRaptor 150BG SerialATA 10000RPM
LG 20x Super Multi GSA-H55L
CoolerMaster Silent Gold 1200W PSU
Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit
Core i5 661 (3.33Ghz) 2x 256 L2, 4MB L3 Cache 2.5GT/s DMI
Themaltake Silent 1156
2x Corsair Dominator GT PC2000 6GB DDR3 (7-8-7-21)
Intel HD Graphics
Western Digital VelociRaptor 150BG SerialATA 10000RPM
LG 20x Super Multi GSA-H55L
CoolerMaster Silent Gold 1200W PSU
Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit
Reference system
EVGA P55 Classified 200 Intel P55 Chipset
Core i5 750 (2.66Ghz) 4 x 256KB L2, 8MB L3 Cache 2.5GT/s DMI
Custom Watercooler - DangerDen TDX-MC 1/2" hose
2x Corsair Dominator GT PC2000 6GB DDR3 (7-8-7-21)
VisionTek 3870 PCI Express
Western Digital Raptor X 150BG SerialATA 10000RPM
LG 20x Super Multi GSA-H55L
Corsair HX 850 Watt PSU
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
Core i5 750 (2.66Ghz) 4 x 256KB L2, 8MB L3 Cache 2.5GT/s DMI
Custom Watercooler - DangerDen TDX-MC 1/2" hose
2x Corsair Dominator GT PC2000 6GB DDR3 (7-8-7-21)
VisionTek 3870 PCI Express
Western Digital Raptor X 150BG SerialATA 10000RPM
LG 20x Super Multi GSA-H55L
Corsair HX 850 Watt PSU
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
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's numbers change depending on which version you have installed. These were recordedusing Sandra Professional Business Version 2010.1.16.11
Synthetic Conclusion
Synthetic performance never really tells the entire story, but is a good indication of what the system would probably be capable of doing under the right conditions. In terms of synthetic performance our reference system shows an expected gain across the board due to the quad core processor. Memory bandwidth is also higher on the reference system due to better default memory tuning.
