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DDR3 1426.8 CL7 7-7-20 1T ADIA64 Memory Read - 17417 MB/s Sandra Memory Bandwidth - 18980 MB/s MaXXMEM Memory-Copy -18573 MB/s The built-in CPU of previous LGA 1156 Core i3/i5 integrated with H55, may not be able to run the DDR3 bandwidth. However, the new generation LGA 1155 may have addressed this problem with its built-in CPU that begins to retain the architecture performance. With regard to the Core i platform of Intel built-in GPU, its DRAM bandwidth performance is no longer as good as that of Core 2 Duo. There is an improvement of over 50% in the bandwidth of DDR3 1333. Overclocking performance CPU 107 X 28 =>2996MHz Start up Turbo Boost and C1E DDR3 1426.8 CL7 7-7-20 1T Hyper PI 32M X4 => 11m 25.356s CPUMARK 99 => 509 Nuclearus Multi Core => 17939 Fritz Chess Benchmark => 19.63/9424 CrystalMark 2004R3 => 221505 CINEBENCH R11.5 CPU => 4.92 pts CPU(Single Core) => 1.33 pts PCMark Vantage => 16264 Windows experience index - CPU 7.4 There are more limitations for Sandy Bridge in CPU overclocking than ever before. If only the CPU external frequency is adjusted, then the CPU can operate stably within a range of 104~107MHz. In terms of overclocking and multiplication, there are only 2500K/2600K integrated with P67 chipset that can realize a drastic overclocking. As to H67, only a small overclocking of the external frequency can be adjusted, and the whole frequency after the external frequency’s change to 107MHz, will increase from 2.8 to almost 3GHz. Temperature performance (room temperature is about 18℃) During system standby: - 25~33 At full speed of CPU: - 61~64 Intel Burn Test v2.4，Stress Level Maximum Since the overclocking is only about 7%, there is no big difference in the temperature. By comparing the default values, the temperature difference during system standby is about 3℃ and this is just about 4℃ at full speed of the CPU. Power consumption test During system standby: - 37W

Nuclearus Multi Core => 15988 Fritz Chess Benchmark => 18.13/8700 CrystalMark 2004R3 => 208508 CINEBENCH R11.5 CPU => 4.63 pts CPU(Single Core) => 1.25 pts PCMark Vantage => 14528 Windows Experience Index - CPU 7.4 Core i5-2300 is a version of Sandy Bridge 4Cores CPU with the lowest frequency and poorest specification. However, because of the enhanced performance of the new architecture and the 4C4T core architecture, it has earned a good performance score in the software testing. With a default value of 2.8GHz, plus a Turbo Boost 2.0 frequency that can reach up to 3.1GHz, it has many applications. Temperature performance(room temperature is about 18℃) During system standby: - 23~30 At full speed of CPU: - 58~60 Intel Burn Test v2.4，Stress Level Maximum The performance of the original Intel radiator is relatively good At full speed, the temperature is even a little lower than the previous temperature as the 2500K original radiator is tested. The 5~10 ℃ difference might be caused by the high or low frequency. For better temperature performance, there is a need to spend more money for a replacement with a higher level CPU radiator. Power consumption test During system standby: - 35W At full speed of CPU: - 100W The power consumption performance is also one of the characteristics of Sandy Bridge after it changes its 4Cores CPU process into 32nm. With the integration of the C1E energy-conserving technology, power consumption can be reduced more effectively and the CPU’s power consumption at standby and full speed modes is greatly reduced compared to the previous 45nm CPU. Comparison of DDR3 bandwidths DDR3 1331.2 CL7 7-7-20 1T ADIA64 Memory Read - 16142 MB/s Sandra Memory Bandwidth - 17674 MB/s MaXXMEM Memory-Copy -17341 MB/s

IO VGA/DVI/HDMI/Display Port 4 X USB 2.0(Red/Black) 2 X USB 3.0(Blue) 1 X eSATA/USB 2.0 (share the red) 1 X IEEE 1394a 1 X RJ-45 (network connector) 1 X S/PDIF Out Port The power pack is covered with heat sinks. Both the appearance and the texture are quite good; the design of the radiating area is also considered. The heat sink of the H67 chipset also adopts the same material and design BIOS Homepage O.N.E Adjustment page CPU Clock 100 is adjusted to 107MHz Graphics Core Ratio Limit is the overclocking option of GPU DDR3 DRAM Multiplier 10.66/13.33 Voltage options There are four CPU VCore Mode options, including SPEC Volgate/Auto/Offset Mode/Fixed Mode CPU VCore Offset +0.010~+0.520V CPU VCore Fixed 1.000~1.790V There are four IGD VCore Mode options, including SPEC Volgate/Auto/Offset Mode/Fixed Mode IGD VCore Offset +0.010~+0.520V IGD VCore Fixed 1.000~1.520V DRAM Voltage 1.300~2.200V IGD Memory can select the capacity of the shared main storgae that is required by the built-in GPU. CPU Configuration Enable and disable some relevant functions of the CPU Common HT technology or the function of selecting the use of a few cores PC Health Status The built-in monitoring chip of MB can be used to know the current status of various primary voltages or the temperature conditions inside the system Above is the BIOS settings of windwithme in the BIOSTAR TH67XE overclocking. H67 chipset is characterized by All In One positioning, thus overclocking only requires CPU external frequency/GPU frequency/DDR3 frequency. Test platform CPU: Intel Core i5-2300 MB: BIOSTAR TH67XE DRAM: CORSAIR CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 VGA: Integrated Graphics HDD: Intel X25-V 40GB RAID 0 POWER: CORSAIR CX430W Cooler: Intel original radiator OS: Windows7 Ultimate 64bit Preset performance CPU 99.8 X 28 =>2794.4MHz Start Turbo Boost and C1E DDR3 1331.2 CL7 7-7-20 1T Hyper PI 32M X4 => 12m 16.446s CPUMARK 99 => 476

In the beginning of 2011, Intel released its latest platform with LGA 1155 version, also known as Sandy Bridge architecture. The release modes of its processor and chipset products are much similar to the last generation of LGA 1156. What’s more, Sandy Bridge’s process technology has been improved comprehensively up to 32nm, and its efficiencies have also been enhanced in many aspects. Each CPU carries a built-in HD2000 or HD3000, which is another feature of the new platform. It is the first wave to release several 4Cores 32nm versions for CPUs; the series name is Core i5/Core i7. Chipsets with built-in display and output function include H67/H61 types, and the major difference lies in the specification and ability to support Riad. H67 is an advanced chipset that was released in the beginning of January this year, but the H61 entry level positioning will be made available after March. Currently, the leading CPU is 2300, a version with the lowest price of Core i5. Product model: Intel Core i5-2300; Frequency: 2.8GHz It supports the latest generation of Turbo Boost 2.0 technology and can reach a performance of up to 3.1GHz. It has 4 Cores but does not adopt the Hyper-Threading technology. It can reach a maximum of 4 threads, which is called 4C/4T. It has a 32nm process and power consumption of 95W, as well as a L3 Cache of 6MB, and easy-to-use 4Cores CPU in LGA 1155 products. Intel 4Cores CPU integrates with the copper heat sink which has its bottom attached to some solid thermal conductive adhesive. I personally suggest coating some thermal grease onto the CPU before installing it because this can reduce the temperature efficiently. MB adopts BIOSTAR TH67XE, its XE series is a high-level product line and its price isn’t as high as that of other brands. The price of this product in the U.S. is about US$105, which is equivalent to around NT$3,100. Compared to other H67 products in Taiwan which cost NT$4,000~5,000 or higher, the price of BIOSTAR H67 is much reasonable. In terms of color, the black PCB is common while other PCI-E or DIMMs have red and white colors. These are much more conspicuous than the previous yellow or green colors. Attached accessories Product manual, IO files, SATA wires, driver software and disc Lower left of mother board 2 X PCI-E 2.0 X16; Bandwidth: X16+X1 1 X PCI-E X1 1 X PCI Realtek RTL8111E network chip Realtek ALC892 audio chip supports 8+2 sound channels and Blu-Ray Codec technology. Lower right of mother board 3 X red SATAII, provision of H67 chip, SATA2 specification, supports RAID 0， RAID 1，RAID 5 and RAID 10 2 X white SATAIII，provision of H67chip，SATA3 specification，supports RAID 0， RAID 1，RAID 5 and RAID 10 Power and Reset buttons Upper right of mother board 4 X DIMM DDR3，supports 1066/1333 and a maximum capacity of DDR3 of 16GB There is a 24-PIN power input end at the side Upper left of mother board TH67XE adopts a 7-phase power supply design and there is a 8Pin power input end at the upper side

StreetFighter IV Benchmark 1280 X 720 => 33.23 FPS DEVIL MAY CRY4 1280 X 720 => 29.10/23.52/34.55/20.80 fps FINAL FANTASY XIV 1280 X 720 => 558 OC GPU from 500MHz to 760MH, the 3D performance only increases 10%. According to source, AMD will lock GPU clock in following revision. It’s a pity news for all users. You can know AMD Radeon HD6310 OC is not big help to performance. CPU is another factor to impact the performance. Vedio Decoding Test I use 2 original video to test. 1 is blue-ray, Inception, and the other is DVD, Taiwan Puppet Show. The video copyright is owned by the published company. Openning Menu Software is PowerDVD 10 Resolution is 1920 X 1080 CPU utilization rate is only 1~5%. Playing Video CPU utilized rate is 18~29% DVD resolution is 720 X 480 Software is Windows Media Player CPU utilization rate is only 1~8%. Play Video File Directly Resolution is 1280 X 720 CPU utilized rate is 38~83% and most time is 40~50% Video resolution is 1440 X 1080 CPU utilized rate is 40~94% and most time is 45~62% If using playing video, no matter DVD or BD, the utilization rate is very good. If play video file directly, the CPU utilization rate rise a lot. I don’t know it’s caused by format decoding or transfer rate issue. But final result is playing smoothly. Video decoding is a great strength of AMD Fusion. GIGABYTE E350N-USB3 Good 1.GIGABYTE Ultra Durable 3 design. 2oz copper PCB, 100% Japanese made capacitors and Ferrite core choke. 2.Active cooler and support SATA3 and USB 3.0 latest spec. 3.Built-in AMD Radeon HD 6310 GPU 3D performance is improved a lot and it can play BD/DVD very smoothly. 4.AMD latest 40nm CPU Bad 1.It could also add on wifi card, but the price will go higher. 2.CPU OC range is less and GPU OC doesn’t improve performance much. Performance ★★★★★★☆☆☆☆ Components ★★★★★★★★☆☆ Specification ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ Outlook ★★★★★★★★☆☆ C/P Value ★★★★★★★★☆☆ Currently, GIGABYTE E350N-USB3 market price is 4700NTD, around 160USD. Even though it’s ITX, but BIOS menu and components are same level as own M-ATX/ATX. Plus AMD Radeon HD 6310 GPU, the 3D performance or video decoding are increasing a lot. AMD dual core E-350 CPU is same level as Intel Atom, the performance is only so so. For components, spec and performance, E350N-USB3 C/P value is quite good in AMD ITX market. For AMD market, AMD Fusion provides one more fair price option for ITX or NetBook market. This should be the main target for Fusion structure. Now, many MB makers all launch their related ITX product. From the price point, if your HTPC budget is 7000NTD, you can choose Intel 55/H61 ITX MB with i3 CPU. If you don’t fix in IXT, your budget can have Micro ATX 880G and AMD X2 CPU. Of course you need bigger chassis. Due to HTPC market is growing, in the future, users can see more ITX MB in the market and it can reduce the PC dimension. I provide 2 more option for mid-end performance combo. Users can pick the right option by yourself. Later on, if I got time, I will share Toshiba NB520 latest NetBook. It uses Intel Atom N550 1.5GHz and I can make the comparion with AMD Fusion. This review also post in my blog WIND3C Welcome 3C lovers to visit and advise. Thanks

