System Builder Marathon, March 2011: $2000 Bonus Build

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Test Settings

Test Hardware Configurations
	Alternative $2000 PC	Original $2000 PC
Motherboard (Overclock)	MSI P67A-GD65 (B3) LGA 1155, Intel P67 ExpressNo BCLK Overclock	Asus P8P67 WS Revolution LGA 1155, Intel P67 ExpressNo BCLK Overclock
Processor (Overclock)	Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40 GHz, Four Physical CoresO/C to to 4.80 GHz, 1.40 V	Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40 GHz, Four Physical CoresO/C to to 4.80 GHz, 1.40 V
Memory (Overclock)	8 GB G.Skill DDR3-1600 CAS 8-8-8-24, O/C at 1.60 V to DDR3-1600 CL 7-8-7-21	8 GB G.Skill DDR3-1600 CAS 8-8-8-24, O/C at 1.6 0V to DDR3-1866 CL 8-9-8-24
Graphics (Overclock)	2 x MSI R6970-2PM2D2GD5 880 MHz GPU, GDDR5-5500O/C to 950 MHz, GDDR5-5800	2 x XFX Radeon HD 6950 2 GB 800 MHz GPU, GDDR5-5000O/C to 840 MHz, GDDR5-5300
Hard Drive	2 x A-Data S599 SSD, Striped: 64 GB x 2 (128 GB Combined)
Optical	Lite-On iHBS212 BD-RE: 12x BD-R, 16x DVD±R
Case	Antec Three Hundred Illusion
Power	Seasonic SS-850HT: 850 W, ATX12V v2.31, 80 PLUS Silver
CPU Cooler	Scythe Mugen 2 Rev. B (SCMG-2100)
Software
OS	Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Graphics	AMD Catalyst 11.2
Chipset	Intel INF 9.2.0.1021

Benchmark Configuration
3D Games
Crysis	Patch 1.2.1, DirectX 10, 64-bit executable, benchmark tool Test Set 1: High Quality, No AA Test Set 2: Very High Quality, 8x AA
F1 2010	V1.01, Run with -benchmark example_benchmark.xml Test Set 1: High Quality Preset, No AA Test Set 2: Ultra Quality Preset, 8x AA
Just Cause 2	Version 1.0.0.2, Built-In Benchmark "Concrete Jungle" Test Set 1: Medium Details, No AA, 8x AF Test Set 2: Highest Details, 8x AA, 16x AF
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call Of Pripyat	Call Of Pripyat Benchmark version Test Set 1: High Preset, DX11 EFDL, No AA Test Set 2: Ultra Preset, DX11 EFDL, 4x MSAA
Audio/Video Encoding
iTunes	Version:9.0.2.25 x64 Audio CD (Terminator II SE), 53 minutes Default format AAC
HandBrake 0.9.4	Version 0.9.4, convert first .vob file from The Last Samurai (1.0GB) to .mp4, High Profile
TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress	Version: 4.7.3.292 Import File: Terminator 2 SE DVD (5 Minutes) Resolution: 720x576 (PAL) 16:9
DivX Codec 6.9.1	Encoding mode: Insane Quality Enhanced multithreading enabled using SSE4 Quarter-pixel search
Xvid 1.2.2	Display encoding status = off
MainConcept Reference 1.6.1	MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 (H.264), MainConcept H.264/AVC Codec, 28 sec HDTV 1920x1080 (MPEG-2), Audio: MPEG-2 (44.1 KHz, 2 Channel, 16-Bit, 224 Kb/s), Mode: PAL (25 FPS)
Productivity
Adobe Photoshop CS4	Version: 11.0 x64, Filter 15.7 MB TIF Image Radial Blur, Shape Blur, Median, Polar Coordinates
Autodesk 3ds Max 2010	Version: 11.0 x64, Rendering Dragon Image at 1920x1080 (HDTV)
WinRAR 3.90	Version x64 3.90, Dictionary = 4096 KB, Benchmark: THG-Workload (334MB)
7-Zip	Version 4.65: Format=Zip, Compression=Ultra, Method=Deflate, Dictionary Size=32 KB, Word Size=128, Threads=8 Benchmark: THG-Workload (334 MB)
Synthetic Benchmarks and Settings
3DMark 11	Version: 1.0.1.0, Benchmark Only
PCMark Vantage	Version: 1.0.1.0 x64, System, Productivity, Hard Disk Drive benchmarks
SiSoftware Sandra 2011	Version 2011.1.17.15, CPU Test = CPU Arithmetic / MultiMedia, Memory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark