Test System Configuration And Benchmarks
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| $500 Gaming PC System Test Configuration | ||
|---|---|---|
| Component | Base Settings | Overclock Setting |
| CPU | AMD Athlon II X3 445 (Rana), 3.1 GHz, 1.3 V2000 MT/s HyperTransport Link, 2000 MT/s CPU-NB,No L3 Cache | 3.875 GHz (15.5 x 250 MHz), 1.4 V2000 MT/s HT Link, 2250 MT/s CPU-NB |
| CPU Cooler | Rosewill RCX-ZAIO-92 | Unchanged |
| Motherboard | ASRock M3A770DE AMD 770 / SB710, BIOS P1.60 (06/08/10) | Unchanged |
| RAM | 4 GB Mushkin PC3-10600 kit 996586 2 x 2048 MB, DDR3-1333, CL 9-9-9-24 1T at 1.5 V | DDR3-1333, CL 9-9-9-24 1T at 1.5V |
| Graphics | <br>Sparkle SXX460768D5UNM GeForce GTX 460 768 MB 675/1350 MHz GPU/Shaders, 900 MHz (3600 MT/s) Memory | 823/1640 MHz GPU/Shaders, 1050 MHz (4200 MT/s) GDDR5 Memory |
| Hard Drive | Samsung Spinpoint F4 HD322GJ/U 320 GB, 7200 RPM, 16 MB Cache | Unchanged |
| Sound | Integrated 7.1-Channel HD Audio | Unchanged |
| Network | Integrated Gigabit Networking | Unchanged |
| Power | Antec Earthwatts Green 380 W | Unchanged |
| Optical | Lite-On 24x DVD Burner SATA iHAS 124-04 | Unchanged |
| Software and Drivers | ||
| Operating System | Windows 7 Ultimate Edition x64 | Unchanged |
| Graphics Driver | Nvidia 260.99 WHQL | Unchanged |
| Platform Driver | AMD All-in-1 Ver. 8.631_W7_logo | Unchanged |
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| Benchmark Configuration | |
|---|---|
| 3D Games | |
| Crysis | Patch 1.2.1, DirectX 10, 64-bit executable, benchmark toolTest Set 1: High Quality, No AATest Set 2: Very High Quality, No AA |
| DiRT 2 | in-game benchmark, DX11Test Set 1: High Quality, No AATest Set 2: Ultra Quality, 8x AA |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warefare 2 | Campaign, Act III, Second Sun (45 sec. FRAPS)Test Set 1: Highest Settings, No AATest Set 2: Highest Settings, 4x AA |
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call Of Pripyat | Call Of Pripyat Benchmark versionTest Set 1: High Preset, DX11 EFDL, No AATest Set 2: Ultra Preset, DX11 EFDL, 4x MSAA |
| Audio/Video Encoding | |
| iTunes | Version:9.0.2.25 x64Audio CD (Terminator II SE), 53 minDefault format AAC |
| HandBrake 0.9.4 | Version 0.9.4Convert first.vob file from The Last Samurai (1 GB) to.mp4, High Profile |
| TMPGEnc 4.0 Xpress | Version: 4.7.3.292Import File: Terminator 2 SE DVD (5 Minutes)Resolution: 720x576 (PAL) 16:9 |
| DivX 6.9.1 | Encoding mode: Insane QualityEnhanced multithreading enabled using SSE4Quarter-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 kbp/s), Mode: PAL (25 FPS) |
| Productivity | |
| Autodesk 3ds Max 2010 | Version: 11.0 x64, Rendering Dragon Image at 1920x1080 (HDTV) |
| Grisoft AVG Anti-Virus 9.0 | Version: 9.0.663, Virus base: 270.14.1/2407, Benchmark: Scan 334 MB Folder of ZIP/RAR compressed files |
| WinRAR 3.90 | Version x64 3.90, Dictionary = 4,096 KB, Benchmark: THG-Workload (334 MB) |
| 7-Zip | Version 4.65: Format=Zip, Compression=Ultra, Method=Deflate, Dictionary Size=32 KB, Word Size=128, Threads=8, Benchmark: THG-Workload (334 MB) |
| Adobe Photoshop CS4 | Version 11.0 Extended (64-bit)Radial Blur, Shape Blur, Median, Polar Coordinates filters |
| Synthetic Benchmarks and Settings | |
| 3DMark Vantage | Version: 1.0.2, GPU and CPU scores |
| PCMark Vantage | Version: 1.0.1.0 x64, System, Productivity, Hard Disk Drive benchmarks |
| SiSoftware Sandra 2010 | Version 2010.1.16.11, CPU Test = CPU Arithmetic / MultiMedia, Memory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark |
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