PCMark Vantage => 4094 E-350 CPU FSB rise from 100 to 107MHz. The CPU performance increase about 7%. Adding on OC GPU clock, some media benchmark scores are more than 7%. AMD Fusion OC range is not much and no need to adjust too many BIOS items. However, less OC is still better than none. Temperature (Room is 18℃) System Standby - 48~49 CPU Full Speed - 66 Intel Burn Test v2.4，Stress Level Maximum No matter OC or not, the temperature is the same. Even it’s lower 1~2℃ due to room temperature. The main reason is still the OC range is small. DRAM Performance Test ADIA64 Memory Read - 3936 MB/s Sandra Memory Bandwidth - 3900 MB/s MaXXMEM Memory-Copy - 4331 MB/s DDR3 1333 CL6 6-6-18 1T DDR3 1426 CL6 6-6-18 1T ADIA64 Memory Read - 4232 MB/s Sandra Memory Bandwidth - 4313 MB/s MaXXMEM Memory-Copy - 4629 MB/s DDR3 performance increase 6~8% after OC. Also AMD Fusion only supports single channel. Users cannot expect too much the memory performance. The right way should be increasing the DDR3 capacity. GPU Test Default 500MHz 3DMARK VANTAGE => P800 CPU SCORE => 2057 GPU SCORE => 665 StreetFighter IV Benchmark 1280 X 720 => 30.07 FPS DEVIL MAY CRY4 1280 X 720 => 25.65/21.33/30.04/19.75 fps FINAL FANTASY XIV 1280 X 720 => 502 AMD Fusion structure is built-in latest Radeon HD 6310 GPU, supports DirectX 11. Comparing to own 890GX chipset, HD4290 GPU, it’s still higher. In 3D performance, E350 enhance a lot. Maybe it dues to AMD suffer vert hard push from Intel Sandy Bridge built-in GPU？ OC to 760MHz 3DMARK VANTAGE => P891 CPU SCORE => 2187 GPU SCORE => 744

CPU Full Speed - 34W Intel Burn Test v2.4，Stress Level Maximum OCCT POWER SUPPLY Mode - 41W As per 40nm, standby power consumption is pretty good in PC. If it’s in NB, the value is too high. When CPU full speed is 34W and CPU/GPU simultaneous operation is 41W. The difference is only 7W, not much. Main BIOS Tuning Menu called M.I.T. CPU Host Clock 100~120 Memory Clock X5.33/X6.66 Voltage Items DDR3 Voltage 1.200~2.100V FCH Voltage 1.100~1.600V PCIe PLL Voltage 1.800~2.200V CPU NB VID Control -0.600~+0.600V CPU Voltage Control -0.600~+0.600V Built-in AMD Radeon HD 6310 GPU Items UMA Frame Buffer Size 256/512/1024MB VGA Core Clock 300~2000MHz Advanced DDR3 Setup Page The setting below is DDR3 1333 CL6 6-6-18 1T PC Health Status GIGABYTE E350N-USB3 BIOS still provide very rich items. It doesn’t simplify BIOS menu as it’s ITX MB or AMD Fusion OC capability. Since then, user can adjust by your free mind and also OC some portion. OC Performance Test CPU 107 X 16 => 1712.3MHz DDR3 1426 CL6 6-6-18 1T GPU 760MHz Hyper PI 32M X2 => 38m 01.798s CPUMARK 99 => 136 Nuclearus Multi Core => 3356 Fritz Chess Benchmark => 3.57/1711 CrystalMark 2004R3 => 86639 CINEBENCH R11.5 CPU => 0.67 pts CPU(Single Core) => 0.35 pts

3 phase PWM is enough for this low power consumption platform Test Configuration CPU: AMD E-350 MB: GIGABYTE GA-E350N-USB3 DRAM: CORSAIR CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 VGA: AMD Radeon HD 6310 HD: CORSAIR Force SSD 60GB POWER: Antec HCG 400W Cooler: GIGABYTE built-in Cooler OS: Windows7 Ultimate 64bit Default Performance Test CPU 100 X 16 => 1600.2MHz DDR3 1333 CL6 6-6-18 1T GPU 500MHz Hyper PI 32M X2 => 40m 52.730s CPUMARK 99 => 127 Nuclearus Multi Core => 3122 Fritz Chess Benchmark => 3.27/1567 CrystalMark 2004R3 => 77537 CINEBENCH R11.5 CPU => 0.63 pts CPU(Single Core) => 0.32 pts PCMark Vantage => 3646 AMD E-350 spec is X2 1.6GHz and 1MB L2 cache. It’s no L3 Cache. CPU performance is similar to Intel Atom. Even though AMD launch later, at least this is a big step to enter HTPC and NetBook market Temperature (Room is 20℃) System Standby - 51~52 CPU Full Speed - 65~66 Intel Burn Test v2.4，Stress Level Maximum 40nm is more advance than normal AMD 45nm CPU, however, the temperature is still not big different. E-350 full speed and standby temperature are almost same. This could be kind of strength. Power Consumption Test System Standby - 25W

