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):
AMD Athlon "Thunderbird" 1 GHz 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:
VIA 4-in-1 v4.23 Service Pack
Video Card(s):
NVIDIA GeForce 256 SDR
Video Drivers:
NVIDIA Detonator 5.22
Operation System(s):
Windows 98 SE
Motherboard Revision:
Microstar K7T Pro Revision 1.0

 

Windows 98 Performance

 
SYSMark 2000
Content Creation
Winstone 2000
Quake 3 Arena
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Microstar K7T Pro - Athlon 1000 (KT133)
189
36.0
136.6
FIC AZ-11 - Athlon 1000 (KT133)
191
36.7
134.6
Gigabyte GA-7ZX - Athlon 1000 (KT133)
189
35.6
133.4
VIA KT133 Reference - Athlon 1000 (KT133)
190
37.5
133.4

 

Final Words

Compared to the only other widely available Socket-A options, the Gigabyte GA-7ZM and FIC AZ-11, the K7T Pro offers more expansion and more tweaking/overclocking options. It's certainly a solid choice for building your new Athlon or Duron system. However, overclockers will probably still want to wait for the ASUS A7V or ABIT KT7 and their supposed support for unlocking the multiplier of AMD Socket-A processors. Our recommendation is still to wait until the first wave of Socket-A boards have arrived and we can see exactly which one is best. Of course, that may not be the easiest thing to do with AMD's latest CPU's tempting you to upgrade.

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