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DFI Infinity NF650i "Dark" Motherboard Review
Author: Dennis Garcia
Published: Thursday, July 12, 2007
Benchmarks - Synthetic
Time for the benchmarks 
The system as it was tested
DFI Infinity NF650i Ultra T2 "Dark"
Core 2 Duo E6400 (2.13GHz) 2MB L2 cache 1066MHz FSB (Dual-Core)
Custom Watercooling
2x Patriot PC8500 DDR2 1066 (5-5-5-9) 1gig
Chaintech SE6600G GeForce 6600GT PCI Express
Western Digital Raptor 36gig SerialATA 10000RPM
Hiper HPU-4S730 730w power supply
12x/40x DVD/CDRom
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2
Core 2 Duo E6400 (2.13GHz) 2MB L2 cache 1066MHz FSB (Dual-Core)
Custom Watercooling
2x Patriot PC8500 DDR2 1066 (5-5-5-9) 1gig
Chaintech SE6600G GeForce 6600GT PCI Express
Western Digital Raptor 36gig SerialATA 10000RPM
Hiper HPU-4S730 730w power supply
12x/40x DVD/CDRom
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2
Reference System
DFI LAN Party UT NF680I LT SLI-T2R
Core 2 Duo E6400 (2.13GHz) 2MB L2 cache 1066MHz FSB (Dual-Core)
Custom Watercooling
2x Patriot PC8500 DDR2 1066 (5-5-5-9) 1gig
Chaintech SE6600G GeForce 6600GT PCI Express
Western Digital Raptor 36gig SerialATA 10000RPM
Hiper HPU-4S730 730w power supply
12x/40x DVD/CDRom
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2
Core 2 Duo E6400 (2.13GHz) 2MB L2 cache 1066MHz FSB (Dual-Core)
Custom Watercooling
2x Patriot PC8500 DDR2 1066 (5-5-5-9) 1gig
Chaintech SE6600G GeForce 6600GT PCI Express
Western Digital Raptor 36gig SerialATA 10000RPM
Hiper HPU-4S730 730w power supply
12x/40x DVD/CDRom
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2
CPU-Z
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 Version 2007.9.10.105
Cachemem
Cachemem is a synthetic benchmark used to test bandwidth and latency.
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. The purpose of these tests is not only to highlight the performance of the NF650i Ultra but to also show that there is some benefit to be had from custom designed motherboard. It's not surprising that the numbers are pretty much identical.
