The Test

In recent times, choosing a motherboard cannot be completely determined by a Winstone score. Now, many boards come within one Winstone point of each other and therefore the need to benchmark boards against each other falls. Therefore you should not base your decision entirely on the benchmarks you see here, but also on the technical features and advantages of this particular board, seeing as that will probably make the greatest difference in your overall experience.

Click Here to learn about AnandTech's Motherboard Testing Methodology.

Test Configuration

Processor(s):
Intel Pentium III 733 OEM
RAM:
1 x 128MB Mushkin PC133 SDRAM
Hard Drive(s):
Western Digital 153BA Ultra ATA 66 7200 RPM
Bus Master Drivers:
Intel Ultra ATA 6.00
Video Card(s):
NVIDIA GeForce 2 GTS 32MB DDR
Video Drivers:
NVIDIA Detonator 5.22
Operation System(s):
Windows 98 SE
Motherboard Revision:
EPoX EP-3SPA3 Revision 1.0
BIOS Revision
C12 (12/20/2000)

Results

Windows 98 Performance

Sysmark 2000
Content Creation
Winstone 2000
Quake III Arena
640 x 480 x 16
EPoX EP-3SPA3 (i815EP)
162
31.7
132.5
ABIT SH6 - Slot-1 (i815E)
163
32.0
133.1
ABIT SA6R - Socket-370 (i815E)
164
31.9
132.2
ABIT SE6 - Socket-370 (i815E)
161
31.8
132.5
Iwill WOR-2 - Socket-370 (i815E)
161
31.8
131.7
Transcend TS-ASL3 - Socket-370 (i815E)
161
31.8
131.3
Chaintech CT-6OJV2 - Socket-370 (i815E)
162
31.1
131.2

As the above results show, the EP-3SPA3 performs just average compared to other i815E motherboards we have reviewed.

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