Page 11 - Onboard Sound (RMAA 6.2.3) Analyzation
Gigabyte advertises their onboard dedicated Creative X-Fi sound quite heavily. The CA20K2 APU/DSP is Creative's flagship X-Fi processor, and the G1.Sniper actually comes with 64MB of X-RAM in conjunction with Nichicon MUSE ES audio grade capacitors, as discussed on Page 3. Gigabyte is obviously taking this very seriously. So how well does it perform? For our RMAA tests, I have previously set the output to 24-bit/48 kHz, but it seems like it is underperforming in the THD + Noise section -- most possibly due bottlenecks at the input stage. To get around this, I have tuned it down a bit and tested it on 16-bit/44 kHz instead, which gave much better results, although there may still also be slight limitation in terms of recording.
Test Information
Testing device: Speakers (Creative SB X-Fi)
Sampling mode: 16-bit, 44 kHz
Interface: DirectSound
Testing chain: External loopback (line-out - line-in)
RMAA Version: 6.2.3
20 Hz - 20 kHz filter: ON
Normalize amplitude: ON
Level change: -0.2 dB / -0.2 dB
Mono mode: OFF
Calibration signal, Hz: 1000
Polarity: correct/correct
Frequency response
From 20 Hz to 20 kHz, dB: -0.05, +0.03
From 40 Hz to 15 kHz, dB: +0.03, -0.00
Noise level
RMS power, dB: -91.6, -91.8
RMS power (A-weighted), dB: -92.6, -92.9
Peak level, dB FS: -77.0, -79.1
DC offset, %: -0.0, -0.0
Dynamic range
Dynamic range, dB: +91.6, +91.7
Dynamic range (A-weighted), dB: +92.6, +92.8
DC offset, %: -0.00, -0.00
THD + Noise (at -3 dB FS)
THD, %: +0.0008, +0.0008
THD + Noise, %: +0.0052, +0.0053
THD + Noise (A-weighted), %: +0.0046, +0.0047
Intermodulation distortion
IMD + Noise, %: +0.0063, +0.0064
IMD + Noise (A-weighted), %: +0.0056, +0.0057
Stereo crosstalk
Crosstalk at 100 Hz, dB: -100, -96
Crosstalk at 1000 Hz, dB: -93, -94
Crosstalk at 10000 Hz, dB: -87, -87
IMD (swept tones)
IMD + Noise at 5000 Hz: 0.0069, 0.0066
IMD + Noise at 10000 Hz: 0.0068, 0.0068
IMD + Noise at 15000 Hz: 0.0066, 0.0066
Test Summary
Frequency response (from 40 Hz to 15 kHz), dB: +0.03, -0.00 - Excellent
Noise level, dB (A): -92.7 - Very Good
Dynamic range, dB (A): 92.7 - Very Good
THD, %: 0.0008 - Excellent
THD + Noise, dB (A): -86.6 - Good
IMD + Noise, %: 0.0064 - Excellent
Stereo crosstalk, dB: -94.1 - Excellent
IMD at 10 kHz, %: 0.0067 - Excellent
General performance - Excellent
Page Index
1. Introduction, Features, and Specifications
2. Bundle, Chipset, BIOS
3. A Closer Look, Board Layout, Test System
4. Benchmark: AIDA64 CPU
5. Benchmark: AIDA64 FPU
6. Benchmark: AIDA64 Memory
7. Benchmark: PCMark 7
8. Benchmark: 3DMark 11
9. Benchmark: PassMark PerformanceTest 7.0
10. Benchmark: SuperPI 1M, Cinebench R11.5
11. Onboard Sound (RMAA 6.2.3) Analyzation
12. Overclocking and Conclusion
