ASUS M4A89PRO/USB3 testing with locked multi x2 550

Had some free time to play with this board a little amongst my busy schedule of late. Just getting a feel for it, I'm sure the results could be improved upon seeing as I was run and gunning and just exploring the board.

ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3
AMD Phenom II x2 550 C3 ( untested chip till now )
Corsair 1866 c7
pc p@c 1200 turbocool
Single GIGABYTE Radeon 5970
Ancient mach 1 predating the dinosaurs :p:


I was extremely lazy with this one, just jacked the multi one notch from my 06 run and let it rip.

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/qdig-file...pro%203d03.jpg

Not bad for a "dual core chip"
http://chew.ln2cooling.com/M4A89PRO/...pro%203d06.jpg

05 looks real good on this board

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/M4A89PRO/...pro%203d05.jpg

Tossed in a quick PI run, its rather obvious that this chip can do 5+ for a valid on this board based on it's 1m abilities so I didn't bother with a valid.

1m effeciency seems to be off albeit this OS is untuned I don't believe that to be the cause.

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/M4A89PRO/...89pro%201m.JPG

nice bro way to push it


nice 05 lol

You got a winner right there I tell you Brian, crazy CPU dude. Can't wait for you to cool it down ;)

Got some more free time so here we go.

Lets start off where we stopped.......that sub 14 1m that got away due to the fact i was tired as hell last night.

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/qdig-file...s%201m%202.JPG


Of course saying a chip will do 5+ and showing it will do it are 2 totally seperate things, lets make it more complicated by adding 2 more cores to the equasion..

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/M4A89PRO/5gig%20%2B.JPG


I just ripped a bunch of other benches no tweaking/tuning, just feeling out the boards performance and the cpu.

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/M4A89PRO/pifast.JPG

This chip has some serious identity crisis, it just loves being a quad.

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/M4A89PRO/wprime.JPG

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/qdig-file..._cinebench.JPG

Hmmm, 890 chipset looks good for 3D. Thanks for showing man.

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Hmmm, 890 chipset looks good for 3D. Thanks for showing man.

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Might want to rephrase that to this particular board looks good for 3d, been scanning similar results and there is a huge delta and I preety much know why but need to test it personally to be sure.

From what data I have here it's beating all my 790 boards.

Tossed my SSD in to test the performance of the SB sata controller.

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/qdig-file...pro1%20ssd.JPG

Testing ram clocking on a new bios boasting ram compatibility , eliminated cold from the equasion to see how it fares under more "normal" conditions.

No subzero air cooling or high end heatsinks needed here.

Excuse the bench station, it's been hectic lately.

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/M4A89PRO/IMG_2225.JPG

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/M4A89PRO/IMG_2226.JPG

Was to lazy to install the socket bracket again so I just plopped the cooler on the chip.

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/M4A89PRO/IMG_2228.JPG

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/M4A89PRO/1800%20ram.JPG

I'm tired, time for a little shut eye.

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Originally Posted by chew*

Might want to rephrase that to this particular board looks good for 3d, been scanning similar results and there is a huge delta and I preety much know why but need to test it personally to be sure.

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Hmm, that makes it even more interesting.

Since it's an Asus board i have high hopes for the upcoming Crosshair IV, both Formula an Extreme.

The Crosshair III seemed pretty strong in 3D as well.

Anxious to hear your reasoning behind this, my first hunch would be internal latency between CPU-PCI-e lanes.

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Originally Posted by Zeus

Hmm, that makes it even more interesting.

Since it's an Asus board i have high hopes for the upcoming Crosshair IV, both Formula an Extreme.

The Crosshair III seemed pretty strong in 3D as well.

Anxious to hear your reasoning behind this, my first hunch would be internal latency between CPU-PCI-e lanes.

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From my data the crosshair III got served by this board as well, but like I said I need to do a real compare myself. If i can find the time I may do a all things equal compare on a rather large variety of boards all at the same speeds.

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Originally Posted by chew*

From my data the crosshair III got served by this board as well, but like I said I need to do a real compare myself. If i can find the time I may do a all things equal compare on a rather large variety of boards all at the same speeds.

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On newegg now has to sell??

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On newegg now has to sell??

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131631

System on "REAL air" and still to lazy to clamp the heatsink down.

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/M4A89PRO/IMG_2230.JPG

Apparently this is my fastest single GPU submission to hwbot in 3d01 :p:

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/qdig-file...4290%20IGP.JPG

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/M4A89PRO/...3d03%20igp.jpg


http://chew.ln2cooling.com/M4A89PRO/...3d05%20igp.jpg


http://chew.ln2cooling.com/qdig-file...ASUS%20IGP.jpg

OOPSed this screenshot but gpu speeds were kept the same through all benches. CPU speed netted nothing in this bench, I scored the same total at around 4.0 gig

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/M4A89PRO/...tage%20IGP.jpg

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/qdig-file...ASUS%20IGP.jpg

Quick test with micron D9 GTS for compatibility, still stock cooler/cooling.

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/qdig-file...gts%20ASUS.JPG

wow this thread is amazing

Finally getting a little more organized here. Air station back up and running and cleaned up for the most part.

Tossed on a better cpu cooler with a moderate fan for some heavier air testing.

Threw together a system that some of the more budget minded users would use to see what kind of results can be acchieved.

AMD Phenom II 550 locked multi C3
ASUS M4A89GTDPRO/USB3
ASUS EAH5770
OCZ BE 2x2g 1600 7-7-7
PC P&C 750 silencer
Megahalems something or other heatsink

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/M4A89PRO/IMG_2231.JPG

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/M4A89PRO/IMG_2233.JPG

Should have some results in a little while.

Edit prime 95 results done. A bit of voltage to spare but 4 gig is good enough for a dual core ;)

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/M4A89PRO/...ble%20asus.JPG

4.5 is easy.

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/M4A89PRO/4500%20mhzair.JPG

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Edit prime 95 results done. A bit of voltage to spare but 4 gig is good enough for a dual core ;)

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it's in x4 mode in this pic right?

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it's in x4 mode in this pic right?

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yep

Some 3d on air with a 5770.

Don't think this particular model is meant to OC as good as the TOP's so I just ran a mild OC.

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/qdig-file...05770%2005.jpg

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/qdig-file...05770%2006.jpg

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/M4A89PRO/...%20vantage.jpg

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Originally Posted by chew*

Edit prime 95 results done. A bit of voltage to spare but 4 gig is good enough for a dual core ;)

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/M4A89PRO/...ble%20asus.JPG

4.5 is easy.

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/M4A89PRO/4500%20mhzair.JPG

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omg... that's awesome oc w/ a locked chip... 4.0GHz w/ that kinda voltage is :up:

is that a retail chip sir? if so mind to share the week? :D

Week 0931

Some 2 X 4850 results.

Vantage seems to have an issue.

Possibly have found a bug, need to work on it more tommorow. Not sure if its driver or board related yet, could be just mismatched non ref cards.

Cards both do well over 800/1150 individually but lock any higher than 700 core in crossfire with 9.12 with and without hotfix.

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/qdig-file...x4850%2003.jpg

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/M4A89PRO/...x4850%2005.jpg

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/qdig-file...x4850%2006.jpg

thx for d info sir... :)

sorry for off topic:

one thing i noticed about swappin cards on x-fire mobo, d bandwidth thingy tends to get screwed up when i unplug & plug (could be d case of positions swapped) my 3850s from d board. it (primary slot) can be perfectly fine (x16 @ pci-e 2.0) but x4 @ pci-e 2.0/pci-e d other time. to resolve this i need to reseat d cards and/or reinstall catalyst... :confused:

any advice on this issue? :shrug:

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Originally Posted by ah_khoo

thx for d info sir... :)

sorry for off topic:

one thing i noticed about swappin cards on x-fire mobo, d bandwidth thingy tends to get screwed up when i unplug & plug (could be d case of positions swapped) my 3850s from d board. it (primary slot) can be perfectly fine (x16 @ pci-e 2.0) but x4 @ pci-e 2.0/pci-e d other time. to resolve this i need to reseat d cards and/or reinstall catalyst... :confused:

any advice on this issue? :shrug:

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Sounds like a board/bios issue. The board is supposed to switch IIRC when it sees the second card.

