Nero Digital

One of the major advantages of having Core2Duo is video encoding. Nero Digital is one of the better known Digital formats, offering both ASP and AVC encoder.

For our tests, we used the latest version of Nero Recode v2.3.1.8 as packaged in Nero Reloaded v7.5.0.1. As a source, we used a VOB file, of 5mins duration. We encoded in two modes (ASP, AVC) with exactly the same preferences (same bitrate and Dual pass). The encoding time displayed below is what Nero Recode reported. The lower the time taken, the better. All results are displayed in seconds.

Both motherboards had exactly the same performance with ASP encoding. But with the more CPU intensive AVC encoding, the Foxconn motherboard was faster.

CINEBENCH is the free benchmarking tool for Windows and Mac OS based on the powerful 3D software CINEMA 4D. Consequently, the results of tests conducted using CINEBENCH 9.5 carry significant weight when analyzing a computer’s performance in everyday use.

Especially a system's CPU and the OpenGL capabilities of its graphics card are put through their paces (even multiprocessor systems with up to 16 dedicated CPUs or processor cores). During the testing procedure, all relevant data is ascertained with which the performance of different computers can subsequently be compared, regardless of operating system. All tests were done with the latest available build (R9.5), and the sum of each subtest is displayed at the following chart..

CineBench total score for the Foxconn mobo is higher than Intel's.

SuperPI has become an utility to benchmark modern systems. In August 1995, the calculation of pi up to 4,294,960,000 decimal digits was succeeded by using a supercomputer at the University of Tokyo. The program was written by D.Takahashi and he collaborated with Dr. Y.Kanada at the computer center, the University of Tokyo. This record-breaking program was ported to personal computer environment such as Windows NT and Windows 95 and called Super PI.

The software offers up to 32M calculations of PI numbers, for all CPUs we tested up to 8M calculations and sum them up for a total score.

The Foxconn motherboard was faster by some seconds...