RE: [Updated!] EP Computer Benchmarking PowerBoard
Finally got my asus gtx590 :) from ebay,. California,. lol couldn't find a single GTX590 graphics card anywhere here in Europe,.. all sold-out or something,..
ihad ahve to try some other benchmarks,.
also seems the clock speed is very low and its easy to over-clock wich i am not going to do,.
x264 HD BENCHMARK 3.0 RESULTS
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Results for x264.exe r1342
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encoded 1442 frames, 100.66 fps, 3900.68 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 101.87 fps, 3900.68 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 101.36 fps, 3901.21 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 100.90 fps, 3900.68 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 27.93 fps, 3970.82 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 28.79 fps, 3972.76 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 27.74 fps, 3972.25 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 28.35 fps, 3970.33 kb/s
System Details
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Name Intel Processor
Codename
Specification Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz
Core Stepping
Core Speed 3400.0 MHz
Northbridge Intel ID0150 rev. 09
Southbridge Intel ID1E44 rev. 04
Memory Type
Memory Size 15832 MBytes
Windows Version Microsoft Windows 7 (6.1) Ultimate Edition Service Pack 1 (Build 7601)
Number of processors 1
Number of threads 4
Number of threads 4 (max 16)
L2 cache 4 x 256 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, EM64T
Package
Temperature 0 37°C (98°F) [0x25] (SYSTIN)
Temperature 1 39°C (102°F) [0x4E] (CPUTIN)
Temperature 2 25°C (76°F) [0x32] (AUXTIN)
I imagine newer versions should favor me more. Dunno what's up with the slow 2nd pass. EDIT: actually, HT on the i7's (+30-40% I've heard) should pretty much erode the speed gain from architectural improvements (+20%) since Nehalem. Probably getting similar scores due to higher stock clocks.
Did some encoding for phone a few days back - got ~36fps for 720p slower preset.
(This post was last modified: 13/06/2012 05:35 AM by ZiNgA BuRgA.)
x264 HD BENCHMARK 3.0 RESULTS
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Results for x264.exe r2200
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encoded 1442 frames, 114.40 fps, 3911.09 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 115.41 fps, 3911.09 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 114.11 fps, 3911.09 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 109.01 fps, 3911.09 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 28.65 fps, 3968.65 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 26.40 fps, 3968.97 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 24.66 fps, 3969.10 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 23.76 fps, 3968.98 kb/s
System Details
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Name Intel Processor
Codename
Specification Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2630QM CPU @ 2.00GHz
Core Stepping
Core Speed 1995.6 MHz
Northbridge Intel ID0104 rev. 09
Southbridge Intel ID1C49 rev. 04
Memory Type
Memory Size 3948 MBytes
Windows Version Microsoft Windows 7 (6.1) Home Premium Edition Service Pack 1 (Build 7601)
Number of processors 1
Number of threads 8
Number of threads 8 (max 16)
L2 cache 4 x 256 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, EM64T
Package
1st pass is significantly faster, 2nd pass slightly faster.
Both my results show a trend of deceasing speed on the later passes. I totally have no idea what's up with that :(.
(13/06/2012 05:21 AM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote: I imagine newer versions should favor me more. Dunno what's up with the slow 2nd pass. EDIT: actually, HT on the i7's (+30-40% I've heard) should pretty much erode the speed gain from architectural improvements (+20%) since Nehalem. Probably getting similar scores due to higher stock clocks.
Does HT really give that much bonus? I always thought it was more along the lines of 10-20%.
Either way, your 28fps average doesn't really seem right.... I mean my 2GHz (40% less than your 3.4GHz) laptop CPU, of an older architecture, can get 23fps....
(This post was last modified: 13/06/2012 07:09 AM by Assassinator.)
