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ECS NFORCE4 A939 REVIEW

"This review compares two budget motherboards the ECS Nforce4 A939 (Nforce4) and the Asrock 939 Dual Sata2 (ULI M1695) using a GeForce 6600 GT and Athlon64 3000. We have used the following software for testing:- CPU Bench 2003, Everest, Kribi Bench, Metabench, Realstorm 2004 and Science Mark 2."

ECS NFORCE4 A939

GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

MOTHERBOARD ECS NFORCE4 A939
NVIDIA NFORCE4 DRIVER v6.70
MOTHERBOARD ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA 2
ULI INTEGRATED DRIVER v2.20
PROCESSOR AMD ATHLON64 3000
VIDEO CARD MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT
NVIDIA DRIVER FORCEWARE v84.21
MEMORY 2 x 512MB OCZ GOLD XTC PC3200 DDR
OPERATING SYSTEM WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2
DIRECTX VERSION v9.0c


CPU BENCH 2003

OVERALL

ECS NFORCE4 A9397600
ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA27358

ECS NFORCE4 A939 ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA2

COMMENT - "The ECS Nforce4 A939 delivers a 4% performance advantage over the Asrock 939 Dual Sata2."

EVEREST

MEMORY READ

ECS NFORCE4 A9395159
ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA24887

MEMORY WRITE

ECS NFORCE4 A9391820
ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA22161

ECS NFORCE4 A939 ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA2

COMMENT - "The ECS Nforce4 A939 starts off strongly beating the Asrock 939 Dual Sata2 by 6%, however the Asrock 939 Dual Sata2 manages to turn the tables on the ECS Nforce4 A939 and wins the Memory Write benchmark by 16%"

KRIBI BENCH

OFFICE

ECS NFORCE4 A93919.19
ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA219.29

JET SHADOW

ECS NFORCE4 A93916.07
ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA216.17

SPONGE

ECS NFORCE4 A9399.51
ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA29.56

ECS NFORCE4 A939 ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA2

COMMENT - "The Asrock 939 Dual Sata2 managed to outperform the ECS Nforce4 A939 by a very modest 1%."

META BENCH

OVERALL

ECS NFORCE4 A9393199
ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA23163

ECS NFORCE4 A939 ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA2

COMMENT - "Another close result but the ECS Nforce4 A939 manages a slim advantage over the Asrock 939 Dual Sata2 of 2%."

REALSTORM 2004

OVERALL

ECS NFORCE4 A9394663
ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA24623

ECS NFORCE4 A939 ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA2

COMMENT - "Another close result for the ECS Nforce4 A939 with a 1% victory over the Asrock 939 Dual Sata2."

SCIENCE MARK 2

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS (LOWER IS BETTER)

ECS NFORCE4 A93992
ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA293

ECS NFORCE4 A939 ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA2

COMMENT - "The Asrock 939 Dual Sata2 is 2% faster than the ECS Nforce4 A939."

ECS NFORCE4 A939 REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - ECS NFORCE4 A939 INTRODUCTION
PAGE 2 - PC MARK 2005 AND 3DMARK 2001 TO 2006
PAGE 3 - CPU BENCH 2003, EVEREST, KRIBIBENCH AND METABENCH
PAGE 4 - SISOFTWARE SANDRA AND GAMES BENCHMARKS

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