
PI7C8140A
2-PORT PCI-to-PCI BRIDGE
PLX PCI6140 COMPARISON
PERICOM SEMICONDUCTOR
JUNE 2004
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PERFORMANCE COMPARISON: PI7C8140A vs. PLX PCI6140
The performance data was measured using an in-house evaluation board slotted into an off-the-shelf
motherboard. Fast Ethernet (100Mbit LAN) Cards reside in each of the 4 PCI slots on the secondary bus of
the evaluation board. In each comparison, the hardware and software remain constant. The only item
changed is the bridge on the evaluation board. Two different sets of hardware were used, and the
description of each fixture is listed. In each test setup, a PCI exerciser program is used to generate traffic
or write packets from the PCI Fast Ethernet card to memory and then read back from memory to the PCI
Fast Ethernet card.
TEST CASE 1
Motherboard:
Tyan S2721-533 v1.02
Chipset:
Intel E7501 server
Processor:
Intel Xeon 2.4GHz
Memory:
512MB DDR2100
Video:
Onboard video
Other PCI Devices:
No other PCI devices active
A Fast Ethernet card running full duplex is slotted in each of the 4 PCI slots on the evaluation board.
Results: Transfer rate measured in Megabits per second
Card Number
Pericom PI7C8140A
LAN Card 1
35.81 – 38.45 Mb/s
LAN Card 2
33.30 – 38.30 Mb/s
LAN Card 3
18.10 – 20.70 Mb/s
LAN Card 4
33.83 – 36.60 Mb/s
TEST CASE 2
Motherboard:
SuperMicro P3TDLE
Chipset:
ServerWorks ServerSet III LE
Processor:
Intel P III 800
Memory:
512MB
Video:
S3 TrioV64/DX
Other PCI Devices:
No other PCI devices active
A Fast Ethernet card running full duplex is slotted in each of the 4 PCI slots on the evaluation board.
Results: Transfer rate measured in Megabits per second
Card Number
Pericom PI7C8140A
LAN Card 1
47.09 – 50.01 Mb/s
LAN Card 2
83.73 – 85.99 Mb/s
LAN Card 3
46.85 – 49.45 Mb/s
LAN Card 4
82.69 – 87.00 Mb/s
PLX PCI6140
10.96 – 12.16 Mb/s
10.05 – 13.95 Mb/s
3.50 – 5.40 Mb/s
9.81 – 15.74 Mb/s
PLX PCI6140
15.66 – 19.63 Mb/s
64.02 – 69.17 Mb/s
13.82 – 16.73 Mb/s
59.90 – 63.57 Mb/s