After careful consideration I have decided to transfer all hardware review activities to a new domain. I purchased Hardwareasylum.com in 2012 and have been working hard to build a new and improved Ninjalane on that domain. If you are reading this you have reached one of the archived articles, news, projects and/or reviews that were left behind during the site migration.
Please update your bookmarks and be sure to visit the new and improved Ninjalane at Hardwareasylum.com
DFI LanParty DK 790FXB Motherboard Review
Author: Dennis Garcia
Published: Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Benchmarks – Synthetic
Time for the benchmarks! 
System as it was tested
DFI LanParty DK 790FXB-M3H5
AMD Phenom II 720 X3 Black Edition Tri Core (2.8Ghz) 6MB L3 Cache
Thermolab Baram
2x G.Skill F3-12800CL7D-4GBHZ DDR3 (7-7-7-18) 2gig
VisionTek 3870 PCI Express
Western Digital Raptor X 150GB SerialATA 10000RPM
LG 20x Super Multi GSA-H55L
Hiper HPU-4S730 730w power supply
Window Vista SP1
AMD Phenom II 720 X3 Black Edition Tri Core (2.8Ghz) 6MB L3 Cache
Thermolab Baram
2x G.Skill F3-12800CL7D-4GBHZ DDR3 (7-7-7-18) 2gig
VisionTek 3870 PCI Express
Western Digital Raptor X 150GB SerialATA 10000RPM
LG 20x Super Multi GSA-H55L
Hiper HPU-4S730 730w power supply
Window Vista SP1
Reference system
LanParty Jr X58-T3H6 Intel X58 Chipset
Core i7 920 (2.66Ghz) 4 x 256KB L2, 8MB L3 Cache 4.8GT/s QPI
Custom Watercooler - DangerDen TDX-MC 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 - DangerDen TDX-MC 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
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
Benchmark 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 didn't have any other Phenom II systems available so the only score here that matches the reference system is memory bandwidth. Keep in mind that the reference system is DDR2 thus showing how the relaxed DDR3 memory timings affect overall bandwidth.
We used a new version of Sandra for this review and didn't have any other Phenom II systems available so the only score here that matches the reference system is memory bandwidth. Keep in mind that the reference system is DDR2 thus showing how the relaxed DDR3 memory timings affect overall bandwidth.