These years, the Home PC becomes smaller and smaller. Formerly, Micro ATX was the mainstream of small form factor P. Now, you can see more and more ITX MB in the market and most users use it to build HTPC. HTPC full name is Home Theater Personal Computer and the advantage is smaller volume. Also users can have enough performance in multimedia applications. This is the main reason to make HTPC more popular. Two CPU companies are competing badly in Desktop PC. Intel owns Atom structure years and most been used in NetBook and AIO PC. It’s hard to find in retail channel. After then, some MB brands announced H55 or H61/H67 ITX products. They combine Intel CPU having very good performance. H55/H61/H67 are Intel mid-high end HTPC platform. AMD platform is hard to see in mainstream ITX segment. There are still some MB makers produce AMD ITX products, but the price is much higher. Recently, AMD launched latest Fusion structure to enhance own capability. It can use for HTPC and NoteBook. This time I would like to introduce AMD latest Fusion, GIGABYTE E350N-USB3. The packing size is similar to previous GIGABYTE H55N-USB3 ITX. They both use small package. Accessory Manual, Quick installation Guide, IO shield, driver CD and SATA cables. GA-E350N-USB3 Mini-ITX size is 17 x 17 cm Chipset is AMD Hudson-M1 FCH/AMD dual core E-350 processor/AMD Radeon HD 6310 Graphics Chip Backside The cooler is fixed by 4 screws. 1 X PCI-E X16 supports X4, It provides users to use chassis which supports the Low Profile VGA spec. 4 X Blue SATA, provided by Hudson-M1 FCH and supports SATA3 Realtek ALC892 supports 7.1 channel and High Definition Audio technology 2 X DIMM DDR3 support 1066/1333(OC) and DDR3 max capacity is 8GB Next is 24-PIN power connector Central is the black active cooler Below is the AMD APU, CPU integrates with GPU Chipset includes Hudson-M1 FCH and CPU AMD dual core E-350 processor IO D-SUB/DVI/HDMI 1 X PS2 KB/MS 4 X USB 2.0(Black) 2 X USB 3.0(Blue) 1 X RJ-45LAN 1 X S/PDIF Output USB 3.0 chip is NEC D720200AF1

StreetFighter IV Benchmark 1280 X 720 => 47.49 FPS DEVIL MAY CRY4 1280 X 720 => 48.49/43.25/57.83/33.63 fps FINAL FANTASY XIV 1280 X 720 => 881 Using the H67H2-M BIOS overclocking GPU functions to achieve more than 34 times overclocking speed shows that the HD3000's overclocking capabilities are not to be underestimated. Generally speaking, overclocking to 1700 ~ 1800MHz is not too difficult. After overclocking, 3DMark Vantage has a nearly 50% performance improvement. In other areas, StreetFighter IV has gains of about 20%, and DEVIL MAY CRY4/FINAL FANTASY XIV, about 30%. For benchmark games such as 3DMark Vantage to have such great 3D performance, consumers should be more satisfied. The improvement in audio and video performance is a major feature of Sandy Bridge. Next, we tested Intel's new Quick Sync Video Technology, MediaEspresso to compare the built-in GPU and external VGA and the time required for video conversion of a DVD file called VTS_01_1.VOB with a size of 1023MB, 2500K into an MP4 file. Intel HD Graphics HD3000 Turn on Intel Quick Sync Video (better quality) 6 minutes 49 seconds msi N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II Using nVIDIA CUDA technology 8 minutes 09 seconds For this file, Intel's Quick Sync Video was 1 minute 20 seconds faster than the nVIDIA CUDA. If you use an external VGA with CUDA and switch to Intel's built-in HD3000 H67, you get a time improvement of about 37% or more. If you are using external VGA, you cannot take advantage of the Intel Quick Sync Video technology. This is something you need to be aware of. In addition, with the two file conversion technologies, video performance is also something we care about. In the future, I will carefully note the differences. Video playback test With movies on hand that I've bought, I used Blu-ray versions of “Inception”. The copyright for the above video belongs entirely to the owner. With a Blu-ray movie, you have to use PowerDVD mode, and on a Windows desktop, it's not easy to do a video capture, so a direct capture screen is used as a reference here. The CPU utilization rate is approximately 13 ~ 20%, and with the HD resolution of 1920 X 1080, video playback is smooth. ECS H67H2-M Advantages 1. H67 is a more high-end product with attractive packaging materials and good accessories 2.15μ gold contacts, Realtek RTL8111E chip, USB 3.0/eSATA and other materials 3. BIOS overclocking with the GPU provides features that set Sandy Bridge's 3D performance at a higher standard 4. 2500K with satisfactory power consumption performance and overall performance also at a high level 5. Qooltech III for dual heat-pipe thermal module, built-in debug LED and POWER / Reset button Disadvantages 1. The recommended BIOS option is to turn on the DDR3 clock, allowing the user the freedom to choose 1066/1333 2. The surface area of the heat sink near the CPU is too large, and if you want to install a better cooling device, there may not be enough room. 3. Compared with other first-rate MB factories, in the future, expansion of retail channels and repair services by ECS will provide greater convenience to consumers, both areas they care about. Performance comparison ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ Materials comparison ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Specifications comparison ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ Appearance comparison ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Price to performance comparison ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ The performance of the H67H2-M launched by ECS is very good in all respects. With the BIOS, if more DDR3 options can be added, that will be an improvement. Specifications and materials of the H67 compared with those of other MB manufacturers are fairly standard. The scalability enabled by the dual network features of Micro ATX, USB 3.0 and eSATA creates a high-end PC host. The price of US$149 is equivalent to NT$4,372. For these material standards, the high-end H67 is a bit pricey. Compared with other MB brands, the H67 is a bit expensive, yet the price to performance of the ECS H67H2-M is fairly good. The integrated Sandy Bridge chipset's great value in the future should be targeted at the H61, allowing more room for pricing. Regarding the Intel 6 series chipset bug incident, ECS on February 7 issued a statement on its website. The company halted shipments of the Sandy Bridge B2 version, and the company will unconditionally replace all sold goods with the B3. This policy and those of other top-line MB manufacturers is very sincere in the hope of keeping the design flaws of the P67/H67 to a minimum. The entrance of the Sandy Bridge architecture to the market has enabled the performance of Micro ATX MBs and multimedia to make very clear steps forward. The conversion efficiency of Intel's Quick Sync Video is especially impressive. For those consumers who prefer a small PC host this is a great benefit, but prior to the H61's market debut, the H67 is a higher priced option. This report shares specifications and descriptions of all aspects of the ECS H67H2-M's performance as reference for consumers. This review also post in my blog WIND3C Welcome 3C lovers to visit and advise. Thanks

