P55 Overclocking Showdown - ASUS, Gigabyte, and EVGA at the OC Corral (Page 6 Updated)
by Rajinder Gill on November 6, 2009 12:00 PM EST- Posted in
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WPrime 1024M
EVGA is out in front in this bench by a small margin over the ASUS board. Surprisingly enough, the Gigabyte board would not pass WPrime 1024M on the same CPU over 5140MHz regardless of any changes we made in the BIOS. Scoring results in this long 8-thread test clearly favours EVGA due to the slight hike in raw CPU frequency.
Perhaps this should be considered a moot point given the somewhat frail nature of the i5 platform when subjected to this type of load at high processor frequencies. It’s no longer a benchmark we feel comfortable running on P55 at these types of CPU speeds due to additional stress placed on the CPU socket and processor itself. The Lynnfield/P55 is definitely a mid-range platform and as such, we highly suggest the Bloomfield/X58 platform for extreme benching if you are an Intel fan.
That being said, none of the LOTES/Tyco AMP boards suffered from socket meltdown during our testing. Also note this is the only benchmark where the EVGA E659 Classified 200 out clocked the E657 by a very slim 20MHz.
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michael19 - Friday, November 6, 2009 - link
"Our test sample arrived with the revised Foxconn socket.."how can we tell if we have the revised foxconn socket as opposed to the defective version?
Rajinder Gill - Friday, November 6, 2009 - link
No idea at this point. Only Foxconn seem to know what it is they changed in the June revision.michael19 - Friday, November 6, 2009 - link
Or perhaps a side by side picture would show us some noticeable visual differences, possibly..cmdrdredd - Friday, November 6, 2009 - link
How come the Asus board is left out of the final few notes and tests? It's in the 3DMark and SuperPi scores etc, but there's individual pages dedicated to the other boards...Samus - Monday, November 9, 2009 - link
probably because it failed mid-testingAstroGuardian - Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - link
It's socket burned as a result of not so extreme overclock. It's not ASUS fault, it's Foxconn's faulty socketRajinder Gill - Friday, November 6, 2009 - link
Hi,The ASUS board died before I could complete the 750 retail CPU testing. We just got a new board last week so I will possibly update when that arrives here.
later
Raja
cmdrdredd - Friday, November 6, 2009 - link
lol well, a dead board spells trouble anyway IMO. Unless something drastic was done to it (extreme overclock for example).michael19 - Friday, November 6, 2009 - link
OK, thank you. Would the numbers on the backplate give us any indication? Is there any consistent difference in the numbers printed on the backplate from the old burnt out sockets to the new ones you have now?Corsairs - Friday, November 6, 2009 - link
I'd love to see this board compared to the group reviewed here.