Supermicro X9SCA is an advanced workstation/server motherboard that supports Intel® Xeon® E3-1200 family processors and up to 32GB of DDR3 ECC Un-Buffered memory. It features a PCI-Express x16 slot for high-performance graphics cards, two PCI-Express x4 slots, and three PCI slots for legacy devices. The X9SCA also includes dual Gigabit LAN ports, six SATA 3.0 ports with RAID 0 support, and a Matrox G200eW integrated graphics processor.
Supermicro X9SCA is an advanced workstation/server motherboard that supports Intel® Xeon® E3-1200 family processors and up to 32GB of DDR3 ECC Un-Buffered memory. It features a PCI-Express x16 slot for high-performance graphics cards, two PCI-Express x4 slots, and three PCI slots for legacy devices. The X9SCA also includes dual Gigabit LAN ports, six SATA 3.0 ports with RAID 0 support, and a Matrox G200eW integrated graphics processor.
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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 SPECapc for 3ds Max™ 2011 to which the Supermicro X9SCA was heavily
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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Fundamentally this a board that will suit many pockets and allow many to build firm long term reusable in house solutions. This is a mainboard that has
massive optional upgrade paths allowing so many choices to be made even after it reaches its end of life on what it first set out to complete.
The professional workstation market is now completely dominated by Windows 64-bit and the expanse of memory that can be used by a uni-processor
system using Intel’s Intel® C204 PCH Chipset has reached a huge total of 32GB. Therefore we see a leap forward of 8GB of memory and for some this is a
monstrous amount. Though, on reflection and looking at what todays DCC and CAD viewsets can generate off the GPU, onto Disc I/O thereafter becoming
CPU rendered we do require these amounts of memory to maintain the system at peak optimal performance.
With the aid of Supermicro’s public relations department we now look at the official line
This new generation of UP server solutions delivers increased throughput, and higher performance-per-watt and performance-per-dollar compared to its
predecessors by delivering up to 25% performance improvement, 2x the memory footprint (32 GB total), 20 PCI-E 2.0 lanes, and two SATA 6 Gb/s ports (SATA
3.0).
"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."
"End users are demanding server solutions with increased performance, ECC memory support, and decreased power consumption," said Boyd Davis, VP and
GM of Intel Data Centre Group Marketing. "Supermicro and Intel are enabling customers to realize improvements across all of these categories with
Supermicro's server solutions based on the new Intel® Xeon® processor E3 family."
This announcement comprises eight new SuperServer® models, and eight new server boards including mainstream X9SCL(-F), performance X9SCM(-F), quad
LAN X9SCi-LN4(-F), and full-featured X9SCA(-F).
The SuperServers® consist of the following optimized configurations:
Storage and cloud computing optimized 5017C-MTF with X9SCL-F server board and high-performance Gold Level power SuperChassis 813MTQ-350CB
SMB optimized 5017C-MTRF server with X9SCL-F server board and Gold Level high-efficiency redundant power SuperChassis 813MTQ-R400CB
High-performance, low-TCO mainstream 1017C-TF with X9SCL-F server board and cost-effective Gold Level high-efficiency power SuperChassis
111LT-330CB chassis
Value optimized server 5017C-TF with X9SCM-F server board and Gold Level power SuperChassis 811TQ-350B
Low-power, appliance optimized high-efficiency 5017C-LF with X9SCL-F server board and short-depth SuperChassis 510L-200B
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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
Therefore once more to reiterate, so much to choose from with Supermicro bringing to the fore its stance on maintaining higher performance-per-watt and
performance-per-dollar not least forgetting its continued contributions in lower carbon footprints and Supermicro’s strict “green” policy.
With the introduction completed we now move forward to some pictures of the mainboard in the flesh and the actual system build.
Page 1 - X9SCA Introduction
Page 2 - Features and Description
Page 3 - System Set-Up and Software Used
Page 4 - 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
Page 8 - Professional Graphic Card Tests
Page 9 - SPECviewperf® and SPECapc™ Tests
Page 10 - Conclusions and Award
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Supermicro X9SCA Workstation/Server Mainboard
Primary Mainboard Features
CPU Support.
Single socket H2 (LGA 1155) supports Intel® Xeon® E3-1200 family, Intel® 2nd Generation
Core i3 & Intel® Pentium® family processors
System Bus. QPI up to 5 GT/s
System Memory.
4x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM sockets.
