Test Configuration And Benchmarks
The three benchmarked configurations were set up as follows:
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| Base And Overclocked Performance Settings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Component | $625 PC | $1,250 PC | $5,000 PC |
| CPU | Intel Pentium E5200 2.50 GHz, FSB-800 | Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83 GHz, FSB-1333 | Intel Core i7 Extreme 965 3.20 GHz, 24x 133.3 MHz |
| CPU Overclocked | 3.9 GHz (11.5x 339 MHz) FSB-1356, 1.456 V Core | 3.61 GHz (8.5 x 425 MHz) FSB-1700, 1.350 V Core | 4.20 GHz, 28x 150 MHz 1.43125 V Core |
| RAM | G.Skill F2-6400CL4D-4GBHK DDR2-800, 4-4-4-12, 1.80 V | G.Skill F2-6400CL4D-4GBHK DDR2-800, 4-4-4-12, 1.80 V | Mushkin 998679 Triple-Channel DDR3-1600, 7-8-7-20, 1.65 V |
| RAM Overclocked | DDR2-814, 4-4-4-12, 1.90 V | DDR2-850, 5-6-6-16, 1.90 V | DDR3-1800, 8-9-8-20, 1.65 V |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L | Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3LR | Asus Rampage II Extreme |
| Graphics | Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512 MB 750 MHz GPU, GDDR5-3600 | Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 750 MHz GPU, GDDR5-3600 | 2x MSI GeForce GTX 295 576 MHz GPU, GDDR3-1898 |
| Graphics Overclocked | 805 MHz GPU, GDDR5-3700 | 780 MHz GPU, GDDR5-4400 | 690 MHz GPU, GDDR3-2160 |
| Power | PC Power and Cooling PPC-S500 | Corsair TX650W | Cooler Master RS-850-EMBA |
| Hard Drives | Samsung HD501LJ 500 GB | WD Caviar Black 640 GB | 2x Intel X25-M 80 GB SATA SSD ICH10R RAID Controller Level 0 |
| Sound | Integrated HD Audio | Integrated HD Audio | Asus SupremeFX X-Fi |
| Networking | Integrated Gigabit Networking | Integrated Gigabit Networking | Integrated Gigabit Networking |
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| Benchmarks and Settings | |
|---|---|
| 3D Games | |
| Crysis | Version: 1.2.1, Video Quality: Very High Details, Demo: CPU-Benchmark + Tom’s Hardware Tool |
| Supreme Commander Forged Alliance | Version: 1.5.3599, Video Quality: Highest Settings, Demo: WallaceTX_006_006, Benchmark: Fraps 2.9.4 - Build 7037 |
| Unreal Tournament 3 | Version: 1.2, Sound and DirectX10, Texture Details: 5, Level Details: 5, Demo: vCTF-Reflection_bot, Time: 12/60 |
| World in Conflict | Version: 1.0.0.9, Video Quality: Very High details, Demo: Game-Benchmark |
| Audio Encoding | |
| iTunes | Version: 7.7.0.43, Audio CD "Terminator II" SE, 53 min, Default format AAC |
| Lame MP3 | Version: 3.98 Beta 3 (05-22-2007), Audio CD ""Terminator II" SE, 53 min, wave to MP3, 160 Kb/s |
| Video Encoding | |
| TMPEG 4.5 | Version: 4.5.1.254, Import File: "Terminator II" SE DVD (5 Minutes), Resolution: 720x576 (PAL) 16:9 |
| DivX 6.8.3 | Encoding mode: Insane Quality, Enhanced Multi-threading, Enabled using SSE4, Quarter-pixel search |
| XviD 1.1.3 | Display encoding status=off |
| Mainconcept Reference 1.5.1 Reference H.264 Plugin Pro 1.5.1 | 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 3D Studio Max 9 | Version: 9.0, Rendering Dragon Image at 1920x1080 (HDTV) |
| Grisoft AVG Anti-Virus 8 | Version: 8.0.134, Virus base: 270.4.5/1533, Benchmark: Scan 334 MB Folder of ZIP/RAR compressed files |
| Winrar 3.80 | Version 3.70 BETA 8, WinZIP Commandline Version 2.3, Compression=Best, Dictionary=4,096 KB, Benchmark: THG-Workload (334 MB) |
| Winzip 11 | Version 11.2, Compression=Best, Benchmark: THG-Workload (139 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 XII SP2 | Version 2008.5.14.24, CPU Test=CPU Arithmetic/MultiMedia, Memory Test=Bandwidth Benchmark |
