Abit KX7-333/KX7-333R DDR Athlon Motherboard

PERFORMANCE. An Apples and Oranges comparison with simple WinTune 98 benchmarks provides some insight into what one can expect from this AMD processor-based motherboard as compared to some that have appeared over the last couple of years. These benchmarks are rough comparison of computer technology based on five AMD processors, five motherboard chipsets, the evolution and increasing amounts of memory from 64 MBytes of 100 MHz PC100 to 256 MBytes of PC2700 DDR memory, and changes in hard disk drives.

Config	1	2	3	4	5	6
Mother- board	EpoX MVP3G2	MSI MS-6167	Abit KT7-RAID	EpoX 8KHA+	Abit KX7-333	Abit KX7-333
Chipset	VIA MVP3	AMD 750	VIA KT133	VIA KT266A	VIA KT333	VIA KT333
Processor	500 MHz K6-2 Socket 7	650 MHz Athlon (Classic) Slot A	1.1 GHz Athlon (Thunder- bird) Socket A	1.4 GHz Athlon (Palomino) XP 1600+	1.6 GHz Athlon (Palomino) XP 1900+	1.6 GHz Athlon (Palomino) XP 1900+
Memory	64 MBytes PC100	128 MBytes PC100	256 MBytes PC133	256 MBytes PC2100	256 MBytes PC2700	256 MBytes PC2700
Operating System	Win 98	Win 98	Win 98	Win 98	Win 98	Win 98
Hard Disk	WD64AA 6.4 GByte 5,400 RPM ATA/66	WD273BA 27 GByte 7,200 RPM ATA/66	WD300BB 30 GByte 7,200 RPM ATA/66*	WD300BB 30 GByte 7,200 RPM ATA/100	Maxtor 539073H6 30 GByte 7,200 RPM ATA/100	WD800 80 GByte 7,200 RPM ATA/100
CPU Integer MIPS	1072	1967	3341	4263	4864	4864
CPU Floating Point MFLOPS	598	803	1369	1767	2018	2020
Memory MB/s	724	1594	2868/2050*	2478	2453	2455
Cached Disk MB/s	81	124	160	278	297	290
Uncached Disk MB/s	3.4	4.5	5.9	6.2	5.8	16.1

*The first number in the Abit KT7 memory read test is comparable to those that went before it. The second number is comparable to the tests with DDR memory that followed it. An explanation is here.

The CPU Integer MIPS and Floating Point MFLOPS are of course faster for the KX7-333 with the faster CPU. The memory test is about the same as it's immediate predecessor. Undoubtedly, the 266 MHz DDR Athlon FSB is a bottleneck.

Abit KX7-333/KX7-333R DDR Athlon Motherboard Last updated: 10/3/2002

Abit KX7-333/KX7-333R DDR Athlon Motherboard
Last updated: 10/3/2002