Supports up to 32 GB DDR3 ECC Un-Buffered memory (UDIMM) 1333/1066MHz
1333/1066/800MHz ECC DDR3 SDRAM 72-bit 240-pin gold-plated DIMMs
DIMM Sizes 8GB, 4GB, 2GB, 1GB
Memory Voltage 1.5V
PCI Slots
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PCI-Express. 1 (x16) PCI-e 2.0 slots
2 (x4) PCI-e slot (using x8 slot)
PCI 3 X 32-bit PCI slot
On-Board Devices
Chipset. Intel® C204 PCH chipset
SATA. SATA 3.0 6Gbps with RAID 0
SATA 2.0 6Gbps with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10
Network Controllers. Intel® 82574L, 2x Gigabit LAN ports Virtual Machine Device
Queues High efficient I/O overhead. Supports 10BASE-T,
100BASE-TX, and 1000BASE-T, RJ45 output
VGA. Matrox G200eW 16MB DDR2
Super I/O. Nuvoton WPCM450RA0BX
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Page 2 - Features and Description
Page 3 - System Set-Up and Software Used
Page 4 - 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
Page 8 - Professional Graphic Card Tests
Page 9 - SPECviewperf® and SPECapc™ Tests
Page 10 - Conclusions and Award
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Supermicro X9SCA Workstation/Server Mainboard
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® 1280 E-Series CPU finalising with Crucial's efficient ECC DDR3 validated for the mainboard. This will ensure for future outings a
platform which will give total reliability for all that we throw at it within the single socket CPU scenarios.
Component Test System
Mainboard Supermicro X9SCA Workstation Mainboard
CPU 1 X 3.5GHz Intel® Xeon® 1280 E Series, 8MB Shared Cache, 5GB/s QPI
CPU Cooling 1 X
Akasa Nero 2 1155 HSF
Memory 4 X 4GB (16GB Total) Crucial DDR3 1333MHz Unbuffered ECC Memory Modules
Hard Drive 1 X 250GB Intel 510 Series Solid State Drive (6GB/s)
Video Card
AMD FirePro™ V7900
Intake Cooling Akasa 120mm Amber Fans
Exhaust Cooling Akasa 120mm Amber Fans
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Chassis Akasa Raptor Mid ATX Chassis
PSU Akasa PowerMax 850W
Hardware Suppliers for the Review
AMD for the supply of the FirePro™ V7900
Crucial Memory for the DDR3 1333MHz Unbuffered ECC Memory, thank you for pulling out the stops here.
Intel EU for the supply of the new 3.5GHz Intel® Xeon® 1280 E Series CPU and the 250GB Intel 510 Series Solid State Drive (6GB/s)
Supermicro for the supply of the X9SCA 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.
Systems Integrators, OEM’s and VAR’s should contact all companies directly for pricing and availability of all components, Boston being a good starting point.
Members of the public should contact their respective suppliers requesting the parts directly. One main e-tailer that can supply the EU reader readily all the
parts listed you should pop over to SCAN and see what todays best bottom dollar deal is on the main parts listed.
Benchmarks and Software Used 64-bit Mode
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
SiSoftware Sandra 2011 (Latest Build)
ASSD Solid State Drive Test
CrystalMark 3 64-bit Benchmark
PCMark 7 Professional
POV-ray 64-bit 3.7 RC3
Bentley MicroStation Benchmark
Cinebench 10 64-bit
Cinebench 11.5 64-bit
Redway Turbine Benchmark
SPECapc SM for 3ds Max 2011TM
SPECapcSM for Maya 2009
SPECapc for SolidWorks 2007™
SPECviewperf® 11.0 64-bit
An array of synthetic and application tests which will stretch the complete system I/O in every way conceivable. Each has its own merits and each shows on
how the CPU, Chipset, Memory, SSD and the professional graphics card fully perform to the maximum. Each set of tests has been applied on the clean
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system hard drive shown above to ensure that no residue drivers were left installed with all updates/patches applied. A test/render has been completed
many times over different periods of the system uptime. Whilst maintaining the fair play rules of SPEC® HyperThreading and Turbo Boost have been
enabled, with the memory being left in its default status of Auto. Tests have been conducted in accordance with the resolutions stipulated within the test
run rules of 1920 x 1080 @ 59Hz / 60Hz in 32 bit colour. Results that have been shown within this article are from the application/benchmarks first run in
accordance with the SPECviewperf® and SPECapc™ fair play rules and in order to maintain continuity all other test results have been obtained in the same
process
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Page 2 - Features and Description
Page 3 - System Set-Up and Software Used
Page 4 - 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
Page 8 - Professional Graphic Card Tests
Page 9 - SPECviewperf® and SPECapc™ Tests
Page 10 - Conclusions and Award
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Supermicro X9SCA Workstation/Server Mainboard
SiSoftware Sandra 2011 Part 1 - System Tests
CPU Test
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Page 3 - System Set-Up and Software Used
Page 4 - SiSoftware Sandra 2011 Part 1 - System Tests
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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
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SiSoftware Sandra 2011 Part II - System Tests
Memory Test
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Page 3 - System Set-Up and Software Used
Page 4 - SiSoftware Sandra 2011 Part 1 - System Tests
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Page 6 - Mainboard Hard Disc Tests
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Mainboard Hard Disc Tests
File System Test
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Supermicro X9SCA is an advanced workstation/server motherboard that supports Intel® Xeon® E3-1200 family processors and up to 32GB of DDR3 ECC Un-Buffered memory. It features a PCI-Express x16 slot for high-performance graphics cards, two PCI-Express x4 slots, and three PCI slots for legacy devices. The X9SCA also includes dual Gigabit LAN ports, six SATA 3.0 ports with RAID 0 support, and a Matrox G200eW integrated graphics processor.
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