PC Geek Benchmarking?

[Jonnyc]

I have just re-built my PC with Windows XP XP2 and want to see how it comes up against other similarly spec'd ones

So what Benchmarking software do you use and what is your score?

*I appreciate that the only 2 this will interest is Mr Black and Tiff

[keith]

for graphics 3dmark2006
for cpu and memory specific tests i run sissoft sandra and aida32 test.

[PBR_Streetgang]

check out here (http://www.pcpitstop.com/)

[Mr Black]

Superpi is a common one, see what your time to 1 mil or 16 mil is

[Jonnyc]

26s to 1 million

Is that good?

[mprules]

depends what your pc is , ive just done one on Windows xp running in parallels with osx on a macbook and got 27s to 1 million

[Tiff]

*I appreciate that the only 2 this will interest is Mr Black and Tiff


Lol thanks Jonny

I just tried 1million pi -- 21seconds

So unless my computer has gotten crap really fast i would say your 26s is looking pretty good

2.4GHZ core 2
2gb ram

[mprules]

Should really have said that my 27 was on a 2.0Ghz Core 2 Duo and 1gig ofr ram , although parallels only uses 512 , runs off to find an osx version

[Mr Black]

My best time to 1M was 19s but that was back when I was pushing the overclock. I would reboot and try again but then I'd lose my bittorrent connections...

Current setup is an E6300 running at 1.87GHz, 2GB of RAM at 5-5-5-18

I think when I got that superpi result I had it at 2.66GHz, which shows just how easily you can push the Core 2 Duos!

[Conor]

Pants. Mine takes 40s to get to 1m!!!!!!!!!

That's with a 3.4ghz Pentium D, 4mb L2 Cache, 2GB DDR2 at 667mhz....

[Mr Black]

Pentium Ds aren't in the same league as the C2D processors, conor. Still not a woeful score though.

If you wanna feel really inadequate, check out this thread (http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=107992) over at bit-tech

[bluntrider]

1m = 1 minuite 40secs

hmmmmm some upgradeing may be necessecary

intel celeron 1.80mhz
768mb of RAM
80 gig harddrive with 0.5 gig left ::yikes::

[Mr Black]

Yeesh, buy a new drive at least. You could double your storage for £30, or get another 160GB for £40

[bluntrider]

Yeesh, buy a new drive at least. You could double your storage for £30, or get another 160GB for £40

i really should, i dont want to waste money on a smalish one though i want one that will do with the next comuter hopefully in next 6 months. im skint sadly or i would have bought one by now, ive had to transfer alot of files to the ipod HD to keep computer even going this long.

[Jonnyc]

My spec is

C2D 6300 - not clocked
Gigabyte DS3
2GB RAM
8800 GTS GFX

[Mr Black]

8800?!? Yew bastard... Presume you're still on XP then.

What motherboard have you got? The C2Ds are so easy to OC that it's practically a crime not to

[Aaron p]

53 seconds, pentium 4 2.80 ghz, 512mb ram! any ideas on how to get the computer running faster then for free?;)

[Jonnyc]

Gigabyte-965P DS3

[Mr Black]

Try going into the BIOS when you boot and increasing the FSB by about 10. Install CPU-z to show you exactly what difference it makes, and repeat until you hit at least 2.4GHz

[jonsamcor]

You all are speaking jiberish you peeps on the chronic ? I have read this twice and understand nothing
there are many strange worlds out there

[Mr Black]

Yup. Try telling your mum that you need a new shimano XT crankset because the internal bearings on the old Deore bottom bracket have gone, and that your high-speed compression adjust valve on the Fox RLCs has just blown so you've sent them away to be TFTed :p

[jonsamcor]

True.

[Jonnyc]

What about cooling and RAM timings etc

Mine are only stock

Did I mention I have an 8800GTS

[Mr Black]

Depends on the RAM, did the stuff you buy have timings stated? If not it's generally a 'try till it isn't stable then back off' job. Running two instances of Prime95 is the generally accepted torture test of choice, Orthos is a convenient way to do this.

