Test Setup And Benchmarks
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| Test Hardware | |
|---|---|
| Processors | Intel Core i7-975 Extreme (Bloomfield) 3.33 GHz, LGA 1366, 6.4 GT/s QPI, 8 MB L3, Power-savings enabled |
| Row 1 - Cell 0 | Intel Core i7-965 Extreme (Bloomfield) 3.2 GHz, LGA 1366, 6.4 GT/s QPI, 8 MB L3, Power-savings enabled |
| Row 2 - Cell 0 | Intel Core i7-950 (Bloomfield) 3.06 GHz, LGA 1366, 4.8 GT/s QPI, 8 MB L3, Power-savings enabled |
| Row 3 - Cell 0 | Intel Core i7-920 (Bloomfield) 2.66 GHz, LGA 1366, 4.8 GT/s QPI, 8 MB L3, Power-savings enabled |
| Row 4 - Cell 0 | Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770 (Yorkfield) 3.2 GHz, LGA 775, 1,600 MHz FSB, 12 MB L2, Power-savings enabled |
| Row 5 - Cell 0 | AMD Phenom II X4 955 (Deneb) 3.2 GHz, Socket AM3, 4 GT/s HyperTransport, 6 MB L3, Power-savings enabled |
| Motherboards | Asus P6T (LGA 1366) X58/ICH10R, BIOS 0603 |
| Row 7 - Cell 0 | Intel DX48BT2 (LGA 775) X48/ICH10R, BIOS 1902 |
| Row 8 - Cell 0 | Asus M4A79T Deluxe (AM3) 790FX/SB750, BIOS 1103 |
| Memory | Corsair 4 GB (2 x 2 GB) DDR3-1600 8-8-8-24 @ DDR3-1333 |
| Row 10 - Cell 0 | Corsair 6 GB (3 x 2 GB) DDR3-1600 8-8-8-24 @ DDR3-1333 |
| Hard Drive | Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300 GB 10,000 RPM SATA 3 Gb/s |
| Graphics | Zotac GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896 MB |
| Power Supply | Cooler Master UCP 1100W |
| System Software And Drivers | |
| Operating System | Windows Vista Ultimate Edition x64, Service Pack 1 |
| DirectX | DirectX 10 |
| Platform Driver | Catalyst 9.5 |
| Row 18 - Cell 0 | Intel INF Chipset Update Utility 9.1.0.1012 |
| Graphics Driver | GeForce 185.85 |
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| Benchmarks and Settings | |
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| 3D Games | |
| Stalker: Clear Sky | Quality settings set to high, 1920x1200/1680x1050, Benchmark tool, average of all four scenarios |
| Far Cry 2 | Quality settings set to high, 1920x1200/1680x1050, latest Steam version, in-game benchmark (Ranch medium). |
| Left 4 Dead | Quality settings set to max, 1920x1200/1680x1050, latest Steam version, timed demo. |
| H.A.W.X. | High Quality Setting, vsync off, 1680x1050/1920x1200, DirectX 10, Ambient Occlusion: High, Patch 1.2 |
| Grand Theft Auto 4 | Quality settings set to high, Anisotropic filtering: "High," 1920x1200/1680x1050, Patch 1.3, Built-in benchmark. |
| Audio Encoding | |
| iTunes | Version: 8.1.0.52, Audio CD ("Terminator II" SE), 53 min., Default format AAC |
| Lame MP3 | Version: 3.98 (64-bit), Audio CD ""Terminator II" SE, 53 min, wave to MP3, 160 Kb/s |
| Video Encoding | |
| TMPEG 4.6 | Version: 4.5.1.254, Import File: "Terminator II" SE DVD (5 Minutes), Resolution: 720x576 (PAL) 16:9 |
| DivX 6.8.5 | Encoding mode: Insane Quality, Enhanced Multi-Threading, Enabled using SSE4, Quarter-pixel search |
| XviD 1.2.1 | Display encoding status=off |
| Mainconcept Reference 1.6.1 | 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), Profile: Tom’s Hardware Settings for Qct-Core |
| Applications | |
| Autodesk 3ds Max 2009 (64-bit) | Version: 2009, Rendering Dragon Image at 1920x1080 (HDTV) |
| WinRAR 3.90 Beta 1 | Version 3.90 Beta 1, Benchmark: THG-Workload (334 MB) |
| WinZip 12 | Version 12, Compression=Best, Benchmark: THG-Workload (334 MB) |
| Synthetic 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 2009 SP3 | CPU Test=CPU Arithmetic/MultiMedia, Memory Test=Bandwidth Benchmark |
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