MSI Big Bang XPOWER Intel X58 motherboard review
Allan 'Zardon' Campbell
July 9, 2010
Featured Tech Reviews, Motherboard
For as long as I can remember enthusiasts around the world have been keen to see how their systems perform with many commercially available benchmarks from such companies as Futuremark. While these applications are extremely useful to a wide audience sometimes it can be helpful to focus on a ‘real world’ application which many of us use on an almost daily basis.
When I was in charge of DriverHeaven I wrote a scripted benchmark which was not only used to help users ascertain system specific performance levels but was useful in reviews to accurately measure performance in key areas. Leading tech sites such as Madshrimps, Benchmark Reviews and Hardocp used my benchmark in their reviews also.
You can get the KitGuru Photoshop Benchmark 1(4) here
KitGuru PS Bench 1(4) |
MSI Big Bang |
eVGA X58 |
1. Texturiser (1) |
2.2 |
2.2 |
2. CMYK |
1.9 |
2.0 |
3. RGB |
1.9 |
1.9 |
4. Ink Outlines |
31.9 |
32.2 |
5. Dust & Stratches |
3.2 |
3.2 |
6. Watercolor |
28.4 |
28.6 |
7. Texturiser (2) |
2.0 |
2.0 |
8. Stained Glass |
25.1 |
25.8 |
9. Mosiac Tiles |
15.1 |
15.2 |
10. Extrude |
167.2 |
167.4 |
11. Rough Pastels |
13.9 |
14.0 |
12. Smart Blur |
97.7 |
98.1 |
13. Underpainting |
36.8 |
37.0 |
14. Mosiac Tiles |
14.3 |
14.3 |
15. Spherize |
2.9 |
3.0 |
16. Palette Knife |
23.7 |
23.8 |
17. Sponge |
41.8 |
41.9 |
18. Smudge Stick |
13.6 |
13.8 |
Total |
523.6 |
526.4 |
There is just under 3 seconds difference between the MSI and the eVGA board which while not a huge amount , does show some bandwidth benefits with the MSI configuration.
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