3DMark2001 SE

The SY-P4X400 DRAGON Ultra finds itself in the middle of the pack in 3DMark2001 SE. The benchmarking was done with an AGP 4X GeForce4 Ti 4600 graphics card, which doesn't take advantage of the SY-P4X400 DRAGON Ultra's AGP 8X support. However, even with an AGP 8X-compliant graphics card, I wouldn't expect to see much of a performance boost with current 3D applications.

Unreal Tournament 2003

In Unreal Tournament 2003, the SY-P4X400 DRAGON Ultra turns in a couple of second place finishes, but the results are quite close overall.

Serious Sam SE

Serious Sam SE wraps up our gaming tests, and the SY-P4X400 DRAGON Ultra just trails the IT7 MAX2 V2.0.

IDE performance
For our IDE performance tests, we're looking at results from the integrated RAID and south bridge-based IDE options available between the SY-P4X400 DRAGON Ultra and IT7 MAX2 V2.0. These tests contrast the performance of two of HighPoint's IDE RAID controllers with the integrated IDE controllers provided by Intel and VIA. How does single-drive IDE performance stack up?

If you're running the SY-P4X400 DRAGON Ultra, the Business DiskMark test results strongly suggest you attach even single drives to the integrated HighPoint 372 controller. VIA's IDE performance is particularly poor when compared with the performance of HighPoint's and Intel's IDE controllers.

In the high-end Business DiskMark test, the field evens out a little more, but the SY-P4X400 DRAGON Ultra's integrated RAID controller is still the fastest option for single-drive configurations.