Temperature performance (room temperature about 20 degrees) System Standby - 20 ~ 29 CPU full speed - 66~71 Intel Burn Test v2.4，Stress Level Maximum For use of Intel's original copper base heat sink, I personally recommend that prior to installation users should add a coat of thermal grease to improve heat dissipation. The 2500K temperature shown by the motherboard's hardware monitoring by means of software as demonstrated by the data above was slightly in error and was not the actual temperature. It seems the temperature data is a bit high, and the actual air temperature near the heat dissipator didn't feel so hot. Perhaps the high temperature measurement was the result of the measurement software. Power Consumption Test System Standby - 29W CPU full speed - 111W With the C1E 32nm process, the energy-saving technology of the 4Cores 2500K takes power consumption to a staggeringly low level. At full speed, power consumption is also acceptable, and even if in the future VGA is used in the mid-range product line, the PSU may need 400 ~ 450W only. The H67H2-M platform with the H67 chipset lets consumers have a higher performance host PC or HTPC. The Sandy Bridge architecture is different from the previous generation LGA 1156 platform derived from the Core i3 ~ i7 CPUs with a full range of internal GPUs. Under the Intel HD Graphics line, there are the HD2000 and HD3000 series. For the high-end HD3000, currently only the 2405S/2500K/2600K of the HD3000 series are equipped with GPUs. The following test is for the i5-2500K together with the HD3000, ordinarily operating at 850MHz with the highest default clock of 1100MHz. In the first half of the BIOS portion, the 22-fold frequency is mentioned. Intel HD Graphics HD3000 Benchmark Default clock 1100MHz 3DMark Vantage => P1677 StreetFighter IV Benchmark 1280 X 720 => 40.42 FPS DEVIL MAY CRY4 1280 X 720 => 37.14/32.26/41.35/24.38 fps FINAL FANTASY XIV 1280 X 720 => 669 3D performance of the H67 platform is a huge improvement. Compared with the previous generation i3-540 H55, the 3D performance of 3DMark Vantage is four times better. With StreetFighter IV Benchmark, it's about twice as good. This built-in GPU is a great leap forward after the previous LGA 1156's built-in 3D performance caught up with rival AMD. This time, the multiple gains in the 3D performance of Intel's LGA 1155 Sandy Bridge platform times provide Intel a clear advantage to aggressively expand its share in the HTPC market. 1700MHz overclocking 3DMark Vantage => P2536

Test platform CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K MB: ECS H67H2-M DRAM: CORSAIR CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 VGA: Integrated Graphics HD: Intel X25-V 40GB RAID 0 POWER: CORSAIR CX430W Cooler: Intel original manufacturer cooler OS: Windows7 Ultimate 64bit CPU use of Core i5-2500K The product name is the Intel Core i5-2500K. The K series appeared in 2010, signifying that the clock function is unlocked at 3.3GHz, enabling a new generation of Turbo Boost 2.0 technology, with performance up to 3.70GHz. Entity 4 Cores but without Hyper-Threading technology and a total of up to 4 threads, referred to as 4C/4T 32nm process technology, power 95W, total of 6MB L3 Cache. The LGA 1155 is currently in the second rank of the high-end CPUs. Because the Sandy Bridge i3 series will be on the market after the end of February, at this point for testing we'll use the high-end 4Cores i5. Later, if I get my hands on an i3-2100, I will do detailed performance tests to understand the actual performance of the built-in GPU on the i5-2500K. Performance CPU 99.8 X 35 => 3293.4MHz Power on Turbo Boost, power on C1E DDR3 1064.4 CL7 7-7-20 1T Hyper PI 32M X4 => 11m 54.091s CPUMARK 99 => 568 Nuclearus Multi Core => 19330 Fritz Chess Benchmark => 20.81/9986 CrystalMark 2004R3 => 223913 CINEBENCH R11.5 CPU => 5.41 pts CPU(Single Core) => 1.47 pts PCMark Vantage => 15688 Windows experience index - CPU 7.5 The i5-2500K CPU together with the H67 had advantages and disadvantages compared with the P67 that was previously tested, but the differences were not many. The H67 and P67 chipsets were very similar in performance under default settings, and the performance was not bad. Compared with the previously reviewed i5-760, the new 2500K CPU had performance improvements of about 2 to 3 percent On one hand, with the same clock speed, the LGA 1155 had about 10% higher performance than the LGA 1156 With the i5-2500K at 3.3GHz added to the mix, the i5-760 running at 2.8GHz was the only factor behind differences in performance. This is provided to all netizens as a reference. DDR3 bandwidth comparison DDR3 1064.4 CL7 7-7-20 1T ADIA64 Memory Read - 14091 MB/s Sandra Memory Bandwidth - 14133 MB/s From the above bandwidth performance test of DDR3, we can see improvements on the problems of the older generation It is simply the built-in GPU of the CPU that lowers the bandwidth of the DDR3. This is a special characteristic of the LGA 1156 i3/i5 32nm CPU. The Sandy Bridge i5-2500K has the same built-in GPU but the DDR3 bandwidth allows excellent performance. Only working with DDR3 1064, it already operates at a bandwidth about 36 to 59% higher than the previous generation i3-540 DDR3 1333. We hope that in the future we will have the opportunity to share our experience with the i3-2100 operating with such a high bandwidth. The lack of BIOS options for DDR3 1333 is something of a drawback.

