Test Settings
The following is a summary of standard and overclocked hardware configurations used in today’s benchmarks.
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$2,500 Performance PC Test Settings | ||
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Row 0 - Cell 0 | Standard Speed | Overclocked |
Motherboard | Gigabyte P55-UD4P LGA 1156 Chipset: Intel P55-Express | Unchanged |
Processor | Intel Core i7-860 2.80 GHz Four Cores, 8.0MB L3 Cache | 3.65 GHz at 1.312V, 203 MHz Base Clock |
Memory | 2 x Crucial 4.0GB DDR3-1333 Kit 4 x 2.0GB (8.0GB Total), CAS 9-9-9-28 | DDR3-1624 at 1.64V, CAS 8-8-8-18 |
Graphics | 2 x Diamond HD 5870 (CrossFireX) 1.0GB GDDR5-4800 Per Card Radeon HD 5870 GPU at 850 MHz | GDDR5-5080 900 MHz GPU |
Hard Drives | 2 x WD Caviar Black WD2001FASS (RAID 1) 2.0TB, 7,200 RPM, 64MB Cache, SATA 3.0 Gb/s | Unchanged |
Optical | LG WH08LS20 BD-RE 8x BD-R, 2x BD-RE, 16x DVD±R | Unchanged |
Case | Lian-Li LanCool PC-K7B | Unchanged |
Power | Corsair CMPSU-850HX Modular 850W ATX12V 2.2, EPS12V 2.91, 80-Plus Silver | Unchanged |
CPU Cooler | Xigmatek HDT-S1284EE (120mm Fan) plus Crossbow ACK-15363 Bracket Kit | Unchanged |
And now for the benchmarks:
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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, No AA |
Fallout 3 | Patch 1.7, Saved Game "Capital Wasteland" (60 sec) Test Set 1: Highest Details, No AA, No AF Test Set 2: Highest Details, 4x AA, 15x AF |
Far Cry 2 | Patch 1.03, DirectX 10, in-game benchmark Test Set 1: Very High Quality, No AA Test Set 2: Ultra High Quality, 4x AA |
Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X | Patch 1.02, DirectX 10.1, in-game benchmark Test Set 1: Highest Settings, No AA Test Set 2: Highest Settings, 4x AA |
World in Conflict | Patch 1009, DirectX 10, timedemo Test 1: Very High Details, No AA / No AF Test 2: Very High Details 4x AA / 16x AF |
Audio/Video Encoding | |
iTunes 8 | Version: 8.2.1.6 (x64) Audio CD ("Terminator II" SE), 53 min Default format AAC |
Lame MP3 | Version: 3.98.2, wave to MP3 Audio CD "Terminator II" SE, 53 min wave to MP3 |
TMPGEnc 4.0 Express | Version: 4.7.3.292 Import File: "Terminator 2" SE DVD (5 Minutes) Resolution: 720x576 (PAL) 16:9 |
DivX 6.8.5 | 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 Reference H.264 Plugin Pro 1.5.1 | 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) |
Productivity | |
Adobe Photoshop CS4 (64-bit) | Version: 11.0 Extended, Filter 15.7MB TIF Image Radial Blur, Shape Blur, Median, Polar Coordinates |
Autodesk 3ds Max 2009 | Version: 11.0, Rendering Dragon Image at 1920x1080 (HDTV) |
Grisoft AVG Anti-Virus 8.5 | Version: 8.5.287, Virus database 2094, Benchmark: Scan 334MB Folder of ZIP/RAR compressed files |
WinRAR 3.90 | Version x64 3.90, Dictionary = 4,096KB, Benchmark: THG-Workload (334MB) |
WinZip 12 | Version 12.1, WinZip Command Line Version 3.0 Compression = Best, Benchmark: THG-Workload (334MB) |
Synthetic Benchmarks | |
3DMark Vantage | Version: 1.01, GPU and CPU scores |
PCMark Vantage | Version: 1.00, System, Memory, Hard Disk Drive benchmarks, Windows Media Player 10.00.00.3646 |
SiSoftware Sandra 2009 SP4a | Version 2009.9.15.130, CPU Test = CPU Arithmetic / MultiMedia, Memory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark |