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Specifications Asus M3N78 Pro
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| N° sockets, max. memory |
4 x DDR2 (max 8GB)
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| Chipset |
nVidia GeForce 8200 - nForce 730a chipset |
| Sound |
Realtek ALC1200 8 Channel HD Audio |
| SATA Support, N°connectors |
6 x SATA2, 1x PATA, 1xFDD |
| LAN |
Onboard Broadcom LAN Supports 10/100/1000 Mb/s |
| RAID |
0,1,0+1,5 |
| Connectors |
1 x PCI Express 16x 2.0, 2 x PCI Express 1x, 3x PCI,
12 x USB, DVI-HDMI adapter, D-Sub, 1394 Firewire |
Test Results Asus M3N78 Pro
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| Wolfram Mathematica 6.0 |
2.46
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| ScienceMark 2.0 |
1.502 |
| Divx 6.8 compression |
169 fps |
| x264compression |
189 sec
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| WinRAR 3.7 |
1.392 KB/s
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| 3D Mark03 CPU |
1.614 |
| 3D Mark06 default |
9.320 |
| Crysis (low) 800x600 |
103 fps |
| WIC (low) [Min / Avg / Max] |
37 / 90 / 173 fps
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WIC (medium) Integrated GPU
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6 / 11 / 23 fps
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| 3D Mark05 integrated GPU |
2.736 |
| Sandra 2008 |
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| Memory Bandwith Int / FP |
9.976 / 10.005 MB/s
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| Latency Random |
115 ns
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| Max. overklok CPU / FSB |
3.45 GHz / 290 MHz
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Test Configuration: AMD Triple-Core X3 8750, 2x1GB Kingston HyperX 1066 DDR2 5-7-7-18-2T,
ATi HD3850 , Win XP PRO SP2
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OC Results
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Scaling perf. OC. vs Default
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OC percentage
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44% |
| Wolfram Mathematica 6.0 |
3.35 |
36.1% |
| ScienceMark 2.0 |
2.001 |
33.2% |
| 3D Mark03 CPU |
2.153 |
33.3% |
| WinRAR 3.7 |
1.836 KB/s
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31.5% |
| x264compression |
138 sec
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36.9% |
| Divx 6.8 compression |
242 fps
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44.0% |
| Crysis (low) 800x600 |
142 fps
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37.8% |
WIC (low) [Min / Avg / Max]
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59 / 112 / 248 fps
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59.4% / 24.4% / 43.35%
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OC Settings: AMD Triple-Core X3 8750 @3,34 GHz, 2x1GB Kingston HyperX @1.100 DDR2 5-5-5-15 2T,
HTT 278 MHz, northbridge @2.224 MHz
Conclusion
When we look at overclock potential which is much better, than for example more expensive Crosshair 2 model, we came to conclusion that M3N78 Pro is “a wolf in sheep’s clothing”! You may have a bit weaker performances on default settings especially because of nonexistence of settings for memory timings but if you want motherboard that is neatly done, stabile during work, overclockable, supports all Socket AM2+ processors and also has very usable integrated graphics and price below 100€, Asus M3N78 Pro is absolutely Best Buy for you.
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