Intel D525MW Motherboard Review
How We Tested
Contents
We ran some tests comparing the performance of the Intel D525MW with two other motherboards with an on-board CPU: the ECS HDC-I and the Zotac FUSION350-A-E (both with the AMD E-350 CPU). We also included in this test a Core i3-540 CPU, in order to discover if the performance of those embedded motherboards can be comparable to a mainstream system with CPU integrated video.
During our benchmarking sessions, we used the configuration listed below. Between our benchmarking sessions, we kept that same hard disk, but of course the motherboard and CPU were different. The memory used was not always the same since two of the motherboards tested use DIMM modules, while the other two use SO-DIMM modules, but all the tests were made with the same memory specs.
Hardware Configuration
- Motherboard (Core i3-540): Gigabyte H55M-S2H
- CPU Cooler: Stock
- Memory: 2 GB DDR3-1333, one module
- Hard Disk Drive: Maxtor STM3250310AS (250 GB, SATA-300, 7,200 rpm)
- Video Card: CPU integrated video
- Video Monitor: Samsung Syncmaster 2232BW Plus
- Power Supply: Seventeam ST-550P-AM
Operating System Configuration
- Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
- NTFS file system
- Video resolution: 1680×1050
Driver Versions
- AMD video driver version: 11.7
- Intel video driver version: 15.22.1.64.2361
Software Used
- PCMark 7 1.0.4
Error Margin
We adopted a 3% error margin. Thus, differences below 3% cannot be considered relevant. In other words, products with a performance difference below 3% should be considered as having similar performance.