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 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.

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

Test Configuration

Processor(s):
Athlon 800 OEM
RAM:
1 x 128MB Corsair PC133 SDRAM
1 x 128MB Mushkin PC133 SDRAM
Hard Drive(s):
Western Digital 153BA Ultra ATA 66 7200 RPM
Bus Master Drivers:
Video Card(s):
NVIDIA GeForce 256 SDR
AMD 4.61 Miniport Driver
Video Drivers:
NVIDIA Detonator 3.76
Operation System(s):
Windows 98 SE
AMD IRQ Driver 1.00
Motherboard Revision:
MSI K7Pro Revision 1.0

 

Windows 98 Performance

 
Sysmark 2000
Content Creation
Winstone 2000
MSI K7Pro - Athlon 800
(AMD 750 SuperBypass)
153
30.4
Gigabyte GA-7IX - Athlon 800
(AMD 750 SuperBypass)
154
30.7
EPoX 7KXA - Athlon 800 (KX133)
152
30.6
ASUS K7V-RM - Athlon 800 (KX133)
152
30.6

 

The Final Decision

If for some reason you're still looking for a motherboard based on the AMD 750 chipset, the K7Pro is an excellent choice. It's less expensive than most other AMD 750 boards, while stability, quality, and features are up there with the best of them. However, the KX133 chipset is now widely available and generally provides better performance without introducing any drawbacks. For now, we'll have to recommend that users looking for the best Athlon solution consider a KX133 board, but there's no doubt that K7Pro is a solid motherboard.

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