13/06/2012 07:08 AM
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RE: [Updated!] EP Computer Benchmarking PowerBoard
(13/06/2012 07:08 AM)Assassinator Wrote: Both my results show a trend of deceasing speed on the later passes. I totally have no idea what's up with that :(
Maybe thermal scaling? Perhaps the CPU's getting hot and scales back - IDK if CPUs do that, but maybe.
(13/06/2012 07:08 AM)Assassinator Wrote: Does HT really give that much bonus? I always thought it was more along the lines of 10-20%.
For x264, closer to 30% - I recall Dark Shikari saying around 30-40%.
This page shows around 30%: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/288?vs=287
x264 is probably one of the best uses of HT actually.
(13/06/2012 07:08 AM)Assassinator Wrote: Either way, your 28fps average doesn't really seem right.... I mean my 2GHz (40% less than your 3.4GHz) laptop CPU, of an older architecture, can get 23fps....
Architecture is the same, Ivy is just a die shrink. 3570K is pretty much the same as a 2500K, just 100MHz higher stock clock, runs cooler & uses less power, but less overclockable than the 2500K.
2GHz » add HT and that's probably equivalent to around 2.7GHz, which is around 25% slower than 3.4GHz; 28/1.25 = 22.4 » close.
(This post was last modified: 13/06/2012 06:28 PM by ZiNgA BuRgA.)
RE: [Updated!] EP Computer Benchmarking PowerBoard
(13/06/2012 06:27 PM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote: 3570K is pretty much the same as a 2500K, just 100MHz higher stock clock, runs cooler & uses less power, but less overclockable than the 2500K.
That's not too much of an upgrade then. I mean if you overclock your old CPU you can almost get that much.
You have heaps of money, why not buy something faster? Don't think you need it?
15/06/2012 09:14 AM
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RE: [Updated!] EP Computer Benchmarking PowerBoard
(15/06/2012 09:14 AM)Assassinator Wrote: That's not too much of an upgrade then. I mean if you overclock your old CPU you can get more.
^ Fixed
Which is why some people are still getting the 2500K instead.
But +$150 for a 3770K (~$390) is totally not worth it. 2600K (~$320), maybe, but it feels kinda poo poo waiting for Ivy Bridge to get that. Also the better GPU in IB - am currently using Intel HD 4000, but maybe I'll plug my GPU back in - SC2 seems a bit laggy if I don't run at minimum settings. As you said, I don't really need it - I was quite happy with a Q6600 running at stock.
I probably would've gotten a 3930K if it could be gotten for $500, but it seems stuck at around the $600 mark.
RE: [Updated!] EP Computer Benchmarking PowerBoard
Well, you're going to be using the computer for a few years. And it's not like a couple of hundred is really that much - you can work that up in 1 day of work.
I mean in the past I always bought budget parts and stuff (my old PC was around $600 all up, including box and PSU and HDDs and everything), but now that I think about it, it'll probably one area I wouldn't mind splurging a bit, considering how much time I spend on my computer.... So yeah the next time I build one, Ill make it good.
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16/06/2012 02:45 AM
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RE: [Updated!] EP Computer Benchmarking PowerBoard
(16/06/2012 02:45 AM)Assassinator Wrote: Well, you're going to be using the computer for a few years. And it's not like a couple of hundred is really that much - you can work that up in 1 day of work.
I mean in the past I always bought budget parts and stuff (my old PC was around $600 all up, including box and PSU and HDDs and everything), but now that I think about it, it'll probably one area I wouldn't mind splurging a bit, considering how much time I spend on my computer.... So yeah the next time I build one, Ill make it good.
But how often are you fully using the CPU?
Quite rarely for me. An attractive factor with Ivy Bridge is the lower power draw, since the PC is on most of the day, but arguably idle pretty much all the time.
Apart from HT (i7) and more cores (well, only 2 more unless you go into Xeon territory), there actually isn't really any better CPU than mine. Only really video encoding currently benefits from >4 threads at the moment - something I don't mind running in the background anyway.
(This post was last modified: 16/06/2012 07:26 AM by ZiNgA BuRgA.)