Hardware Setup And Benchmarks
| Boxx Technologies 3DBOXX 4860 Xtreme-Series Specifications | |
|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition, (3.33 @ 4.15 GHz), LGA 1366, 6.4 GT/s QPI, 12 MB Shared L3, Hyper-Threading enabled, Power-savings enabled |
| Cooler | Asetek 550LC |
| Motherboard | Asus P6X58D-E, X58 Express/ICH10R, BIOS 0303 |
| RAM | 3 x 4 GB DDR3-1333 CAS 6, 12 GB Total |
| Graphics | PNY Quadro 5000 2.5 GB513/1500 MHz GPU/GDDR5 |
| Solid State Drive | Patriot Zephyr PZ256GS25SSDR 256 GB MLC SSD |
| Hard drives | 2 x Western Digital RE3 WD1002FBYS 1 TB in RAID 0 |
| Sound | Echo Digital Audio AudioFire 2 |
| Network | Integrated Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCIe |
| Power | Seasonic M-12D SS-850EM 850 W 80 PLUS-certified, Active PFC |
| Optical | Pioneer DVR 218 20x Dual Layer DVD±RW Writer |
| Software | |
| OS | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 |
| Graphics Driver | Quadro 259.81 |
| Audio Driver | 5.5 |
| ASIO Driver | Included in audio driver |
| Accessories | |
| Monitor | None |
| Mouse | Logitech LX3 Optical Mouse |
| Keyboard | Logitech K120 USB Standard Keyboard |
| Speakers | None |
| Warranty and Price | |
| Warranty | 3 years parts, labor and shipping covered in first year |
| Price As Configured | $7816 |
| Benchmarks and Settings | |
|---|---|
| Applications | |
| Newtek LightWave 3D 9.6 | Custom workload: High-polygon-count Tom’s Hardware logo Modeler test: Scripted cloning of surface details across a segment of the logo Render test: 1920x1080 render of logo with photoreal motion blur, ray-traced shadows, global illuminationOpenGL Test: Generate OpenGL preview of animation for real-time playback on screen |
| e-On Software Vue 8 PLE | Custom workload: Landscape generated in Vue 8 full version and imported into PLE |
| Autodesk 3ds Max 2011 | Space scene render in mental ray |
| Autodesk MatchMover 2011 | Custom Workload: 720p HD clip tracked in 3d space |
| Adobe Premiere Pro (CS4/CS5) | Custom Workload: Edit of 59.94 fps 720p DVCProHD footage, with transitions and some color correction, Render To Work Area. Paladin Workload (CS5 Only) |
| Adobe Media Encoder (CS4/CS5) | Custom Workload: Take above edit and render to h.264 for Blu-ray |
| Adobe Photoshop (CS4/CS5) | Custom Workload, Radial Blur, Shape Blur, Median, Polar Coordinates filters |
| Adobe After Effects (CS4/CS5) | Custom Workload: SD motion graphics sequence with 3 picture-in-picture frames sourced from 720P HD |
| Reaper v. 3.71 | DAWBench Universal 2010: Test number of simultaneous effects that the system can effectively run Custom Workload: Render and mix down to .wav custom score project, multiple tracks of audio, VST synthesizers and reverb |
| Synthetic Benchmarks and Settings | |
| SPECviewperf 11 | Default GUI options; Workloads: CATIA, EnSight, LightWave, Maya, Pro/E, SolidWorks, Teamcenter Visualization Mockup, NX |
| SPECapc LightWave 3D 9.6 | Lightwave 3D 9.6 full version, standard test, 1920x1080 screen resolution |
| SPECapc Maya 2009 | Standard test, 1920x1080 screen resolution |
| SPECapc 3ds Max 9 | Standard test, 1280x1024 screen resolution |
| Maxon Cinebench r11.5 | 3D Rendering and OpenGL Benchmarks, built-in benchmarks with default settings |
| CASE Euler3D | CFD simulation over NACA 445.6 aeroelastic test wing at Mach .5 |
| SiSoftware Sandra | CPU Test=CPU Arithmetic/Multimedia, Memory Test=Bandwidth Benchmark, Cryptography |
The tests used this time around represent a slight revision to the battery of tests used on HP's z400. We added the 3ds Max ‘Space’ scene that you've likely seen in some of our processor reviews, as well as fleshing out the Sandra tests to better match other systems. We’ve also added the 3ds Max 9 SPECapc test (which will soon be replaced by a newer SPECapc test for Max; the newer benchmark was being shown at SIGGRPAH 2010 this past summer, but still isn’t quite ready) and the Maya 2009 SPECapc metric. While these two tests aren’t using the current version of the software (and the 3ds Max 9 test’s use of 1280x1024 certainly dates it as well), they will give readers some idea how this system performs in Max and Maya while we wait for new SPECapc tests and concurrently develop our own custom workloads.
The previous single-processor review also ran all tests at 1680x1050 and 1920x1080. With the exception of the SPECapc 3ds Max 2009 test, this time, all of the tests were run at 1920x0180. Moving forward, we’re going to maintain that for workstation testing.
Also, our most recent single-socket workstation review employed the CS4 revision of Adobe products because CS5 wasn't yet available. Subsequently, the CS4 versus CS5 comparisons have been completed, but we chose to "bridge" the CS4 tests to CS5 here as well so that direct comparisons can be made between the two systems. Future reviews will be based entirely on CS5.
