Test System And Software
Though Intel shipped us its H55-based Tom Cove board for this launch, we went with Asus' P7H57D-Evo for our test platform, as the Asus board is loaded with overclocking options. Its dual PCI Express x16 slots also proved useful for confirming that H57 does, in fact, support multi-card configurations with a Lynnfield-based CPU installed.
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| Test Hardware | |
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| Processors | Intel Core i5-661 (Clarkdale) 3.33 GHz, LGA 1156, 4MB L3, Hyper-Threading enabled, Power-savings enabled |
| Row 1 - Cell 0 | Intel Core i5-750 (Lynnfield) 2.66 GHz, LGA 1156, 8MB L3, Power-savings enabled |
| Row 2 - Cell 0 | Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400S (Yorkfield) 2.66 GHz, LGA 775, 1,333 MT/s FSB, 6MB L2, Power-savings enabled |
| Row 3 - Cell 0 | Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 (Wolfdale) 3.16 GHz, LGA 775, 1,333 MT/s FSB, 6MB L2, Power-savings enabled |
| Row 4 - Cell 0 | AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE (Deneb) 3.4 GHz, Socket AM3, 4 GT/s HyperTransport, 6MB L3, Power-savings enabled |
| Motherboards | Asus P7H57D-V Evo (LGA 1156) H57, BIOS 0401 |
| Row 6 - Cell 0 | Gigabyte EP45-UD3P (LGA 775) P45/ICH10R, BIOS F9 |
| Row 7 - Cell 0 | Asus M4A79T Deluxe (Socket AM3) 790FX/SB750, BIOS 2304 |
| Memory | Corsair 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 7-7-7-20 @ DDR3-1333 |
| Row 9 - Cell 0 | Corsair 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2-1066 5-5-5-15 @ DDR2-1066 |
| Hard Drive | Intel SSDSA2M160G2GC 160GB SATA 3 Gb/s |
| Row 11 - Cell 0 | Intel SSDSA2MH080G1GN 80GB SATA 3 Gb/s |
| Graphics | Gigabyte Radeon HD 5850 1GB |
| Power Supply | Cooler Master UCP 1100W |
| Heatsink | Thermalright MUX-120 |
| System Software And Drivers | |
| Operating System | Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit |
| DirectX | DirectX 11 |
| Platform Driver | Intel INF Chipset Update Utility 9.1.1.1015 |
| Graphics Driver | Catalyst 9.12 |
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| Benchmarks and Settings | |
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| Audio Encoding | |
| iTunes | Version: 9.0.2.25 (64-bit), Audio CD ("Terminator II" SE), 53 min., Default format AAC |
| Video Encoding | |
| TMPEG 4.7 | Version: 4.7.3.292, 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 1.2.2 | 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 |
| HandBrake 0.9.4 | Version 0.9.4, convert first .vob file from The Last Samurai to .mp4, High Profile |
| Applications | |
| Autodesk 3ds Max 2010 (64-bit) | Version: 2009 Service Pack 1, Rendering Dragon Image at 1920x1080 (HDTV) |
| WinRAR 3.90 | Version 3.90 (64-bit), Benchmark: THG-Workload (334 MB) |
| 7-Zip | Version 4.65, Built-in Benchmark |
| Adobe Photoshop CS4 | Radial Blur, Shape Blur, Median, Polar Coordinates filters |
| AVG Anti-Virus 9 | Virus scan of 334MB of compressed files |
| Synthetic Benchmarks and Settings | |
| 3DMark Vantage | Version: 1.02, GPU and CPU scores |
| PCMark Vantage | Version: 1.00, System, Memories, TV and Movies, and Productivity benchmarks, Windows Media Player 10.00.00.3646 |
| SiSoftware Sandra 2010 | CPU Test=CPU Arithmetic/Multimedia, Memory Test=Bandwidth Benchmark, Cryptography |
| Games | |
| Crysis | Very High Quality Settings, No AA / No AF, 4xAA / No AF, vsync off, 1280x1024 / 1680x1050 / 1900x1200, DirectX 10, Patch 1.2.1, 64-bit executable |
| Left 4 Dead 2 | High Quality Settings, No AA / No AF, 8xAA / 16xAF, vsync off, 1680x1050 / 1920x1200 / 2560x1600, Tomshardware Demo, Steam Version |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 | Ultra High Settings, No AA / No AF, 4xAA / No AF, 1680x1050 / 1920x1200 / 2560x1600, The Gulag, 60 second sequence, Fraps |
| DiRT2 | Ultra High Settings, No AA / No AF, 8xAA / No AF, 1680x1050 / 1920x1200 / 2560x1600, In-Game Benchmark, Steam Version |
