Gigabyte EP45-DS3R Review

Testing:

SPECviewperf 10 is a benchmark designed to test OpenGL performance. I will be using the multi-threaded tests to measure the performance when run in this mode. The tests used for comparison are listed below. The default multi-threaded tests were chosen to be able to compare across platforms. In these tests, higher scores equate to better performance.

• Catia
• MAYA
• PROE

PCMark Vantage is used to measure complete system performance. We will be running a series of tests to gauge performance of each individual board to see which board, if any, rises above the others.

Everything seems a bit close right now. Both of the EP45 motherboards from Gigabyte are neck-and-neck. Performance-wise the X48 based board is a little bit stronger in the Specview testing.