3DMark 11 Thread.
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Just ran my desktop and got a score of P649. Not bad for a lowly 6450.
That's actually pretty impressive, considering.
And I don't think the sanctioning bodies will count this one, as I didn't save this result to my profile. This is from a "leftovers" system that I built after upgrading to Sandy Bridge. Got a PC P&C Silencer 600 MKIII for $60, added a Radeon HD 7770 for $110, and tossed it in a Corsair 200R for $30. Even the video card was a crazy deal. AMD had been running their never settle promo for a while, and the salesperson who sold me these parts "accidentally" gave me the coupon card meant for the HD 7900 series. I had intended to sell/trade/give this system to a friend or family member, but nobody bit. It's still an absolutely fine mainstream gaming PC.
P3415
I'm anxious to see your scores when you upgrade to Haswell as your situation is a reversal of mine. I've got an older processor that I can't justify upgrading. And you've got an older (well, not that old) video card that you don't need to upgrade. Your CPU performance improvements should be pretty significant.
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Well, the wait is finally over!
The improvements are not as significant as I thought they would be. I guess it comes to show how much more impressively GPU processing power is advancing compared to CPUs - in addition to how much of the scoring is based on the graphics tests also.
4770k @ 4.5Ghz:
P10583
4770k @ 3.5Ghz (stock):
P10297
It's also disappointing to see that the score only increases by 300 when it's running 1ghz faster than stock.
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I use a H60 cooler - wanted to at least apply basic watercooling to the CPU as the 22nm process of Ivy Bridge and Haswell are causing heat issues as you say.
I was seeing 80C using 1.3v core voltage @ 4.5ghz. I only ran a stress test for 15 minutes, but didn't want to run any longer as I won't be using this speed 24/7 anyways.
I don't want to push it any further, especially since an extra 100-200mhz really is going to make minimal difference to the scores. Plus, as you would understand, I don't feel happy running at higher temperatures than already stated above. Although reading into it Haswell chips appear to run happily at the same or higher temperatures stably.
Otherwise, it is *easier* to overclock than my old i860 since all you need to do is increase the block multiplier and increase voltage if needed. I just haven't fine tuned to find the sweet spot for voltage yet, but 1.3v give or take is what is needed to run 4.5ghz or above.
I was seeing 80C using 1.3v core voltage @ 4.5ghz. I only ran a stress test for 15 minutes, but didn't want to run any longer as I won't be using this speed 24/7 anyways.
I don't want to push it any further, especially since an extra 100-200mhz really is going to make minimal difference to the scores. Plus, as you would understand, I don't feel happy running at higher temperatures than already stated above. Although reading into it Haswell chips appear to run happily at the same or higher temperatures stably.
Otherwise, it is *easier* to overclock than my old i860 since all you need to do is increase the block multiplier and increase voltage if needed. I just haven't fine tuned to find the sweet spot for voltage yet, but 1.3v give or take is what is needed to run 4.5ghz or above.
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Here's mine P4191
Setup
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti and Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q9550.
Is this an OK score? i bought my PC back in 2009 and have only upgraded my Graphics card.
From checking comparable builds it looks ever so slightly low, but I wouldn't worry about. Personally, I'd have given bonus points for the Kavinsky avatar.
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I have a bit of a spanner to throw in the works to the whole AMD discussion about their cards not performing as well in this benchmark. I now have a 7970 and it seems to perform just as well if not better than my old factory overclocked GTX 680.
P10943
The reason for the GPU swap is I was having issues with drivers crashing with the GTX680. Took a few weeks to troubleshoot and finally became fed up and swapped back to AMD again, asking Amazon for a full refund. Saving £50 in the mean time too as the Sapphire 7970 Vapor-X I bought is cheaper.
I genuinely was expecting a performance drop. So am pleasantly surprised I got a higher score than before.
I could overclock the GPU more but I don't want to risk it anymore - my confidence has been hit somewhat. I bought an ASUS 7970 DirectCU II yesterday and that died within an hour of overclocking only to 1100/1525. It was a dud of a card that kept crashing ever since - even dropping it to standard clocks again. Oops.
Edit: My old score P10583
Just realised it's my physics score that has increased even though it was running at the same clocks... interesting.
P10943
The reason for the GPU swap is I was having issues with drivers crashing with the GTX680. Took a few weeks to troubleshoot and finally became fed up and swapped back to AMD again, asking Amazon for a full refund. Saving £50 in the mean time too as the Sapphire 7970 Vapor-X I bought is cheaper.
I genuinely was expecting a performance drop. So am pleasantly surprised I got a higher score than before.
I could overclock the GPU more but I don't want to risk it anymore - my confidence has been hit somewhat. I bought an ASUS 7970 DirectCU II yesterday and that died within an hour of overclocking only to 1100/1525. It was a dud of a card that kept crashing ever since - even dropping it to standard clocks again. Oops.
Edit: My old score P10583
Just realised it's my physics score that has increased even though it was running at the same clocks... interesting.
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New PC build of:
i5 3570k
7870XT
16GB @ 1866 of DDR3
Win 8 (not actually minding it)
3DMark Score
P7508
Graphics Score
7911
Physics Score
6553
Combined Score
6454
3DMark Score
7508.0
Graphics Score
7911.0
Physics Score
6553.0
Combined Score
6454.0
Graphics Test 1
35.1
Graphics Test 2
39.0
Graphics Test 3
51.0
Graphics Test 4
23.5
Physics Test
20.8
Combined Test
30.0
For a medium price build (£750) I am quite pleased with that, picked carefully on GPU/CPU with deals and saved £50-60 in those alone.
i5 3570k
7870XT
16GB @ 1866 of DDR3
Win 8 (not actually minding it)
3DMark Score
P7508
Graphics Score
7911
Physics Score
6553
Combined Score
6454
3DMark Score
7508.0
Graphics Score
7911.0
Physics Score
6553.0
Combined Score
6454.0
Graphics Test 1
35.1
Graphics Test 2
39.0
Graphics Test 3
51.0
Graphics Test 4
23.5
Physics Test
20.8
Combined Test
30.0
For a medium price build (£750) I am quite pleased with that, picked carefully on GPU/CPU with deals and saved £50-60 in those alone.
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I liked this part the most:
"Better than 97% of all results."
"Better than 97% of all results."
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