Test System And Benchmarks
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| $625 Gaming PC System Test Configuration | ||
|---|---|---|
| Component | Base Settings | Overclock Setting |
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo E7300 2.667 GHz, FSB-1066, 3 MB Cache | 3.8 GHz (9.5x 400 MHz), FSB-1600 1.488 V Core |
| CPU Cooler | Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro | Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro 100% Fan |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L Intel P45, BIOS F10 (11/10/2008) | Unchanged |
| RAM | 4.0 GB Patriot Viper PC2 6400 2x 2048 MB, DDR2-800, CL 4-4-4-12 2T at 2.10 V | Unchanged |
| Graphics | Sapphire 100245L Radeon HD 4850 512 MB 625 MHz GPU, 1,986 MHz Memory Data Rate | 740 MHz GPU, 2,390 MHz Memory 100% Fan |
| Hard Drives | Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500 GB, 72,000 RPM, 32 MB Cache | Unchanged |
| Sound | Integrated 8-Channel HD Audio | Unchanged |
| Network | Integrated Gigabit Networking | Unchanged |
| Power | Antec NeoPower 430 W | Unchanged |
| Optical | LITE-ON 20X DVD±R SATA Model iHAS120-04 | Unchanged |
| Row 11 - Cell 0 | Software and Drivers | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
| Operating System | Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit, SP1 | Unchanged |
| Graphics Driver | AMD Catalyst 8.12 | Unchanged |
| Onboard Device Drivers | Intel 9.1.0.1007 | Unchanged |
The benchmarks are as follows:
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| 3D Game Benchmarks and Settings | |
|---|---|
| Crysis | Version: 1.2.1 Video Quality: Very High Details Demo: CPU-Benchmark + Tom's Hardware Tool |
| Supreme Commander Forged Alliance | Version: 1.5.3599 Video Quality: Highest Settings Demo: WallaceTX_006_006 Benchmark: Fraps 2.9.4 - Build 7037 |
| Unreal Tournament 3 | Version: 1.2 Sound and DirectX10 Texture Details: 5 Level Details: 5 Demo: vCTF-Reflection_bot Time: 12/60 |
| World in Conflict | Version: 1.0.0.9 Video Quality: Very High details Demo: Game-Benchmark |
| Audio Benchmarks and Settings | |
| iTunes | Version: 7.7.0.43 Audio CD (Terminator II SE), 53 min Default format AAC |
| Lame MP3 | Version: 3.98 Beta 3 (05-22-2007) Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 min wave to MP3<br> 160 Kb/s |
| Video Benchmarks and Settings | |
| TMPEG 4.5 | Version: 4.5.1.254 Import File: Terminator 2 SE DVD (5 Minutes) Resolution: 720x576 (PAL) 16:9 |
| DivX 6.8.3 | Encoding mode: Insane Quality Enhanced multi-threading Enabled using SSE4 Quarter-pixel search |
| XviD 1.1.3 | Display encoding status = off |
| Mainconcept Reference 1.5.1 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 Kbps) Mode: PAL (25 FPS) Profile: Tom's Hardware Settings for Qct-Core |
| Application Benchmarks and Settings | |
| Autodesk 3D Studio Max 9 | Version: 9.0 Rendering Dragon Image at 1920x1080 (HDTV) |
| Adobe Photoshop CS 3 | Version: 10.0x20070321 Filtering from a 69 MB TIF-Photo<br> Benchmark: Tomshardware-Benchmark V1.0.0.4 Filters: Crosshatch, Glass, Sumi-e, Accented Edges, Angled Strokes, Sprayed Strokes |
| Grisoft AVG Anti-Virus 8 | Version: 8.0.1 Virus base: 270.4.5/1533 Benchmark: Scan 334 MB Folder of ZIP/RAR compressed files |
| Winrar 3.80 | Version 3.70 BETA 8 WinZIP Commandline Version 2.3 Compression = Best Dictionary = 4,096 KB Benchmark: THG-Workload (334 MB) |
| Winzip 11 | Version 11.2 Compression = Best Benchmark: THG-Workload (139 MB) |
| Sythetic Benchmarks and Settings | |
| 3DMark Vantage | Version: 1.02 GPU and CPU scores |
| PCMark Vantage | Version: 1.00 System, Memory, Hard Disk Drive benchmarks Windows Media Player 10.00.00.3646 |
| SiSoftware Sandra XII SP2 | Version 2008.5.14.24 CPU Test = CPU Arithmetic / MultiMedia Memory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark |
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