Cachemem Memory Speed and Latency

I've grown quite fond of Cachemem recently. It has a knack for uncovering some memory issues that might otherwise go unnoticed. I decided to include this test to see if the Thunder K7X Pro gave anything up in the memory speed department, which is especially important since the BIOS has almost no options for setting more aggressive timings. I'll start with the memory speed test.

Nothing too out of line here. The slight advantage of the K7D Master L is probably due to more aggressive "default" memory timings, but the difference is minimal... Almost irrelevent. Let's see how the latency stacks-up.

Again, not much to see here. It appears that all is well on the memory front. Since I consider the Thunder K7X Pro a "server" board more than a workstation board, I'd take stability and features over performance any day. Luckily we don't have to make that choice here ;-)

Conclusions

What can I say about the Thunder K7X Pro? The board is solid as a rock, loaded with features and runs with the leaders of the MPX pack. It has a strong background in the dual Athlon server market, especially considering that the only dual Athlon server boards available are all Tyan boards. The Thunder K7X Pro is the feather in Tyan's cap and it sits proudly at the head of its very small class.

There have been countless clusters powered by the Athlon and nine times out of ten, they are based on a Thunder K7(X) board. That says a lot about the build quality and reliability of these boards. If you can trust the Thunder K7X Pro in a mission critial role (which I would wholeheartedly) and get great performance to boot, what's not to recommend?

 
2CPU.com gives this motherboard a 9.5/10 CPUs!