System Builder Marathon, August 2012: $500 Gaming PC

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Test System Configuration And Benchmarks

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Current $500 PC System Test Configuration
Component	Base Settings	Overclock Setting
CPU	Intel Pentium G860 (Sandy Bridge), 3.0 GHz, LGA 1155, 3 MB Shared L3, Power-Saving Features Enabled	Unchanged
CPU Cooler	Intel Boxed Heat Sink And Fan	Unchanged
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3V Intel B75, BIOS F5 (03-27-2012)	Unchanged
RAM	4 GB G.Skill DDR3-1333 Memory Kit 2 x 2 GB, CL 9-9-9-24 1T at 1.5 V	Unchanged
Graphics	MSI N560GTX-M2D1GD5 GeForce GTX 560 810 MHz GPU, 1002 MHz (4008 MT/s) Memory	950 MHz GPU @ 1.050 V, 1102.5 MHz (4410 MT/s) GDDR5 Memory
Hard Drive	Western Digital WD5000AAKX 500 GB, 7200 RPM, 16 MB Cache	Unchanged
Sound	Integrated Eight-Channel HD Audio	Unchanged
Network	Integrated Gigabit Networking	Unchanged
Power	Antec VP-450 450 W	Unchanged
Optical	Samsung SH-222BB/BEBE22x SATA DVD Burner	Unchanged
Software and Drivers
Operating System	Windows 7 Ultimate Edition x64	Unchanged
Graphics Driver	GeForce R300 Driver v.300.42	Unchanged
Platform Driver	Intel 7-series Inf v.9.3.1019	Unchanged

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June $500 Gaming PC System Test Configuration
Component	Base Settings	Overclock Setting
CPU	Intel Celeron G530 (Sandy Bridge), 2.4 GHz, LGA 1155, 2 MB Shared L3, Power-Saving Features Enabled	Unchanged
CPU Cooler	Intel Boxed Heat Sink And Fan	Unchanged
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H61MA-D3V Intel H61, BIOS F3 (02-16-2012)	Unchanged
RAM	4 GB Pareema DDR3-1066 Memory Kit 2 x 2 GB, CL 7-7-7-19 1T at 1.5 V	DDR3-1066, CL 6-6-6-14 1T at 1.6 V
Graphics	ECS NGT560TI-1GPI-F1 GeForce GTX 560 Ti 823 MHz GPU, 1002 MHz (4008 MT/s) Memory	891 MHz GPU, 1102.5 MHz (4410 MT/s) GDDR5 Memory
Hard Drive	Western Digital WD3200AAKX 320 GB, 7200 RPM, 16 MB Cache	Unchanged
Sound	Integrated Eight-Channel HD Audio	Unchanged
Network	Integrated Gigabit Networking	Unchanged
Power	Antec VP-450 450 W	Unchanged
Optical	LG GH22NS90B-OEM 22x SATA DVD Burner	Unchanged
Software and Drivers
Operating System	Windows 7 Ultimate Edition x64	Unchanged
Graphics Driver	GeForce R295 Drive v.296.10	Unchanged
Platform Driver	Intel 6-series Inf v. 9.2.0.1030	Unchanged

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Benchmark Configuration
3D Games
Battlefield 3	Version 1.0.0.0, DirectX 11, 90-sec. Fraps "Going Hunting" Test Set 1: Medium Quality Preset, No AA, 4x AF, SSAO Test Set 2: Ultra Quality Preset, 4x MSAA, 16x AF, HBAO
DiRT 3	Version 1.2, Direct X 11, Built-in Benchmark Test Set 1: High Quality, No AA Test Set 2: Ultra Quality, 8x AA
Elders Scroll V: Skyrim	Version 1.6.89.06, Version 1.5.26.05 (June), 25-Sec. Fraps Test Set 1: High Preset, No AA, 8x AF, FXAA Enabled Test Set 2: Ultra Preset, 8x AA, 16x AF, FXAA Enabled
StarCraft II	Version 1.4.4.22418, Toms Hardware Map, 60-sec. Fraps Test Set 1: High, DX11, AAA, 4x AF, No DoF, No PhysX Test Set 2: Very High, DX11, 4x MSAA, 16x AF, DoF, No PhysX
Audio/Video Encoding
HandBrake CLI	Version 0.95: "Big Buck Bunny" (720x480, 23.972 FPS) 5 Min., Audio: Dolby Digital, 48 000 Hz, Six-Channel, English, to Video: AVC Audio: AC3 Audio2: AAC (High Profile)
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)
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, Two-Channel, 16-Bit, 224 Kb/s), Codec: H.264 Pro, Mode: PAL 50i (25 FPS), Profile: H.264 BD HDMV
Productivity
ABBYY FineReader	Version 10.0.102.82: Read PDF save to Doc, Source: Political Economy (J. Broadhurst 1842) 111 Pages
Adobe Photoshop CS5.1	Version 12.1 x64: Filter 15.7MB TIF Image: Radial Blur, Shape Blur, Median, Polar Coordinates
Autodesk 3ds Max 2012	Version 14.0 x64: Space Flyby Mentalray, 248 Frames, 1440x1080
7-Zip	Version 9.22: THG-Workload (464 MB) to .7z, command line switches "a -t7z -r -m0=LZMA2 -mx=5"
WinRAR	Version 4.01: THG-Workload (464 MB) to RAR, command line switches "winrar a -r -m3"
WinZip	Version 15.5 Pro: THG-Workload (464 MB) to ZIP, command line switches "-a -ez -p -r"
Synthetic Benchmarks and Settings
3DMark 11	Version: 1.0.1, Entry, Performance, Extreme Suite
PCMark 7	Version: 1.0.4, System, Productivity, Hard Disk Drive benchmarks
SiSoftware Sandra 2011	Version 2011 17.80, CPU Test = CPU Arithmetic / MultiMedia, Memory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark

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