Test Setup
Test Hardware: Desktop Hardware | |
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Processors | Intel Core i7-2600K (Sandy Bridge) 3.4 GHz (34 * 100 MHz), LGA 1155, 8 MB Shared L3, Hyper-Threading enabled, Turbo Boost enabled, Power-savings enabled |
Intel Core i5-2500K (Sandy Bridge) 3.3 GHz (33 * 100 MHz), LGA 1155, 6 MB Shared L3, Turbo Boost enabled, Power-savings enabled | |
Intel Core i5-2400 (Sandy Bridge) 3.1 GHz (31 * 100 MHz), LGA 1155, 6 MB Shared L3, Turbo Boost enabled, Power-savings enabled | |
Intel Core i3-2100 (Sandy Bridge) 3.1 GHz (34 * 100 MHz), LGA 1155, 3 MB Shared L3, Hyper-Threading enabled, Power-savings enabled | |
Intel Core i5-655K (Clarkdale) 3.2 GHz (24 * 133 MHz), LGA 1156, 4 MB Shared L3, Hyper-Threading enabled, Turbo Boost enabled, Power-savings enabled | |
Motherboard | Gigabyte P67A-UD7 (LGA 1155) Intel P67 Express, BIOS F6a |
Gigabyte H67MA-UD2 (LGA 1155) Intel H67 Express, BIOS F6a | |
Gigabyte P55A-UD7 (LGA 1156) Intel P55 Express, BIOS F8b | |
Asus P7H57D-V EVO (LGA 1156) Intel H57 Express, BIOS 1606 | |
Memory | Kingston 8 GB (4 x 2 GB) DDR3-2133, KHX2133C9AD3W1K2/4GX x 2 @ DDR3-1333, 7-7-7-20 and 1.65 V |
Crucial 12 GB (3 x 4 GB) DDR3-1333, MT16JTF51264AZ-1G4D1 @ DDR3-1333, 7-7-7-20 and 1.65 V | |
Hard Drive | OCZ RevoDrive X2 240 GB PCI Express x4 (Main Test Bed) |
Intel SSDSA2M160G2GC 160 GB SATA 3Gb/s (Graphics/Quick Sync Test Bed) | |
Graphics | AMD Radeon HD 5550 1GB |
AMD Radeon HD 4550 512 MB | |
Power Supply | Cooler Master UCP-1000 W |
System Software And Drivers | |
Operating System | Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit |
DirectX | DirectX 11 |
Graphics Driver | Intel GFX_Vista64_Win7_64_8.15.10.2266_PV (For Sandy Bridge and Clarkdale) |
AMD Catalyst 10.12 (For Radeon HD 6870 1 GB) |
We are pulling the desktop numbers from our launch coverage for comparison (except for the PCMark Vantage benchmarks, because all of our non-gaming benchmarks) run from a RAM drive. Our initial benchmark results are still valid.
PCMark Vantage is the only benchmark that you can't run directly off the RAM drive, nor is the RevoDrive X2 compatible with mobile systems. As a result, we retested the Core i7-2500K in 3DMark Vantage and PCMark Vantage with the Intel SSDSA2M160G2GC. For graphics, we have chosen to fall back to 3DMark Vantage, as the Intel HD Graphics 3000 is not DirectX 11-compatible and won't even fire up the app.
Test Hardware: Mobile Systems | |||
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Processors | AMD Turion II K625 (Dual-Core, 1.5 GHz) | Intel Core i5-540M (Dual-Core, 2.53 GHz) | Intel Core i7-2820QM (Quad-Core, 2.3 GHz) |
Memory | 4 GB DDR3-1066 | 4 GB DDR3-1066 | 4 GB DDR3-1333 |
Graphics | AMD Radeon HD 4225 | Intel HD Graphics | Intel HD Graphics 3000 |
Notebook | Toshiba Satellite T235 | Asus K52F | Unknown Clevo model |
Hard Drive | Intel SSDSA2M160G2GC 160 GB SATA 3Gb/s | ||
DirectX | DirectX 11 | ||
Operating System | Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit | Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit | Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit |
Graphics Driver | 8.723.3.4000 | 8.15.10.2266 | 8.15.10.2266 |