Featured

Gigabyte MW70-3S0 (Intel C612) Dual CPU Workstation Motherboard Review

Testing & Methodology


As we’re trying to branch out with more relevant reviews for all of our readers, we’ve started this new section with server and workstation grade motherboards and we’ve also begun reviewing workstation systems such as the Boston Venom 3401-7T.

To test a motherboard like this, we want to stress every component of the system to check stability and performance. While the benchmarks in themselves test the actually connected components such as CPU and memory instead of the motherboard itself, the results will give us comparable figures, allowing you as the reader to pick the best option for your needs.

To test a motherboard like this, we need a lot of extra components and we’ll be using the same each time. You can find a complete list of them below.

System components

  • CPU: 2x Intel Xeon E5-2695 v3
  • RAM: Crucial DDR4 2133 MHz (8x 16GB)
  • SSD: Micron M500DC 800GB System Drive
  • PSU: be quiet! Dark Power Pro 11 1200W
  • Cooler: Thermaltake Water 3.0 Ultimate

We use a wide variety of applications to gain a broad spectrum of results for comparing diverse aspects of the system performance.

Software

  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • AIDA64 Engineer Edition
  • Cinebench R11.5
  • Cinebench R15.0
  • Geekbench 3
  • PCMark PerformanceTest 8.0
  • SPECwpc
  • SiSoftware Sandra
  • SuperPi Mod 1.9 WP
  • wPrime 2.10
  • Rightmark Audio Analyzer
  • DPC Latency Monitor

There are more components needed such as a switch to connect the network ports to and storage drives to test the different connections that the motherboard has to offer.

Network components

  • Netgear ProSafe GS724TPS Smart Switch

Storage Drives

  • Angelbird SSD2go Pocket 512GB USB 3.0 SSD
  • Intel 750 SSD 1.2TB PCIe NVMe SSD
  • Toshiba HG6 512GB SATA3 SSD

Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Bohs Hansen

Disqus Comments Loading...

Recent Posts

Gray Zone Warfare Has Sold Half a Million Copies in 4 Days

MADFINER Games is a globally recognised Czech independent game studio that has recently released a…

3 days ago

NVIDIA GeForce NOW Gets Improved Support for Steam Deck and 25 New Games

Are you a fan of GeForce NOW? Well, if you are, or if you're still…

3 days ago

Upcoming Helldivers Warbond Is Filled With Lots of Fun Gear

The next Helldivers 2 warbond is coming and recently Arrow Head Studios have revealed what…

3 days ago

Varmilo VEA109 Moonlight Gaming Keyboard, MX-Red, White-LED

110% mechanical keyboard with 109 keys in a UK ISO layout V-silk PBT keycaps with…

3 days ago

HGC Osmi 3.1 Aluminium Mini-ITX Case – Black

Recent years have seen Small Form Factor (SFF) PCs become increasingly popular. Obviously they are…

3 days ago

Next Level Racing Go Kart Cockpit Racing Simulator

Introducing the Next Level Racing® Go Kart Plus cockpit, designed for the whole family to…

3 days ago