Most of the tests were what I expected, though the memory numbers were a little odd. I guess maybe I was at the edge of instability, though I had no problems whatsoever. After I got through with my testing, I ran the rig for a while using only the integrated graphics. It worked great for typical stuff, but really didn't do much for DX10 gaming. I did a few DX9 games, and it worked pretty well, better than you'd do with an off the shelf rig for sure. The real magic of the ASRock AOD780GXE/128M is the price. Use it to build a low budget Phenom rig, or the platform for a nicer rig, and use the extra cash for a better processor or video card. There really aren't any compromises here though, there are plenty of features, and decent performance.