Test Setup
| Hardware | Details |
|---|---|
| System Hardware | |
| CPU Intel | Intel Core i7-975 Extreme (45 nm, 3.33 GHz, 4x 256 KB L2 and 8 MB L3 Cache, TDP 130 W, Rev. D0) |
| Motherboard (LGA 1366) | Gigabyte EX58-UD4P (Rev. 1.0)
Chipset: Intel X58, ICH10R , BIOS: F8 (05/11/2009) |
| RAM DDR3 | 3 x 2 GB DDR3-1600 (Corsair TR3X6G-1600C8D 8-8-8-24) |
| Graphics | Zotac Geforce GTX 260²
GPU: Geforce GTX 260 (576 MHz), Graphics RAM: 896 MB DDR3 (1998 MHz), Stream Processors: 216, Shader Clock: 1242 MHz |
| Hard Drive | Western Digital VelociRaptor, 300 GB (WD3000HLFS)
10,000 RPM, SATA/300, 16 MB Cache |
| Blu-Ray Drive | LG GGW-H20L, SATA/150 |
| Power Supply | Fortron Everest 1010, 1010 W |
| System Software and Drivers | |
| Operating System | Windows Vista Enterprise Version 6.0 x64
Service Pack 2 (Build 6000) |
| Drivers and Settings | |
| Nvidia GeForce Drivers | GeForce 185.85 |
| Intel Chipset Drivers | Chipset Installation Utility Ver. 9.1.0.1012 |
| Intel Storage Drivers | Matrix Storage Drivers Ver. 8.8.0.1009 |
Graphics: Zotac Geforce GTX 260²
Hard Drive: Western Digital VelociRaptor
| Benchmark | Details |
|---|---|
| 3D Games Benchmarks And Settings | |
| Far Cry 2 | Version: 1.0.1 Far Cry 2 Benchmark Tool Video Mode: 1280x800 Direct3D 9 Overall Quality: Medium Bloom activated HDR off Demo: Ranch Small |
| GTA IV | Version: 1.0.3 Video Mode: 1280x1024 - 1280x1024 - Aspect Ratio: Auto - All options: Medium - View Distance: 30 - Detail Distance: 100 - Vehicle Density: 100 - Shadow Density: 16 - Definition: On - Vsync: Off Ingame Benchmark |
| Left 4 Dead | Version: 1.0.0.5 Video Mode: 1280x800 Game Settings - Anti Aliasing none - Filtering Trilinear - Wait for vertical sync disabled - Shader Detail Medium - Effect Detail Medium - Model/Texture Detail Medium Demo: THG Demo 1 |
| Audio Benchmarks And Settings | |
| iTunes | Version: 8.1.0.52 Audio CD ("Terminator II" SE), 53 min. Convert to AAC audio format |
| Lame Mp3 | Version 3.98 Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 min convert wav to mp3 audio format Command: -b 160 --nores (160 kbps) |
| Video Benchmarks And Settings | |
| TMPEG 4.6 | Version: 4.6.3.268
Video: Terminator 2 SE DVD (720x576, 16:9) 5 Minutes Audio: Dolby Digital, 48000 Hz, 6-Kanal, English Advanced Acoustic Engine MP3 Encoder (160 kbps, 44.1 KHz) |
| DivX 6.8.5 | Version: 6.8.5
== Main Menu == default == Codec Menu == Encoding mode: Insane Quality Enhanced multithreading Enabled using SSE4 Quarter-pixel search == Video Menu == Quantization: MPEG-2 |
| XviD 1.2.1 | Version: 1.2.1
Other Options / Encoder Menu - Display encoding status = off |
| Mainconcept Reference 1.6.1 | Version: 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 kbps) Codec: H.264 Mode: PAL (25 FPS) Profile: Settings for eight threads |
| Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 | Version: 4.0
WMV 1920x1080 (39 sec) Export: Adobe Media Encoder == Video == H.264 Blu-ray 1440x1080i 25 High Quality Encoding Passes: one Bitrate Mode: Vbr Frame: 1440x1080 Frame Rate: 25 == Audio == PCM Audio, 48 kHz, Stereo Encoding Passes: one |
| Application Benchmarks And Settings | |
| Grisoft AVG Anti-Virus 8 | Version: 8.5.287
Virus base: 270.12.16/2094 Benchmark Scan: compressed ZIP and RAR archives |
| Winrar 3.9 | Version 3.90 x64 BETA 1 Best compression Benchmark: THG Workload |
| Winzip 12 | Version 12.0 (8252)
WinZIP command line Version 3 Compression = Best Dictionary = 4096 KB Benchmark: THG Workload |
| Autodesk 3D Studio Max 2009 | Version: 9.0, x64
Rendering Dragon Image Resolution: 1920 x 1280 (frame 1-5) |
| Adobe Photoshop CS 4 (64-Bit) | Version: 11
Filtering a 16 MB TIF (15000x7266) Filters: Radial Blur (Amount: 10; Method: zoom; Quality: good) , Shape Blur (Radius: 46 px; custom shape: Trademark symbol), Median (Radius: 1px) , Polar Coordinates (Rectangular to Polar) |
| Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional | Version: 9.0.0 (Extended) == Printing Preferences Menu == Default Settings: Standard == Adobe PDF Security - Edit Menu == Encrypt all documents (128 bit RC4) Open Password: 123 Permissions Password: 321 |
| Synthetic Benchmarks And Settings | |
| 3DMark Vantage | Version: 1.02
, Options: Performance
, Graphics Test 1,
Graphics Test 2
, CPU Test 1
, CPU Test 2 |
| PCMark Vantage | Version: 1.00 PCMark Benchmark , Memories Benchmark |
| SiSoftware Sandra 2009 | Version: 2009 SP3 Processor Arithmetic, Cryptography, Memory Bandwidth |
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What on earth are the FSB
RAM ratios now related to?
If the old QX9770 was 1600MHz (400MHz quad pumped) giving a 1:1 with 800MHz RAM (400MHz DDR) then surely the Core i7 is faster - if so then how can you have 2:6 going up to 2:12?
I know that this must be tied up with the new way that the QPI link works but I think it would be nice of this was explained...