Test Settings And Benchmarks
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| Test Hardware Configurations | ||
|---|---|---|
| Row 0 - Cell 0 | March 2012 $2600 PC | December 2011 $2400 PC |
| Processor (Overclock) | Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20 GHz, Six Physical CoresO/C to 4.60 GHz, 1.38 V | Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40 GHz, Four Physical CoresO/C to 4.60 GHz, 1.37 V |
| Graphics (Overclock) | MSI R7970-2PMD3GD5/OC: 1010 MHz GPU, GDDR5-5500O/C to 1100 MHz GDDR5-6000 | 2 x PNY GeForce GTX 580: 857 MHz GPU, GDDR5-4212O/C to 951 MHz GDDR5-4312 |
| Memory (Overclock) | 16 GB G.Skill DDR3-1600 CAS 9-9-9-24, O/C at 1.60 V to DDR3-1866 CL 9-10-9-16 | 8 GB Corsair DDR3-1600 CAS 8-8-8-24, O/C at 1.60 V to DDR3-1636 CL 7-8-7-12 |
| Motherboard (Overclock) | Asus P9X79 Pro LGA 2011, Intel X79 ExpressStock 100 MHz BCLK | MSI Z68A-GD55 (G3) LGA 1155, Intel Z68 ExpressO/C at 102 MHz BCLK |
| Optical | Pioneer BDR-206DBKS 12x BD-R | LG WH12LS38 BD-RE: 12x BD-R, 16x DVD±R |
| Case | Antec P280 Case w/Rosewill Fans | Fractal Design Arc Midi |
| CPU Cooler | Zalman CNPS12X | PNY XLR8 Integrated Liquid Cooling |
| Hard Drive | Mushkin Chronos Deluxe 240 GB, SATA 6Gb/s SSD | Crucial m4 128 GB, SATA 6Gb/s SSD |
| Power | Seasonic SS-860XP: 860 W, ATX12V, 80 PLUS Platinum | Mushkin Joule MKNPSJL1000: 1000 W, ATX12V v2.31, 80 PLUS Gold |
| Software | ||
| OS | Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | |
| Graphics | AMD Catalyst 12.2 | Nvidia GeForce 285.62 |
| Chipset | Intel INF 9.2.3.1020 | Intel INF 9.2.0.1030 |
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| Benchmark Configuration | |
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| 3D Games | |
| Battlefield 3 | Campaign Mode, "Going Hunting" 90-Seconds Fraps Test Set 1: Medium Quality Defaults (No AA, 4x AF) Test Set 2: Ultra Quality Defaults (4x AA, 16x AF) |
| DiRT 3 | V1.01, Run with -benchmark example_benchmark.xml Test Set 1: High Quality Preset, No AA Test Set 2: Ultra Quality Preset, 8x AA |
| Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | Update 1.4.27, Celedon Aethirborn Level 6, 25 Seconds Fraps Test Set 1: DX11, High Details No AA, 8x AF, FXAA enabled Test Set 2: DX11, Ultra Details, 8x AA, 16x AF, FXAA enabled |
| StarCraft II | Custom map "Tom's Hardware Guide V2", 60 seconds Fraps Test Set 1: High Details, High Quality Test Set 2: Ultra Details, Extreme Quality |
| Audio/Video Encoding | |
| iTunes | Version 10.4.1.10 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 0.95: "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: 2.2.0.5440: 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 12.1 x64: Filter 15.7 MB TIF Image: Radial Blur, Shape Blur, Median, Polar Coordinates |
| Autodesk 3ds Max 2012 | Version 14.0 x64: Space Flyby Mentalray, 248 Frames, 1440x1080 |
| WinZip | Version 15.5 Pro: THG-Workload (650 MB) to ZIP, command line switches "-a -ez -p -r" |
| WinRAR | Version 4.1: THG-Workload (650 MB) to RAR, command line switches "winrar a -r -m3" |
| 7-Zip | Version 9.22: THG-Workload (650 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 2011.10.17.80, CPU Test = CPU Arithmetic / MultiMedia, Memory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark |
