Test Setups And Benchmarks
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Test Hardware Configurations | |||
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Row 0 - Cell 0 | $2000 Performance PC | $1000 Enthusiast PC | $500 Gaming PC |
Motherboard (Overclock) | Gigbyte Z68XP-UD3 LGA 1155, Intel X58 Express102 MHz Base Clock | EVGA P67 Micro SLI LGA 1155, Intel P67 chipsetNo Base Clock O/C | ASRock M3A770DE Socket AM3, AMD 770No Reference Clock O/C |
Processor (Overclock) | Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40 GHz, Four Physical CoresO/C to 4.48 GHz at 1.36 V | Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30 GHz, Four Physical CoresO/C to 4.49 GHz at 1.40 V | AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE 3.2 GHz, Four CoresO/C to 3.80 GHz at 1.38 V |
Memory (Overclock) | 8 GB G.Skill DDR3-1866 CAS 9-10-9-28, O/C at 1.60 V to DDR3-1901 CL 9-10-9-16 | 8 GB Mushkin DDR3-1600 CAS 7-8-7-24 No O/C | 4 GB Crucial DDR3-1333 CAS 9-9-9-24, O/C at 1.65 V to DDR3-1333 CL 8-8-8-22 |
Graphics (Overclock) | 2 x EVGA GeForce GTX 580: 772 MHz GPU, GDDR5-4008No O/C | 2 x EVGA GeForce GTX 460 1 GB: 820 MHz GPU, GDDR5-4200O/C to 875 MHz, GDDR5-4400 | Sapphire HD 6870 1 GB: 900 MHz GPU, GDDR5-1050O/C to 960 MHz, GDDR5-4720 |
Optical | Lite-On iHAS224-06 24x/8x DVD±R/RW | Sony AD-7260S-0B 24x/8x DVD±R/RW | Samsung SH-222AB 22x/8x DVD±R/RW |
Case | Antec Three Hundred Illusion | Raidmax Atlas-295WB | NZXT Gamma GAMA-001BK |
CPU Cooler | Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus | Cooler Master Hyper TX3 | AMD boxed heatsink/fan |
Hard Drive | Adata S511 120 GB, SATA 6Gb/s SSDWestern Digital Caviar Green WD20EARS HDD | OCZ Vertex 30 GB, SATA 3Gb/s SSDWestern Digital Caviar Black WD7502AAEX HDD | Seagate Barracuda 500 GB HDD |
Power | Seasonic SS-850HT: 850 W, ATX12V v2.31, 80 PLUS Silver | Corsair CX600 V2: 600 W ATX12V v2.3, 80 PLUS | Antec EarthWatts EA430D: 430 W, ATX12V 2.3, 80 PLUS Bronze |
Software | |||
OS | Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | ||
Graphics | Nvidia GeForce 280.26 | AMD Catalyst 11.8 | |
Chipset | Intel INF 9.2.0.1030 | AMD All-in-1 Ver. 8.631_W7_logo |
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Benchmark Configuration | |
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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 |
Metro 2033 | Full Game, Built-In Benchmark, "Frontline" Scene Test Set 1: DX11, High, AAA, 4x AF, No PhysX, No DoF Test Set 2: DX11, Very High, 4x AA, 16x AF, No PhysX, DoF On |
Audio/Video Encoding | |
iTunes | Version 9.0.3.15 x64: Audio CD (Terminator II SE), 53 minutes, default AAC format |
Lame MP3 | Version 3.98.3: Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 min, convert WAV to MP3 audio format, Command: -b 160 --nores (160 Kb/s) |
Handbrake CLI | Version 0.94: "Big Buck Bunny" (720x480, 23.972 FPS) 5 Minutes, Audio: Dolby Digital, 48 000 Hz, Six-Channel, English, to Video: AVC Audio: AC3 Audio2: AAC (High Profile) |
MainConcept Reference | Version: 2.0.0.1555: MPEG-2 to 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), Codec: H.264 Pro, Mode: PAL 50i (25 FPS), Profile: H.264 BD HDMV |
Productivity | |
Adobe Photoshop CS5 | Version 12.0 x64: Filter 15.7 MB TIF Image: Radial Blur, Shape Blur, Median, Polar Coordinates |
Autodesk 3ds Max 2010 | Version 12.0 x64: Space Flyby Mentalray, 248 Frames, 1440x1080 |
WinZip | Version 14.0 Pro: THG-Workload (464 MB) to ZIP, command line switches "-a -ez -p -r" |
WinRAR | Version 4.0 Beta 4: THG-Workload (464 MB) to RAR, command line switches "winrar a -r -m3" |
7-Zip | Version 9.2: THG-Workload (464 MB) to .7z, command line switches "a -t7z -r -m0=LZMA2 -mx=5" |
ABBYY FineReader | Version 10.0.102.82: Read PDF save to Doc, Source: Political Economy (J. Broadhurst 1842) 111 Pages |
Synthetic Benchmarks and Settings | |
3DMark 11 | Version: 1.0.1.0, Benchmark Only |
PCMark 7 | Version: 1.0.4 x64, System, Productivity, Hard Disk Drive benchmarks |
SiSoftware Sandra 2011 | Version 2011.1.17.15, CPU Test = CPU Arithmetic / MultiMedia, Memory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark |