Shuttle HOT-631 LX Pentium II Board
by Anand Lal Shimpi on December 30, 1997 11:00 AM EST- Posted in
- Motherboards
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 shouldn't 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.
Test Configuration
Processor(s): | Intel Pentium II - 300 (512K ECC) |
RAM: | 2 - 32MB Advanced
Megatrends SDRAM DIMMs 2 - 32MB Corsair SDRAM DIMMs |
Hard Drive(s): | Western Digital Caviar AC21600H |
Video Card: | Matrox Millennium II (4MB WRAM) |
Busmaster EIDE Drivers: | Intel v3.01 |
Video Card Drivers: | MGA Millennium 4.03.00.3410 |
OS: | Windows 95 Service Release 2 |
Windows 95 Performance of the HOT-631 | ||
CPU | Business Winstone 97 (PCI) | Business Winstone 97 (AGP) |
Intel Pentium II - 233 | 59.2 | 60.7 |
Intel Pentium II - 266 |
62.5 |
63.3 |
Intel Pentium II - 300 |
65.1 |
66.5 |
Intel Pentium II - 306 |
65.2 |
67.0 |
Intel Pentium II - 332 |
Failed |
Failed |
Intel Pentium II - 337.8 |
68.2 |
69.4 |
Intel Pentium II - 375 |
Failed |
Failed |
Except for its instability at the 83.3MHz bus speed setting, the HOT-631's performance is very competitive especially when put up against some of the bigger names in the industry.
Windows 95 Performance of the HOT-631 | ||
CPU | CPUMark 32 | FPUMark 98 |
Intel Pentium II - 300 |
820 |
1540 |
Intel Pentium II - 306 |
813 |
1550 |
Intel Pentium II - 337.8 |
910 |
1730 |
If you are looking for an decent motherboard, which focuses its attention on stability, quality, performance, and expandability then take a look at the Shuttle HOT-631. However if you're planning to overclock to 375 on this motherboard think again (not that it is a very smart idea to do on any motherboard except for the AOpen AX6L), kudos to Shuttle on a job well done.
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