Test Setup And Benchmarks
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Test Hardware | |
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Processors | AMD Phenom II X6 1090T (Thuban) 3.2 GHz, Socket AM3, 4 GT/s HyperTransport, 6 MB L3, Power-savings enabled |
Row 1 - Cell 0 | Intel Core i7-980X (Gulftown) 3.33 GHz, LGA 1366, 12 MB L3, Hyper-Threading enabled, Power-savings enabled |
Row 2 - Cell 0 | Intel Core i7-975 Extreme (Bloomfield) 3.33 GHz, LGA 1366, 8 MB L3, Hyper-Threading enabled, Power-savings enabled |
Row 3 - Cell 0 | Intel Core i7-930 (Bloomfield) 2.8 GHz, LGA 1366, 8 MB L3, Hyper-Threading enabled, Power-savings enabled |
Row 4 - Cell 0 | Intel Core i7-920 (Bloomfield) 2.66 GHz, LGA 1366, 8 MB L3, Hyper-Threading enabled, Power-savings enabled |
Row 5 - Cell 0 | Intel Core i5-750 (Lynnfield) 2.66 GHz, LGA 1156, 8 MB L3, Power-savings enabled |
Row 6 - Cell 0 | AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE (Deneb) 3.4 GHz, Socket AM3, 4 GT/s HyperTransport, 6 MB L3, Power-savings enabled |
Motherboards | MSI 890FXA-GD70 (Socket AM3) 890FX/SB850, BIOS A7640AMS |
Row 8 - Cell 0 | Gigabyte X58A-UD5 (LGA 1366) X58 Express, BIOS F4 |
Row 9 - Cell 0 | Gigabyte P55A-UD7 (LGA 1156) P55 Express, BIOS F4 |
Row 10 - Cell 0 | Asus M4A79T Deluxe (Socket AM3) 790FX/SB750, BIOS 2304 |
Memory | Corsair 6 GB (3 x 2 GB) DDR3-1600 7-7-7-20 @ DDR3-1333 |
Row 12 - Cell 0 | Corsair 4 GB (2 x 2 GB) DDR3-1600 7-7-7-20 @ DDR3-1333 |
Hard Drive | Intel SSDSA2M160G2GC 160 GB SATA 3 Gb/s |
Row 14 - Cell 0 | Intel SSDSA2MH080G1GN 80 GB SATA 3 Gb/s |
Graphics | Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 1 GB |
Power Supply | Cooler Master UCP 1100 W |
Heatsink | Intel DBX-B Thermal Solution |
System Software And Drivers | |
Operating System | Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit |
DirectX | DirectX 11 |
Platform Driver | Intel INF Chipset Update Utility 9.1.1.1015 |
Graphics Driver | Catalyst 10.2 |
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Benchmarks and Settings | |
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Audio Encoding | |
iTunes | Version: 9.0.2.25 (64-bit), Audio CD ("Terminator II" SE), 53 min., Default format AAC |
Video Encoding | |
TMPGEnc 4.7 | Version: 4.7.3.292, Import File: "Terminator II" SE DVD (5 Minutes), Resolution: 720x576 (PAL) 16:9 |
DivX 6.8.5 | Encoding mode: Insane Quality, Enhanced Multi-Threading, Enabled using SSE4, Quarter-pixel search |
Xvid 1.2.2 | Display encoding status=off |
MainConcept Reference 1.6.1 | MPEG2 to MPEG2 (H.264), MainConcept H.264/AVC Codec, 28 sec HDTV 1920x1080 (MPEG2), Audio: MPEG2 (44.1 KHz, 2 Channel, 16-Bit, 224 Kb/s), Mode: PAL (25 FPS), Profile: Tom’s Hardware Settings for Qct-Core |
HandBrake 0.9.4 | Version 0.9.4, convert first .vob file from The Last Samurai to .mp4, High Profile |
Applications | |
Autodesk 3ds Max 2010 (64-bit) | Version: 2009 Service Pack 1, Rendering Dragon Image at 1920x1080 (HDTV) |
WinRAR 3.90 | Version 3.90 (64-bit), Benchmark: THG-Workload (334 MB) |
7-Zip | Version 4.65, Built-in Benchmark |
Adobe Photoshop CS4 | Radial Blur, Shape Blur, Median, Polar Coordinates filters |
AVG Anti-Virus 9 | Virus scan of 334MB of compressed files |
Synthetic Benchmarks and Settings | |
3DMark Vantage | Version: 1.02, GPU and CPU scores |
PCMark Vantage | Version: 1.00, System, Memories, TV and Movies, and Productivity benchmarks, Windows Media Player 10.00.00.3646 |
SiSoftware Sandra 2010 | CPU Test=CPU Arithmetic/Multimedia, Memory Test=Bandwidth Benchmark, Cryptography |
Games | |
Crysis | High Quality Settings, No AA / No AF, 4xAA / No AF, vsync off, 1280x1024 / 1680x1050 / 1900x1200, DirectX 10, Patch 1.2.1, 64-bit executable |
Left 4 Dead 2 | High Quality Settings, No AA / No AF, 8xAA / 16xAF, vsync off, 1680x1050 / 1920x1200 / 2560x1600, Tomshardware Demo, Steam Version |
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 | Ultra High Settings, No AA / No AF, 4xAA / No AF, 1680x1050 / 1920x1200 / 2560x1600, The Gulag, 60 second sequence, Fraps |
DiRT 2 | Ultra High Settings, No AA / No AF, 4xAA / No AF, 1680x1050 / 1920x1200 / 2560x1600, In-Game Benchmark, Steam Version |