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Supermicro X9SCA Quick Manual
Supermicro X9SCA Quick Manual

Supermicro X9SCA Quick Manual

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Supermicro X9SCA Workstation/Server Mainboard
The word mètis was also the ordinary Greek word for a quality that combined wisdom and cunning, our good friend Mitty
A over a year now
Supermicro's X8SAX
Mainboard has been one of the most successful mainboards to fire out of Supermicro's San Jose headquarters. It has
surpassed all expectations as a reliable workhorse never faltering. Here we have heavily used it within many successful articles especially on the launch of
the new professional workstation graphic cards from both AMD and Nvidia. Time has marched on now and the advent of the release of Intel's® C204 PCH
Chipset with the new Intel® Xeon® E3-1200 family saw the dawning of the inheritor the
Supermicro X9SCA.
A formidable adversary and the mainboard
planners at Supermicro have taken into account all due consideration of the needs of the many, in both current upgrades paths for now and the future and
usability of some previous generation PCI cards.
A week ago saw the successful launch of our article covering the new
to which the
was heavily
SPECapc for 3ds Max™ 2011
Supermicro X9SCA
featured throughout. In came the responses for an article of the mainboard in full, what can it do, how fast is the system I/O all the relevant questions good
VARS's and S.I's. would ask before up taking a new mainboard of this quality. These are all very relevant questions especially in today's market when
meticulous stability is the fundamental requirement of any system, whether in DCC, CAD, HPC or finally a server board. So we have your attention now as
this article has had many thinking on new modes of system configurations and upgrade paths as the mainboard really has got the complete remit.
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  • Page 1 A formidable adversary and the mainboard planners at Supermicro have taken into account all due consideration of the needs of the many, in both current upgrades paths for now and the future and usability of some previous generation PCI cards.
  • Page 2 "Our advanced SuperServer® architecture and broad selection of products optimized for the new generation UP Intel® Xeon® server processors deliver greater performance and lower power consumption with reduced TCO for customers," said Charles Liang, President and CEO of Supermicro. "We believe that these latest 4 / 2-Core UP server solutions will help IT managers seeking higher performance and efficiency to realize better results with fewer resources to optimize their operations."...
  • Page 3 Entry-level, compact all-purpose 5017C-MF with X9SCL-F server board and space efficient SuperChassis 512F-350CB Performance 5037C-T mid-tower server with X9SCA server board and whisper-quiet 21dB SuperChassis 732i-500B Value 5037C-i mini-tower server with X9SCL server board and 25dB whisper-quiet SuperChassis 731i-300B Detailed product information on this launch is available at http://www.supermicro.com/products/nfo/xeon_x9.cfm...
  • Page 4 Supermicro X9SCA Workstation/Server Mainboard Primary Mainboard Features Single socket H2 (LGA 1155) supports Intel® Xeon® E3-1200 family, Intel® 2nd Generation CPU Support. Core i3 & Intel® Pentium® family processors System Bus. QPI up to 5 GT/s 4x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM sockets.
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  • Page 6 Mainboard Hard Disc Tests Page 7 - System I/O Tests PCMark 7 Professional and POV Ray 3.7 RC3 Page 8 - Professional Graphic Card Tests Page 9 - SPECviewperf® and SPECapc™ Tests Page 10 - Conclusions and Award der%20Pages/X9SCA/X9SCAP2.htm[8/9/2011 1:15:49 PM]...
  • Page 7: Test System

    Continuing in our build of “in house” test systems they grow but these systems are used for many different on-going tasks behind the scenes. Though to maintain a sound and stable platform for tests of this magnitude the Supermicro X9SCA stays firmly in the box, supported by Intel's excellent Intel’s® C204 PCH Chipset, Intel’s®...
  • Page 8 Mainboard Akasa for the supply of the Nero 2 Heatsink Fan and Raptor Chassis for the new Supermicro X9SCA mainboard With the support and help of all the companies involved. It gives you the reader a choice on upgrade paths that many of you look for here with the performance ratio’s the system has to provide and notwithstanding the professional graphic cards from both AMD and NVIDIA.
  • Page 9 Use of content; whether from a review or news page item in part or in whole may NOT be reproduced in any electronic or printed medium and is forbidden without written prior agreement. This site is covered by UK Law and International Treaties. der%20Pages/X9SCA/X9SCAP3.htm[8/9/2011 1:16:24 PM]...
  • Page 10 Supermicro X9SCA Workstation/Server Mainboard SiSoftware Sandra 2011 Part 1 - System Tests CPU Test der%20Pages/X9SCA/X9SCAP4.htm[8/9/2011 1:16:53 PM]...
  • Page 11: Multimedia Test

