ASRock 775Dual-VSTA (VIA PT880 Ultra - Core 2 Ready)

Test Setup

Test Setup

Although the 775DUal-VSTA is based on an older chipset that was designed only to run at DDR2-667, it is a newly released board in the market with a core focus on being Core 2 ready. As such, we will benchmark the board with the Intel P965 and 975X Express to determine how the 775Dual-VSTA compares to the current enthusiast and mainstream Core 2 chipsets. The testbed configuration that we will be using for all our benchmarks are listed below:-

• ASRock 775Dual-VSTA
• Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 955 processor 3.46GHz (dual core, 1066MHz FSB)
• 2 x 1GB Kingston DDR2-667 @ 10-4-4 CAS 4.0
• Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 80GB SATA hard disk drive (one single NTFS partition)
• MSI GeForce 7900 GT 256MB - with NVIDIA ForceWare 91.31
• VIA Hyperion drivers 5.08A
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 (and DirectX 9.0c)
   

• ASUS P5W DH Deluxe and Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6
• Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 955 processor 3.46GHz (dual core, 1066MHz FSB)
• 2 x 1GB Kingston DDR2-800 @ 12-4-4 CAS 4.0
• Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 80GB SATA hard disk drive (one single NTFS partition)
• MSI GeForce 7900 GT 256MB - with NVIDIA ForceWare 91.31
• Intel INF 8.0.1.1022 driver set
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 (and DirectX 9.0c)

Additional Notes

• We'd like to point out that common system information tools like CPU-Z (latest version 1.35) are unable to correctly read memory timing information off the 775Dual-VSTA. For example, CMD rate is always being reported as 2T no matter what was set in the BIOS and reported memory frequency changes from time to time.

Benchmarks

The benchmarks listed below will be used to gauge the performance of the 775Dual-VSTA motherboard:-

• BAPco SYSmark 2004
• Futuremark PCMark05
• SPECviewperf 8.01
• Futuremark 3DMark05
• AquaMark3