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Overclocking & Performance
An
early disappointment with the KM4M-L was the lack of overclocking, so we
will stick with a few simple tests to see what the board is capable of
providing. I ran 4 iterations of the basic set of the PCmark02 benchmarking
utility, one set with and without an external video card, and one set with
the stock and optimized defaults. The video card used in these tests is the
venerable Asus 9280S GeForce4 Ti4200 128M. The 9280S was one of Asus’s best
GeForce4 cards, and came from the factory overclocked about as far as the
chipset would allow. It was also a great budget buy about two years ago but
now they’re pretty hard to find. This particular one is stock except for the
addition of an Iceberq 4 Pro GPU cooler. Software in these tests was a fresh
install of Windows 2000 SP4, the Phoenix AwardBIOS 1.4, and the latest Asus
driver for the 9280S.
**click to enlarge**
This is an item that caught my eye during the install…a metal lever for the
ZIF socket. I think I like this arrangement much better than the plastic
ones, as I’ve had at least one of those break off under minimal pressure.
SANDRA 2004
CPU Arithmetic Benchmark
CPU Multi-Media Benchmark
Memory Bandwidth Benchmark
Not very high end, but we were not expecting
it to be. Performance is about normal for this type of system.
PCMark 2002
Test Battery
Base System
Optimized System
Video Card - Base
Video Card - Optimized
Our PCmark02 tests are a little bit of a mixed
bag. The optimized settings largely deal with how the RAM is utilized, and
have no bearing on the processor. With the integrated Video, the best
setting is the optimized defaults, unless you are running an external Video
card. Obviously, having the video card takes a significant load off of the
system memory.
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