GIGABYTE MZ31-AR0 (SP3 EPYC) Server Motherboard Review

CPU Performance

AIDA64 Engineer

AIDA64 Engineer provides several methods to measure system performance. These benchmarks are synthetic, i.e. the results show only the theoretical (maximum) performance of the system. In contrast to application tests, synthetic benchmarks do not tend to reflect the “real world” performance of the computer. These benchmarks provide a quick and easy comparison between computer states, e.g. when certain parameters (CPU clock speed, memory timings, etc.) change in system configuration.

Cinebench R11.5 & R15.0

Cinebench is a real-world cross platform test suite that evaluates your computer’s performance capabilities. It is a perfect tool to compare CPU and graphics performance across various systems and platforms, and best of all: It’s completely free.

Geekbench 4

Geekbench 4 measures your system’s power and tells you whether your computer is ready to roar. How strong is your mobile device or desktop computer? How will it perform when push comes to crunch? These are the questions that Geekbench can answer.

HandBrake

HandBrake is a tool for converting video from nearly any format to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs. There are three reasons to love this tool: It converts video from nearly any format, it is free and open-source, and it is available on Windows, Mac, and Linux.

PerformanceTest 8.0

PerformanceTest is a fast, easy to use software benchmarking tool that allows everybody to quickly assess the performance of their PC and compare it to a list of standard ‘baseline’ computer systems. With it, you can compare the performance of your machine, measure the effect of configuration changes and upgrades, and make objective, independent measurements on which to base your purchasing decision.

SiSoftware Sandra

SiSoftware Sandra is a system analyser that includes benchmarking, testing and listing modules. It tries to go beyond other utilities to show you more of what is going on under the hood, so you draw comparisons at both a high and low-level in a single product.

SuperPi

Super PI is a computer program that calculates pi to a specified number of digits after the decimal point—up to a maximum of 32 million. It uses Gauss–Legendre algorithm and is a Windows port of the program used by Yasumasa Kanada in 1995 to compute pi to 232 digits.

wPrime

wPrime is a leading multithreaded benchmark for x86 processors that tests your processor performance by calculating square roots with a recursive call of Newton’s method for estimating functions, with f(x)=x2-k, where k is the number we’re square rooting, until Sgn(f(x)/f'(x)) does not equal that of the previous iteration, starting with an estimation of k/2. It then uses an iterative calling of the estimation method a set amount of times to increase the accuracy of the results. Then it confirms that n(k)2=k to ensure the calculation was correct. This is repeated for all numbers from 1 to the requested maximum.