IO D-SUB/DVI/HDMI / Display Port clr CMOS button 4 X USB 2.0 (Red / Black) 2 X USB 3.0 (Blue) 1 X eSATA / USB 2.0 Sharing (red) 2 X RJ-45 Internet port 1 X S / PDIF Equipped with ECS Black Series typical Qooltech III dual heat-pipe thermal module design LGA 1155-pin layout With 15μ gold contact, commonly known as triple gold material BIOS screen M.I.B X, ECS overclocking technology This page has to adjust the voltage options. DDR3 1T/2T with the current CPU clock / DDR3 capacity / voltage status CPU Voltage +20 ~ 320mV DIMM -800 ~ +630 mV IMC Voltage +15 ~ +675 mV ICC overclocking options page CPU technology configuration page TurboBoost, C1E option can be selected for reduced power consumption DRAM timing information Intel integrated GPU overclocking options When overclocking, it is recommended to first set Graphics Current to Max When the clock is set to the Graphics Core Ratio Limit, default is 22 Each level of the clock is 50MHz, and in the figure 34 means 34 X 50 => 1700MHz IGD Memory has three options, namely 32/64/128MB For DVMT / FIXED Memory, there are three options, 128/256MB/Maximum Other CPU related technology options In addition to turning off C1E, Power Technology should also be shut down so that the CPU can be maintained at the default 3.3GHz operation. PC Health Status The H67 chipset does not provide a CPU multiplier or FSB overclocking options. Essentially for All In One PC use, so in this regard Intel has created more restrictions compared with the previous LGA 1156 generation. But the built-in GPU overclocking option is the special characteristic of the H67. The BIOS design of the ECS H67H2-M takes this into full account.

The latest generation in the Intel architecture is the LGA 1155, officially released in early January of this year. In the first wave of the 6 series chipsets were two chipsets, the P67 and the H67. The two have different market positions and based on the previous LGA 1156 nomenclature rules, the P stands for high-performance without VGA output. As is common with the ATX design of the H67, it is clear that it has a VGA output but no CPU overclocking capabilities and is therefore suitable for combination with the Micro ATX specification. From January to now -- the end of February -- windwithme has shared reviews of two types of P67 overclocking test-use CPUs, the more popular i7-2600K and the i5-2500K, as next-generation PC platforms for performance and overclocking. However, on January 31, Intel announced that there were bug issues in SATA2 devices under which prolonged use might result in degradation of HDD performance. At the same time, Intel announced the recall of the B2 chipset and as quickly as possible provided the new B3 version chipset in March to resolve this problem. This forced all MB/NB manufacturers to respond as quickly as possible, and nearly all the MB makers had to recall products or offer replacements to those who had already purchased the motherboards. In response to this news, I hope all consumers can understand more about the current status of the 6 series chipset Back on the main topic, at this time, I am sharing the first article on tests of the Intel H67 chipset with an Elitegroup-brand motherboard, the model H67H2-M. This is part of the Black Series, a high-end product line started more than a year ago. Elitegroup has been selling it on the web, in shopping malls and even on the OC market, hoping to gradually enter the consumer market and build their brand image. The H67H2-M packaging has bright reflective material, making this product eye-catching Accessories Included English user manual, a quick guide, IO panel, driver software on a CD and plastic protective covers for the IO interface SATA cables and eSATA connectors H67H2-M enclosure The mainly black PCB has a sticker listing the main features of the product the CPU and the DDR3 slots with 15μ gold contact that triple the antioxidant, heat resistant and scratch resistant properties of ordinary products. Micro ATX specifications, dimensions 244mm x 244mm H67H2-M products are the top of the H67 line in terms of materials, and in design are different from other entry-level H67 products Motherboard lower left 1 X PCI-E Gen 2.0 X16 2 X PCI-E X1 1 X PCI Realtek RTL8111E dual network chip with support for teaming Realtek ALC892 audio chip supporting 8-channel High Definition audio Etron USB 3.0 controller chip, at back two USB 3.0 IO expansion units Lower right of motherboard 3 X white SATA, H67 installed, SATA2 specifications 2 X grey SATA, H67 installed, SATA3 specifications can be used interchangeably and can support RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and other specifications Power, Reset button, built-in Debug LED The heat sink designed in a flame shape. Below is the Intel H67 chipset single-chip design Top right of motherboard 4 X DIMM DDR3, supports 1066/1333, maximum DDR3 capacity of 32GB. Adjacent to the 24-PIN power input Motherboard upper left Place for installation of LGA 1155 CPU The H67H2-M uses 4 +1 +1 power input. Intel limits the H67 CPU to operate without overclocking as the 32nm process technology is up to the task.

Youtube Inception 1080P - CPU => 15~19% Final Fantasy 13 1080P - CPU => 13~20% The copyright reserved of each vedio belongs to its original company. Battery Duration 4Cell battery, Battery Eater Pro (turn on wifi and bluetooth) Full Speed - 1:11:02 Idle - 4:40:28 HP ProBook 5320m Performance ★★★★★★★★☆☆ Components ★★★★★★★★★☆ Specification ★★★★★★★★☆☆ Outlook ★★★★★★★★★☆ C/P Value ★★★★★★★★☆☆ This review also post in my blog WIND3C Welcome 3C lovers to visit and advise. Thanks

