DFI LANParty DK 790FXB-M3H5 Review

Written by Richard Swinburne

July 22, 2009 | 10:52

Tags: #790fx #am3 #benchmarks #ddr3 #dk #lan #lanparty #mobo #motherboard #oc #overclock #overclocking #pci-express #results #review

Companies: #amd #dfi

SATA and eSATA Performance

Website: HD Tach 3.0

We tested the SATA and eSATA performance with an Intel X25-M SSD to maximise the use of the SATA connections to show up any core differences in raw performance.

SATA Performance

HDTach 3.0.1.0, 8MB Zone Test, Average Read

  • MSI 790FX-G70
  • Asus M4A79-T Deluxe
  • Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P
  • DFI LANParty DK 790FXB-M3H5
  • 221.8
  • 217.4
  • 212.0
  • 205.4
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SATA performance is still very good at over 200MB/sec, however it has still taken a dip compared to other boards we've tested which were consistently over 210MB/sec at least.

USB 2.0 Performance

Website: HD Tach 3.0

We tested the USB performance with an Intel X25-M SSD and a SATA to USB adapter to saturate the USB bus in order to look for any performance drops.

USB 2.0 Performance

HDTach 3.0.1.0, 8MB Zone Test, Average Read

  • MSI 790FX-G70
  • DFI LANParty DK 790FXB-M3H5
  • Asus M4A79-T Deluxe
  • Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P
  • 30.9
  • 28.6
  • 27.8
  • 27.7
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On the plus side, the DFI does afford a touch more USB performance than both the Gigabyte and Asus, however it still can't match the MSI for over 30MB/sec.
Discuss this in the forums

Posted by SwiftDestiny101 - Wed Jul 22 2009 10:10

The yellow tbh look a bit naff. I didnt mind the luminous green DFI boards but the yellow makes it look like "My First Motherboard (C) Fisher Price" :p

PS Page 5 the top power consumption graph subtitle is wrong:

Power Consumption (Idle)
Power at wall socket. BIOS Defaults, all onboard hardware enabled. Prime95 Load

How can it be loaded and idle at the same time :p

Posted by Ending Credits - Wed Jul 22 2009 10:30

It's a bit strange that you can't swap out the BIOs on these boards when you could on the AM2+ versions.

Posted by yakyb - Wed Jul 22 2009 10:37

why no comparions against Intel products?

Posted by perplekks45 - Wed Jul 22 2009 10:38

I never liked the DFI boards' look to be honest and his one is no exception. Paired with the underwhelming performance I guess I'll just keep my C2D setup a bit longer and wait for i5.
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