PCAVTech Sound Card Technical Benchmarks Test Summary

Test Summary
Sound Card	Frequency Response	1 KHz THD	SNR	IM	Dynamic Range	Jitter	Notes
Aardvark Direct Pro 24/96	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
ALS200 Chipset (Digital Research Wave3D)	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor
Aztech SC128-3D	Very Good	Good	Poor	Good	Good	Good
Baseline (measurement residuals)	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Standard of Excellence and used for measurements of other cards
CM 8330/HT1869 Chipset (Sound Pro)	Poor	Very Poor	Very Poor	Very Poor	Good	Very Poor	Digital I/O is very poor
CMI CM 8338 Chipset	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Digital output is passable for some non-critical work.
CS4232 Chipset (Generic)	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good
CS 4236 Chipset (Terratec EWS64 XL)	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good
CS 4237 Chipset (Turtle Beach Malibu)	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	16 bit Digital Output
CS 3310/4327/5335 chips (Event Darla)	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
C 3310/4327/5335 chips (Event Gina)	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	24 bit Digital I/O
CS 3310/4327/5335 chips (Event Layla)	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	24 bit Digital I/O
CS 3310/4327/5335 chips (MIDIMan Flying Cow external ADC-DAC)	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
CS 3310/4327/5335 chips (Turtle Beach Fiji)	Excellent	Excellent	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Excellent	24 bit Digital I/O optional
CS 3310/4327/5335 chips (Turtle Beach Pinnacle)	Very Good	Excellent	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Excellent	24 bit Digital I/O optional
Diamond Monster Sound M80	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good
Diamond Monster Sound M100 (Original Monster Sound)	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good
Diamond Monster Sound M300	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good
DAL CardD Deluxe	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	24 bit digital I/O
Ensoniq 1370 Chipset (Ensoniq AudioPCI)	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good
Ensoniq 1370 chipset (DCS 727)	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good
Ensoniq 1371 Chipset (Sound Blaster AudioPCI 5600)	Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Good	Good
Sound Card	Frequency Response	1 KHz THD	SNR	IM	Dynamic Range	Jitter	Notes
ESS 1868 Chipset (DCS 611)	Fair	Fair	Poor	Very Poor	Poor	Very Poor
ESS 1869 Chipset (DCS 711)	Good	Poor	Poor	Good	Poor	Poor
ESS 1938S Chipset (Solo-1)	Poor	Good	Poor	Poor	Good	Poor
ESS Maestro-1 ES1948F Chipset (Gallant Audio Storm)	Fair	Poor	Very Poor	Very Poor	Fair	Very Poor
ESS Maestro-2 ES1968S (Diamond Sonic Impact)	Poor/Excellent	Poor/Good	Poor/Good	Very Poor/Good	Good	Very Poor/Good
HT1869 Chipset (Sound Pro)	Poor	Very Poor	Very Poor	Very Poor	Good	Very Poor	Digital I/O is very poor
LabTech LCS-1040 USB Speaker (DAC portion)	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good
Lucid ADA1000/PCI24	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	24 bit digital I/O, including AES/EBU (TRS), PCI Card and ADC/DAC 19" chassis sold seperately
Lynx Studio Technology LynxONE	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	24 bit digital I/O, including SP/DIF and AES/EBU (XLR)
Opti 931 Chipset (Generic)	Very Good/Very Poor	Good	Good/Poor	Good/Very Poor	Good	Very Good/Poor	Not full duplex
Opti 933 Chipset (Shuttle 3D-64 Voice ISA)	Good/Excellent	Good	Good	Good	Very Good	Very Good
Sound Blaster SB 16 PnP/Wave 32 (CT4180)	Good	Poor	Poor	Good	Good	Poor
Sound Blaster AWE 32 PnP (CT3620)	Good	Poor	Poor	Good	Poor	Poor
Sound Blaster SB 64 Gold (CT4390)	Good	Good	Poor	Good	Good	Good
Sound Blaster AWE64 Value (CT4500)	Very Good	Good	Poor	Good	Good	Good
Sound Blaster 64 PCI	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good
Sound Blaster AudioPCI 5600	Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Good	Good
Sound Blaster 128 PCI 9837	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good
Sound Blaster Live! (CT4620)	Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	16 bit digital I/O is flawed
Sound Blaster Live! (CT4830)	Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	16 bit digital I/O is flawed
S3 Sonic Vibes 86C617 Chipset (Gallant Wavesound)	Very Good	Very Good	Good	Very Good	Good	Very Good
Terratec EWS64 XL	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	16 bit digital I/O including TOSlink output
Vortex AU8820B2 (Aztech 338)	Very Good	Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good
Vortex AU8820B2 (Turtle Beach Montego)	Very Good	Good	Very Good	Very Good	Good	Very Good
Xitel Storm 3D PCI	Good	Good	Very Good	Good	Very Good	Good
Yamaha YMF719B-S (Generic)	Very Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
Yamaha YMF724E-V PCI Chipset (DCS S-817)	Very Poor/Good	Poor	Poor	Very Poor	Poor	Poor
Yamaha YMF724E-V PCI Chipset (Yamaha Wave Force WF-192-XG)	Good/Very Good	Good/Very Good	Very Good/Very Good	Very Good/Very Good	Very Good/Very Good	Very Good/Very Good
Sound Card	Frequency Response	1 KHz THD	SNR	IM	Dynamic Range	Jitter	Notes