CPU full speed - 67~74℃ Using high performance MLC SSD-CORSAIR F60 to test Size is 2.5” and ID is F60. The highest performance is 285/275 MB/s. Random 4K writing performance can reach 50000 IOPS which improve the 4K writing issue in past SSD. ATTO DISK Benchmark over 64k benchmark result is max read 249.4 Mb/s and write 232.9 MB/s CrystalDiskMark 4K QD32 Read - 139.7 MB/s Write - 46.74 MB/s EVEREST File Benchmark over 1024k benchmark result also above 250 MB/s. AS SSD Benchmark Seq Read - 194.91 MB/s Write - 45.36 MB/s 4K-64Thrd Read - 101.97 MB/s Write - 48.73 MB/s 3D is the latest Intel technology that CPU built-in GPU 3DMARK2006 - 1690 StreetFighter IV Benchmark 800 X 600 => 22.20FPS Vedio BD Inception/DVD Taiwanese Puppet Show DVD 720 X 480 CPU => 5~8% 1440 X 1080 CPU => 20~27%

4 Cell battery => 1712g HP ProBook 5320m uses Intel latest Calpella structure. CPU is Intel Core i3-350M. The clock is 133 X 16 => 2.26GHz, L3 3MB, dual core and supports HT technology. The chipset is HM57. Comparing to GM45, I believe the performance will be much better. Performance test OS is Windows7 Ultimate 64Bit Hardware info in Device Manager Windows7 system performance CPU performance test Super PI 32M => 27m 04.587s CPUMARK99 => 351 Nuclearus Multi Core => 8849 Fritz Chess Benchmark => 8.32/3992 CrystalMark 2004R3 => 120274 CINEBENCH 11.5 OpenGL 1.25fps CPU (Single Core) 0.76pts MP Ratio 2.47x PCMark Vantage => 8018 DRAM performance DDR3 4GB X 1 (1 SODIMM) => 1064.2 CL7 7-7-20 1T ADIA64 Memory Read - 7306MB/s Sandra Memory Bandwidth - 6530MB/s CPU Temperature Standby - 42~44℃

HP ProBook 5320m 32.8 X 22.10 X 2.35 cm 13.3” matte monitor, the resolution is 1366X768. The open degree is 140. Integrated 2 MP webcam with fixed-focused lens. Left side SD\1 X USB 2.0\1 X Mic in&Line out\2 X USB 2.0\anti-thief lock Left side Power in\thermal holes\DisplayPort\RJ45 LAN\D-SUB Full-sized spill-resistant keyboard with HP DuraKeys

Monster Hunter Frontier => 13678 Unigine Heaven Benchmark => 50.7 FPS Temperature (Room Temp. is around 18℃) System Idle - 24 FurMark GPU Full Speed - 69 Power Consumption System Idle - 90W GPU Full Speed - 179W msi N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II Performance ★★★★★★★★☆☆ Components ★★★★★★★★★☆ Specification ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ Outlook ★★★★★★★★★☆ C/P Value ★★★★★★★★☆☆ windwithme next Review - HP ProBook 5320m NoteBook Thanks This review is also post in my blog.WIND3C Welcome all of you to come and comment.

Unigine Heaven Benchmark => 47.8 FPS Temperature (Room Temp. is around 18℃) System Idle - 24 FurMark GPU Full Speed - 65 Power Consumption System Idle - 88W GPU Full Speed - 320W msi Afterburner OC 960/2400 3DMark Vantage => P25777 3DMark 11 => P5023 FINAL FANTASY XIV 1920 X 1080 => 4850 StreetFighter IV Benchmark 1920 X 1080 => 326.98 FPS BIOHAZARD 5 Benchmark 1920 X 1080 => 153.3 fps

CPU Core Voltage 0.800~1.800V DRAM Voltage 1.108~2.464V GTX560 Ti GPU 880/2100 Default Performance CPU 100 X 50 => 5007.1MHz Disable Turbo Boost、C1E, Enable Internal PLL Voltage Override DDR3 1869.6 CL9 10-9-24 1T 3DMark Vantage => P23602 3DMark 11 => P4645 LOST PLANET 2 DX11 1920 X 1080 TEST B - 50.3 fps FINAL FANTASY XIV 1920 X 1080 => 4535 StreetFighter IV Benchmark 1920 X 1080 => 302.66 FPS BIOHAZARD 5 Benchmark 1920 X 1080 => 142.2 fps Monster Hunter Frontier => 12538

System Configuration CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K MB: msi P67A-GD65 DRAM: CORSAIR VENGEANCE CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 PK1 VGA: msi N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II HD: CORSAIR CSSD-F40GB2 Raid 0 POWER: be quiet! STRAIGHT POWER GOLDEN 550W Cooler: Mega Shadow Deluxe Edition OS: Windows7 Ultimate 64bit msi P67A-GD65 Sharing windwithme BIOS fine tune setup msi UEFI BIOS Intel i5-2500K OC 5GHz CORSAIR VENGEANCE DDR3 1600 CL9 OC 1866 CL9

msi N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II NVIDIA GTX560 Ti Core/Memory 822/1000 msi N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II 880/2100 2 X DVI 1 X HDMI GTX 560 Ti GPU 40nm GF114 SAMSUNG K4G10325FE - HC04 1GB GDDR5

