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ASUS Z8 SERIES
DUAL XEON MOTHERBOARDS + 2x W5580
Because the Z8NA-D6 doesn't
support the W5580, we could only test the
Z8PE-D12X. We used a 1000W PC Power &
Cooling power supply, Crucial's 256GB SSD and 6x
2GB DDR3-1333 sticks also from Crucial:
The test results are as follows,
along with the SuperMicro X8DA3 for comparison:
|
MB/CPU |
Mem |
DVD Shrink 3.2* |
WinRAR 3.62 |
Full Power |
Idle Power |
Memtest86: L1/
L2/ Main |
Prime 95, last
# |
Super Pi Mod,
1M |
|
Full CPU |
Low CPU |
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Z8PE-D12X +
2x W5580 (HT off) |
12GB DDR3-1333 (2x tri-channel) |
6:12 |
3363 |
370 |
167 |
--- |
160009, unk, 42107 |
4.397 ms |
12.371s |
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Z8PE-D12X +
2x W5580 (HT on) |
12GB DDR3-1333 (2x tri-channel) |
18:05 |
3270 |
370 |
167 |
--- |
160009, unk, 42107 |
4.394 ms |
12.386s |
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X8DA3,
2x W5580, HT on |
12GB DDR3-1333 2x 3-channel |
19:00 |
3214 |
386 |
239 |
212 |
159604, unk, 42001 |
4.598 ms |
12.984s |
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X8DA3,
2x W5580, HT off |
12GB DDR3-1333 2x 3-channel |
6:13 |
3157 |
331 |
201 |
201 |
159604, unk, 42001 |
4.417 ms |
12.421s |
As you can see, the Asus board is a bit faster
than the SuperMicro, but within the margin of
error.
Note how turning on HT slows down DVD Shrink
significantly.
*DVD is My Fellow
Americans ripped to HDD. DVD Shrink compresses
the entire rip to 53.7%, with deep analysis, and
the 'sharp' adaptive error compensation setting,
to another HDD folder. Analysis files deleted
prior to tests.
|
MB/CPU |
Mem |
Everest
Ultimate Edition |
|
CL-RCD-RP-RAS |
Mem
Read |
Mem
Write |
Mem Copy |
Mem Latency |
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Z8PE-D12X +
2x W5580 (HT off) |
12GB DDR3-1333 (2x tri-channel) |
9-9-9-24 CR1 |
14437 MB/s |
6658
MB/s |
11784
MB/s |
64.7 ns |
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Z8PE-D12X +
2x W5580 (HT on) |
12GB DDR3-1333 (2x tri-channel) |
9-9-9-24 CR1 |
14464 MB/s |
6655
MB/s |
10257
MB/s |
64.7 ns |
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X8DA3,
2x W5580, HT on |
12GB DDR3-1333 2x 3-channel |
9-9-9-24 CR1 |
13646 MB/s |
6660 MB/s |
9988 MB/s |
65.0 ns |
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X8DA3,
2x W5580, HT off |
12GB DDR3-1333 2x 3-channel |
9-9-9-24 CR1 |
14375 MB/s |
6681 MB/s |
10090 MB/s |
64.8 ns |
Again, the Asus is a tiny bit faster here.
|
MB/CPU |
Mem |
Everest
Ultimate Edition |
|
CPU Queen |
CPU PhotoWorxx |
CPU ZLib |
CPU AES |
FPU Julia |
FPU Mandel |
FPU SinJulia |
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Z8PE-D12X +
2x W5580 (HT off) |
12GB DDR3-1333 (2x tri-channel) |
34280 |
51848 |
167418 KB/s |
48840 |
23259 |
12455 |
7899 |
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Z8PE-D12X +
2x W5580 (HT on) |
12GB DDR3-1333 (2x tri-channel) |
45407 |
55691 |
210856 KB/s |
51033 |
23250 |
12959 |
11980 |
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X8DA3,
2x W5580, HT on |
12GB DDR3-1333 2x 3-channel |
51413 |
29722 |
206197 KB/s |
50956 |
24598 |
13131 |
11948 |
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X8DA3,
2x W5580, HT off |
12GB DDR3-1333 2x 3-channel |
34383 |
26745 |
42293 KB/s |
48593 |
18997 |
12303 |
7868 |
Now this is weird. The Photoworxx, ZLib
and Julia scores with HT=off are way off.
This is likely due to some BIOS optimizations
that Asus has performed.
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FULL COMPARISON SUMMARY
TABLE
Well performance-wise,
the Asus does have a small edge on the SuperMicro,
and it has enough stability to sail through extended
testing without a single complaint. But what
matters now is the overall design and layout of the
board - SAS, PIKE, more slots - what's not to love?
Great job Asus! Consider this the motherboard
for our upcoming SUPERWorkstation article!
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