Tested a couple more chips to verify unlocking.

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/M4A89PRO/720%20unlocked.JPG

555 was untested prior.

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/M4A89PRO/555%20unlocked.JPG

Just tossed voltage and ran chip up real quick.

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/M4A89PRO/4550%20555BE.JPG

Swapped to a 555BE now, mainly to test ram compatibility as I see alot of reports from users stating the IMC is NOT capable of 1800 ram speeds.

Doesn't seem to be a cpu problem with micron d9 on this board with a 555BE , elpida testing next.

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/qdig-file...1800%20ram.JPG

Corsair Elpida testing @ 1800 done with 555BE. As you can see even when not running 100% optimal settings or a tuned windows they have quite the lead over micron d9.

One thing to note is with this board and tall heatspreaders on ram due to there spaced dimm configuration causes heatsink interference. Luckily for me I have long since compensated for this and purchased a heatsink that allows for various orientations however you may want to keep this in mind.

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/M4A89PRO/IMG_2249.JPG

http://chew.ln2cooling.com/M4A89PRO/...%20ram%202.JPG

Anything in particular anyone wants to see tested feel free to ask, i'm just sifting and running stuff no rhyme or reason, mainly searching for bug's issues etc etc.

I'd like to see a back to back comparisation of 3d mark 05 or 06 with a decent videocard or two (overclocked preferably) between this board and a 790FX board. ;)

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Originally Posted by Zeus

I'd like to see a back to back comparisation of 3d mark 05 or 06 with a decent videocard or two (overclocked preferably) between this board and a 790FX board. ;)

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Ok will work on it today.

hey chew*

BIOS 0003 change? whrer to dl

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hey chew*

BIOS 0003 change? whrer to dl

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Currently in beta status. When/If given permission I can host it.

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Originally Posted by chew*

Anything in particular anyone wants to see tested feel free to ask, i'm just sifting and running stuff no rhyme or reason, mainly searching for bug's issues etc etc.

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Two things, if you are still looking for requests:

1. Do a run at 5-5-5 memory timings.

2. Run HDTune on a RAID 0 array using the onboard controller

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Originally Posted by Momonishiki

Two things, if you are still looking for requests:

1. Do a run at 5-5-5 memory timings.

2. Run HDTune on a RAID 0 array using the onboard controller

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5-5-5 I can try but my set usually will only pull 5-6-5 @ 1600.

I don't have any 2 drives that are identical, seeing as this is something that just about every review site can and does test there is no need to be redundant nor am I technically a reviewer.

I just show what the hardware is capable of severely out of spec where a raid array imho is not a good idea and which most review sites don't do and search for bugs.

I'll run HDTune, I've got two RAID 0 arrays here with two Western Digital Caviar Blacks.

One is a 330 GB array which was on my old setup and then now a 900 GB array on my new setup. The 330GB array was shortstroked, so it should be faster. Both OS'es and arrays are pretty cluttered. I'm running the Gigabyte 890GX board though, but same SB850 controller.

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Originally Posted by chew*

5-5-5 I can try but my set usually will only pull 5-6-5 @ 1600.

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Thanks. I look forward to that.

Bought this board believe it or not for new HTPC. Ordered a C3 955 instead and plan to swap it for the 720BE in gaming rig after testing. :)

One thing I would like to note which is why I didn't push the IGP to hard yet.

Those looking to play with the IGP avoid the following sideport frequencies when setting manually for now, nothing bad will happen to the board however it will be rather hard to tell what you are doing with weird bios screens.

Tested on M4A89PROGTS ( non USB3 ) current latest bios on ASUS site, 0402.

1400,1610,1700,1790,1910, 2000 ( all frequencies or dividers not listed are fine )

Will verify on USB3 version board once its back on the table but I know 1400 should be avoided.