    Multimedia Test der%20Pages/X9SCA/X9SCAP4.htm[8/9/2011 1:16:53 PM]...
  • Page 12 Cryptography Test der%20Pages/X9SCA/X9SCAP4.htm[8/9/2011 1:16:53 PM]...
  • Page 13 Page 5 - SiSoftware Sandra 2011 Part II - Memory Tests Page 6 - Mainboard Hard Disc Tests Page 7 - System I/O Tests PCMark 7 Professional and POV Ray 3.7 RC3 Page 8 - Professional Graphic Card Tests der%20Pages/X9SCA/X9SCAP4.htm[8/9/2011 1:16:53 PM]...
  • Page 14 Supermicro X9SCA Workstation/Server Mainboard SiSoftware Sandra 2011 Part II - System Tests Memory Test der%20Pages/X9SCA/X9SCAP5.htm[8/9/2011 1:17:23 PM]...
  • Page 15 Memory Latency Test der%20Pages/X9SCA/X9SCAP5.htm[8/9/2011 1:17:23 PM]...
  • Page 16 Cache and Memory Test der%20Pages/X9SCA/X9SCAP5.htm[8/9/2011 1:17:23 PM]...
  • Page 17 SiSoftware Sandra 2011 Part 1 - System Tests Page 5 - SiSoftware Sandra 2011 Part II - Memory Tests Page 6 - Mainboard Hard Disc Tests Page 7 - System I/O Tests PCMark 7 Professional and POV Ray 3.7 RC3 der%20Pages/X9SCA/X9SCAP5.htm[8/9/2011 1:17:23 PM]...
  • Page 18 Supermicro X9SCA Workstation/Server Mainboard Mainboard Hard Disc Tests File System Test der%20Pages/X9SCA/X9SCAP6.htm[8/9/2011 1:17:48 PM]...
  • Page 19 Crystal Disk Mark 3.0.1 64 -bit Version der%20Pages/X9SCA/X9SCAP6.htm[8/9/2011 1:17:48 PM]...
  • Page 20 Physical Disc Test der%20Pages/X9SCA/X9SCAP6.htm[8/9/2011 1:17:48 PM]...
  • Page 21 AS SSD Benchmark After Windows Installation der%20Pages/X9SCA/X9SCAP6.htm[8/9/2011 1:17:48 PM]...
  • Page 22 AS SSD Benchmark - System Drive at 25% der%20Pages/X9SCA/X9SCAP6.htm[8/9/2011 1:17:48 PM]...
  • Page 23 Use of content; whether from a review or news page item in part or in whole may NOT be reproduced in any electronic or printed medium and is forbidden without written prior agreement. This site is covered by UK Law and International Treaties. der%20Pages/X9SCA/X9SCAP6.htm[8/9/2011 1:17:48 PM]...
  • Page 24 Supermicro X9SCA Workstation/Server Mainboard PCMark 7 Professional der%20Pages/X9SCA/X9SCAP7.htm[8/9/2011 1:18:07 PM]...
  • Page 25 POV-ray 64-bit 3.7 RC3 der%20Pages/X9SCA/X9SCAP7.htm[8/9/2011 1:18:07 PM]...
  • Page 26 Page 1 - X9SCA Introduction Page 2 - Features and Description der%20Pages/X9SCA/X9SCAP7.htm[8/9/2011 1:18:07 PM]...
  • Page 27 Supermicro X9SCA Workstation/Server Mainboard Bentley MicroStation Graphics Benchmark der%20Pages/X9SCA/X9SCAP8.htm[8/9/2011 1:18:32 PM]...
  • Page 28 Cinebench 10 Cinebench 11.5 der%20Pages/X9SCA/X9SCAP8.htm[8/9/2011 1:18:32 PM]...
  • Page 29 Redway Turbine Benchmark der%20Pages/X9SCA/X9SCAP8.htm[8/9/2011 1:18:32 PM]...
  • Page 30 Page 7 - System I/O Tests PCMark 7 Professional and POV Ray 3.7 RC3 Page 8 - Professional Graphic Card Tests Page 9 - SPECviewperf® and SPECapc™ Tests Page 10 - Conclusions and Award 3D Professor Contact Details der%20Pages/X9SCA/X9SCAP8.htm[8/9/2011 1:18:32 PM]...
  • Page 31 Supermicro X9SCA Workstation/Server Mainboard SPECviewperf® and SPECapc™ Tests SPECviewperf® 11 Test der%20Pages/X9SCA/X9SCAP9.htm[8/9/2011 1:18:51 PM]...
  • Page 32 SPECapc SM for 3ds Max 2011™ der%20Pages/X9SCA/X9SCAP9.htm[8/9/2011 1:18:51 PM]...
  • Page 33 SPECapcSM for Maya 2009 der%20Pages/X9SCA/X9SCAP9.htm[8/9/2011 1:18:51 PM]...
  • Page 34 SPECapc for SolidWorks 2007™ der%20Pages/X9SCA/X9SCAP9.htm[8/9/2011 1:18:51 PM]...
  • Page 35 SPECviewperf® and SPECapc™ Tests Page 10 - Conclusions and Award 3D Professor Contact Details Send mail to webmaster@3DPROFESSOR.ORG with questions or comments about this web site. © All brands and names are the property of their respective owners. der%20Pages/X9SCA/X9SCAP9.htm[8/9/2011 1:18:51 PM]...
  • Page 36 Where to start; three words say it all - extremely beyond belief. We saw the gold standard being set by the X8SAX mainboard with its no frills superb upgrade path and once more we are left with the same scenario. The Supermicro X9SCA is a mainboard that packs a punch with all that you need. Flexibility of choice, the need for speed and exceptional unquestionable performance.
  • Page 37 ECC aided system. In most instances we should see an approximate 5 – 8% decrease in performance over Non ECC components, the tables have been turned by those clever people at both Intel and Supermicro. Most system builders look to a single socket Xeon based system with its reliability of ECC memory for complete security, the cost differences in today’s markets between Non ECC and ECC is minimal so why cut...
  • Page 38 3D Professor Contact Details Send mail to webmaster@3DPROFESSOR.ORG with questions or comments about this web site. © All brands and names are the property of their respective owners. Prices & Specifications are subject to changes. Errors & Omissions Excepted. der%20Pages/X9SCA/X9SCAP10.htm[8/9/2011 1:19:09 PM]...