The stock cooling on the C2Ds is surprisingly good, I had mine OCed quite a bit on stock with decent case cooling. Just keep an eye on your temps, you don't really want to be going near 70 even at full load.

[Tiff]

mr Black -- what the best program to show temperatures of your different devices


Ive tried a few but they usually give totally wild varying results - what do you use to show the temperature

[PeteMcD]

Wow, the macbook is not far off the custom desktop jobbies, and that is running in parallels! That's impressive for a £900 laptop! Currently contmplating a 2GHz Core Duo Macbook Pro, or Core 2 Duo imac.

[Tiff]

Wow, the macbook is not far off the custom desktop jobbies, and that is running in parallels! That's impressive for a £900 laptop! Currently contmplating a 2GHz Core Duo Macbook Pro, or Core 2 Duo imac.


what time did it get pete

[mprules]

i know i was shocked , need to find a boot camp version so i can get a proper test , or even better does super pi come in an osx verson? The problem is that parallels is only set up to use a limited amount of resources and running two os

tiff i think pete is commenting on my score of 27seconds for 1mil

[Mr Black]

My PC rang in at around £800ish IIRC. I could be totally out there mind :rolleyes:

Tiff, I'm just using the ASUS utility to show temps - think I need to find something else though

[PeteMcD]

what time did it get pete


tiff i think pete is commenting on my score of 27seconds for 1mil

Yes, I was!

[Jonnyc]

Running 2.7 Ghz

Torture test run with no failures or warnings

21s =1M

Temps around 66 degrees under full load

So I reckon if I got a Ninja thing I could up the anti a bit

What you reckon Mr Black?

http://www.mtbrider.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10035/screen_%28Medium%29.jpg

[Mr Black]

Very nice. Try running superpi with every other program closed, you might shave a second or so off.

What are your memory timings?

[Jonnyc]

stock is 5-5-5-15

But they go up when i push the cpu

[Mr Black]

that's normal.

I'm just wondering how you got a slower superpi time when your OC was more than mine...

[Jonnyc]

dunno

Can you do yours again and give me a few screenshots of your temps and settings

I have taken the RAM divider to it's lowest setting which is 2x and the RAM is still being OC'd

I think to get a big OC you need very fast RAM.

Any idea how much normall RAM can be pushed? If the temps are kept down, can the speed be pushed?

Everything has been stable so far going through Prime95, SP2004, TAT workload and 3Dmark06

[barry_kellett99]

I feel like a voyeur reading this thread.

[Lurch]

32 seconds to 1m
Running an athlon 64 4000+ (san diego core) at standard speeds (though im told it will overclock like a ba$t@rd)
2gb ocz platinum ddr 3200 (i think the timings are set at:2-3-2-5)
Abit fatal1ty AN8 sli
Palit geforce 7950gt @ 620/1500

I think the athlon is based on an older fx processor and has an unlocked multiplier, but i dont want to corrupt my windows installation finding out how far it will go.

[Lurch]

So I reckon if I got a Ninja thing I could up the anti a bit

Go for one of these, best cooler on the market and a lot quieter!
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-017-AR&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=821

[suspectmonkey]

I know a bit about computers, but I dont speak this language! Ran the test for the banter and managed to break the 1 minute barrier... oh yeah :D

[Mr Black]

Lurch, those cores are supposed to be very easy to OC, give it a little go - free performance is always a good thing!

The Freezer 7 is a good budget cooler but something like the Scythe Ninja or Thermaltake Ultra 120 is probably the best for good quiet cooling. You pay for the extra performance of course.

Jonny, I'll give the OCing another go later on and see how I do.

