As we can see from the score line below, the default benchmark give us a score of 1787, that is higher than the DDR2 equivalent at 1762 and almost identical to the M3A785GMH/128M. As the GPU can only run stable at 980MHz, we would expect it to be slower compared to the Gigabyte DDR2 board running @1GHz. While the ASRock M3A785GXH/128M scored 2563, the ASRock M3A785GMH/128 scored 2465 in this test compared to the Gigabyte @ 1GHz with a score of 2496. Apparently, DDR3+a higher GPU core gives it an edge over the DDR2 with GPU @ 1GHz.

With 4 cores enabled and board running 980/790, it scored 2575 and 2611 respectively with GPU @ 980MHz and Sideport at DDR3 at 1333 and at 1508. The M3A785GMH/128M scored 2518 with 4 cores while the Gigabyte DDR2 board score 2519 @ GPU running 1GHz.

In 3DMark Vantage, at default it scored E2348, slightly higher than the M3A785GMH/128M at E2326. With GPU o/c to 980MHz, it scored E3687, the M3A785GMH/128M scored only E3497 @900MHz while the Gigabyte DDR2 board scored E3666 @ 1GHz.

With 4 cores enabled, it scored E3812 and E3844 respectively with Sideport at DDR3-133 and DDR3-1504. The M3A785GMH/128M at E3642 while the DDR2 board scored higher at E3805 in the same test.

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