A-Trend ATC6240 Slot1 Intel 440BX motherboard
Thursday, May 27, 1999
The performance tests results
All tests were all performed under Windows98.
The system setup was as following:
Motherboard: A-Trend ATC6240
CPU: Intel Pentium II 350mhz
Memory: 64mb PC100 SDram (LGS)
IDE first channel Primary port: Western Digital 4.3gig UDMA66
IDE second channel Primary port: Kenwood 52X True X
AGP slot: ATI Rage Fury 128GL
ISA slot number 2: Ensoniq Soundscape soundcard
ISA slot number 1: US Robotic 56k X2 modem
OS: Win98 4.10
DirectX 6.1
Winbench 99 CPUmark
Winstone 99
Winstone 98
Video sub-system tests
| Quake 2 ver: 3.20, screen res. 800 X 600 X 75hz using ATI Rage Furry 128GL |
| Processor and motherboard |
Demo2dm2 |
crusher.dm2 |
| A-Trend ATC6240 + PII 350Mhz |
52.25 fps |
27.68 fps |
| A-Trend ATC6240 + PII 350Mhz Overclocked at 400Mhz |
57.33 fps |
30.93 fps |
Tests with the Intel Pentium II 350Mhz processor Overclocked at 400Mhz are included to give an idea about how's performing this motherboard under Overclocked condtions.
Hard disk drive sub-system tests
Overall Quality Evaluation
The below evaluation table is showing the strong points and the weak points of the tested motherboard. No need to remember to you that we never buy a motherboard only for its performances. Most of today's motherboards are exhibiting performances very close to each others, so, we need additional information in order to help us distinguish what are the real advantages of a motherboard compared to the others and this is exactly where is coming into help this evaluation table.
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A-Trend ATC6240 Slot1 Intel 440BX
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Features
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Evaluation
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Overall Circuit Board Quality
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Poor
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Good
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Average
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Excellent
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Top Grade
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5
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Printed Circuit Overall Quality
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Poor
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Good
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Average
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Excellent
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Top Grade
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5
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Component Layout
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Poor
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Good
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Average
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Excellent
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Top Grade
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5
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Socket and Connectors Quality
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Poor
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Good
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Average
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Excellent
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Top Grade
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5
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Capacitors Quality
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Poor
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Good
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Average
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Excellent
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Top Grade
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5
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Voltage Regulators Quality
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Poor
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Good
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Average
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Excellent
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Top Grade
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5
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Processor Retention Mechanism
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Poor
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Good
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Average
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Excellent
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Top grade
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5
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Expandability
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Poor
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Good
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Average
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Excellent
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Top Grade
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5
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Memory Expandability
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Poor
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Good
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Average
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Excellent
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Top Grade
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5
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Ease of Use
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Poor
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Good
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Average
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Excellent
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Top Grade
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5
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BIOS Setup Design Quality
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Poor
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Good
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Average
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Excellent
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Top Grade
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4
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Performance
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Poor
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Good
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Average
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Excellent
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Top Grade
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4
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Overclockability
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Poor
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Good
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Average
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Excellent
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Top Grade
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4
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Stability
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Poor
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Good
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Average
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Excellent
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Top Grade
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5
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Included Hardware
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Poor
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Good
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Average
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Excellent
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Top Grade
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4
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Bundled Software
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Poor
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Good
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Average
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Excellent
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Top Grade
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3
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Users Manual Quality
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Poor
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Good
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Average
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Excellent
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Top Grade
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4
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Warranty
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Poor
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Good
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Average
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Excellent
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Top Grade
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5
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Packing Quality
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Poor
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Good
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Average
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Excellent
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Top Grade
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5
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Pricing
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Poor
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Good
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Average
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Excellent
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Top Grade
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5
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Total Score obtained for this motherboard
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93 points out of 100
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The score obtained by this motherboard is 93 points out of 100 points. With such a score, we know for sure that the A-Trend ATC6240 is a very well designed motherboard.
The strong points
The strong points of the A-Trend ATC6240 are: its good Overall performances, its great ease of use and its excellent expansion possibilities.
The weak points
The weak points of this motherboard are: its too many optional features and a rather limited software bundle.
Conclusions
What can I say about the A-Trend ATC6240 motherboard. At first sight, I said that this mothrboard was not really designed for Overclocking because of a very limited choice of clock frequencies. However, after I received a message from one of this web site visitors, I found out that a feature in the BIOS is allowing a good choice of FSB frequencies. Therefore, if we combine thie feature with the fact that the processor multiplier lock can be disabled by JP11, we have a much better motherboard for Overclocking than I first said. In my opinion, this motherboard has been designed for those looking for serious products as a Desktop computer for their office as well as Overclokers. The fact that this motherboard can support up to 1Gb of main memory is a good indication of A-Trend engineers goal when they designed this motherboard. I would warmly recommend this motherboard to anyone wishing to built a trustable Desktop computer for office use as it really looks like that this is what it has been designed for.
For any additional information, please visit A-Trend web site.