CPU Full Speed - 55~63 Intel Burn Test v2.4，Stress Level Maximum Under OC condition, it increases 6~7℃ in idle mode and 23~24℃ in full speed mode. I think the result is acceptable. If you install inside chassis, it will increase 5~8℃ more. Power Consumption System Idle - 85W CPU Full Speed - 179W The power consumption increases around 20/78W. It’s very good result as well. Sandy Bridge power consumption is much lower than other socket platform. For power saving demand users, it’s a good choice. Using this high performance and clock platform with GTX 560 Ti, you just need one 500W PSU. I use MediaEspresso to compare the video converting time. DVD File VTS_01_1.VOB, capacity is 1023MB. 2500K convert to MP4 file. CPU default mode – 6’ 55” CPU OC to 4.8GHz – 5’06” Comparing default mode and OC to 4.8GHz, you can save 1’49”, around 36%. Using P67, I cannot use latest Quick Sync Video to test the performance. I will test it with H67 platform. However, you can refer to the CPU clock to consider the performance improvement. 3D performance is using NVIDIA latest mid-high VGA, GIGABYTE GTX560 Ti SO. The product ID is N560SO-1GI, 1GB DDR5, and SO means Super OC. The original default clock is OC to GPU/DDR5 1GHz/4580MHz. 3DMark Vantage => P26244 FINAL FANTASY XIV 1920 X 1080 => 4939 LOST PLANET 2 DX11 1920 X 1200 TEST B - 52.7 fps DEVIL MAY CRY4 1920 X 1200 => 251.46/202.39/277.46/184.05 fps Comparing to previous GTX460, NVIDIA GTX560 Ti performance is much higher. Another reason is this model is OC version, the clock is higher than NVIDIA official GTX560 reference card. The 3D performance is much higher. Finally, I enable the Internal PLL Voltage Override CPU 100 X 54 => 5400MHz 1.600V Hyper PI 32M X1 => 6m 36.818s CPUMARK 99 => 833 GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD3R Good 1.It’s mainstream P67 product for GIGABYTE. The price is only higher than P67A-UD3. 2.New matte black PCB and new design make product be more elegant. 3.2oz PCB, All Japanese made solid caps and rich applications. 4.Rich BIOS items, wide voltage range and good CPU OC capability. 5.Built-in 2 SATAIII and 8 USB. Weak 1. It doesn’t support NVIDIA SLI 2.CPU voltage only can display correct in own software. Some software cannot display the correct value. 3.1/31 news showed 6 series chipset has some potential issue with SATA2 devices. I hope Intel can solve this issue soon. Performance ★★★★★★★★☆☆ Components ★★★★★★★★☆☆ Specification ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ Outlook ★★★★★★★★☆☆ C/P Value ★★★★★★★★★☆ Since Sandy Bridge is 32nm, the Intel 4Cores CPU power consumption and temperature are much lower. For OC capability, comparing to 45nm i5-760, you can find running 4.2GHz stable one easily. Per new i5-2500K, if you have good cooler, it also can achieve 4.8~5.0GHz to run long term. According to manufacturing improvement, you can see the big performance gap between Sandy Bridge platform and pervious. Intel middle-high end C/P platform transfers from i5-760 with P55 MB to LGA 1155 i5-2500K with entry P67 MB. The CPU/MB price is only higher than last generation a little. Of course, LGA 1156 still has some advantages. It’s cheaper and CPU OC range is higher. If you have less budget or doesn’t want to buy Sandy Bridge K sku CPU, you also can consider LGA 1156. Currently, Intel has 4 different sockets which includes old LGA 775 and extreme position LGA 1366, last mainstream LGA 1156 and new mainstream LGA 1155. It’s very complicated for users. I predict LGA 1155 will move to mid-low market in the future. LGA 1155 will take over the mid-high market few months later after SATA2 BUG issue. You can collect more price information and performance review before purchasing. Windwithme finish this review between Chinese New Year holiday. I wish you all have good fortune in Rabbit year. In new coming year, there are more and more high C/P value hardware. Thanks for reading this mainstream LGA 1155 review. This review is also post in my blog.WIND3C Welcome all of you to come and comment.

DDR3, I use USA CORSAIR latest CORSAIR VENGEANCE series, CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 PK1 The packing shows it supports Core i7 platform and capacity is 2 X 4GB. The clock is DDR3 1600 and parameter is CL9 9-9-24 1.50V. Intel recommend Core I platform DDR3 voltage should be 1.650V. However, this VENGEANCE official spec only needs 1.50V. It’s really helpful for power saving and OC voltage. The outlook is different as normal CORSAIR design. VENGEANCE uses new heatsink. All black design makes delicate be better. CPU 3392.2MHz DDR3 1596.4 CL8 9-8-25 1T 1.500V ADIA64 Memory Read - 18119 MB/s Sandra Memory Bandwidth - 20874 MB/s MaXXMEM Memory-Copy - 18956 MB/s I tried 2 D2 version Core i5-2500K and the built-in Memory Controller quality are different. One of them can achieve 100/2133, but the other one only can run at 100/1866. This is very important for OC DDR3. It’s not only DRAM quality but also CPU. CPU 4801.7MHz DDR3 1867.4 CL8 10-9-24 1T 1.600V ADIA64 Memory Read - 21811 MB/s Sandra Memory Bandwidth - 23934 MB/s MaXXMEM Memory-Copy - 24605 MB/s Another advantage of Sandy Bridge platform is DRAM performance improvement. The dual channel is much better than LGA 1156 bandwidth and even close to LGA 1366 tri-channel. During test, VENGEANCE quality is good. I can set CL8 at DDR3 1600 and also can run DDR3 1866 CL8 by rising voltage. Pulling from 1600 to 1866 and rising CPU clock, ADIA64/MaXXMEM bandwidth performance is increasing around 20 to 30%. OC Performance CPU 100 X 48 => 4801.7MHz 1.360V Disable Turbo Boost, C1E and Internal PLL Voltage Override DDR3 1867.4 CL9 10-8-24 1T 1.660V Hyper PI 32M X4 => 8m 16.377s CPUMARK 99 => 741 Nuclearus Multi Core => 26687 Fritz Chess Benchmark => 29.64/14226 CrystalMark 2004R3 => 407352 CINEBENCH R11.5 CPU => 7.55 pts CPU(Single Core) => 1.93 pts Windows Experience Index - CPU 7.7 Windows Experience Index is still 7.7. I hope this built-in benchmark can be more detail for performance difference. In most software, under 2500K OC to 4.8GHz condition, the performance increases 30~40% compare to default mode. I would like to test CPU OC under 1.4V. It can run long term and no need to pull high clock or voltage. So, I disable Internal PLL Voltage Override here and don’t test 5GHz which is over 1.4V. Temperature (Room Temp. is around 16℃) System Idle - 23~33