[Mr Black]

Just had another play about and the highest stable FSB I can reach is 400MHz, so that's a 2.8Ghz core - nearly a 1gig overclock which is pretty cool :D

At that speed the temps are pretty toasty and I can still only reach 19s in superpi. I've gotten the bug again now, trying to work out why it won't boot at anything higher!

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/7154/superpi19sat2800mhzaq6.jpg

[Jonnyc]

Can you give us a step by step run down of how you did it?

[Tiff]

Can you give us a step by step run down of how you did it?

and what the hell is your desktop background (Mr black) I see light sabres!

[Mr Black]

Jonny, basically I opened the BIOS on boot, found my FSB settings (your gigabyte bios will be different so I can't tell you where), then tweaked it up in fits and starts, booting into windows and stress testing a bit each time to check that it wouldn't overheat. (Intel's thermal analysis tool is great, set it to 100% load on each core and go have a cuppa). Your motherboard is 965 chipset so there's no reason why you can't match that, they should go way higher. There guy who started this thread (http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=125440) is a bit of an overclocking guru and he got a 6300 running at 3.467GHz!. The hardware forums at bit are a good resource, use the search and there are tons of C2D overclocking threads.

If it crashes, you can try upping your core voltage a tad (by no more than maybe 0.04V, check the thread I linked) or back off a bit. If it doesn't boot then there will either be a BIOS reset button or jumper on your board, or it might fix it automatically. Try not to let it do this :rolleyes:


Tiff, the wallpaper is a duallie one - yay for birthday presents - from DeviantArt (http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/20636643/) - there's a pack of them in different colours. The full thing looks something like this (pardon the blurry, noisy phone pic):

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/darkreaper925/cropped.jpg

[Tiff]

Yerroo -- following on from this Ive decided im gonna try a little overclocking myself

my friend is running near identical set up to me (E6600 2.4GHZ 2gb ram antec p180)

however he has added some extra fans, upgraded the CPU fan and has Vista.

Point it, he is running his 2.4GHZ chip at 3.2GHZ constantly and with his colling it stays below 40 degrees. Me likey.

So im downloading that TAT program and then in the next wee while ill see about upgrading my cooler for CPU and giving this OC business a go.

[onionfx]

My video recorder has just done it in 49s (1 Million)

















Its a AMD Athlon64 3000 with 1GB of RAM (all standard)
At the minute thats the faster computer I have ::yikes::

[chris_the_sham]

im turnign into a geek - mine was 57sec to 1M - how do i boost that

[Lurch]

im turnign into a geek - mine was 57sec to 1M - how do i boost that
Mainly to do with processing power, what processor do you have?
There are a few other factors too, it helps to have fast memory as all the instructions need to pass through there too.

[chris_the_sham]

dual core 2.8 pentium r
1 gig ddr ram

if its too technical then im staying away! lol

[Lurch]

Your score should be better than that with a dual core processor. It could be to do with your memory, did the ram come with the pc? Also make sure you are not running anything else in the backround that can take up resources. Run it from a fresh reboot.

[barry_kellett99]

Your score should be better than that with a dual core processor. It could be to do with your memory, did the ram come with the pc? Also make sure you are not running anything else in the backround that can take up resources. Run it from a fresh reboot.

He has too much spyware downloaded from all the dodgy websites he browses ;)

[chris_the_sham]

He has too much spyware downloaded from all the dodgy websites he browses ;)

the ones you recommend to me?

[barry_kellett99]

the ones you recommend to me?

Damn right

Only the best ;)

[jonnie-stewart]

Mr Black, what OS are you running? It looks like Linux to me, but i could be wrong?? I wish i had a desktop to give all this Overclocking Stuff a go, but atm, I'm stuck with a laptop!! :(

[Zig]

Looks like XP to me, with the not quite hidden hidden task bar at the bottom of the left screen

[jonnie-stewart]

ah yeah, i was sorta goin by the 1st screendump of it, with the wierd window header bar things (dunno proper name) :P

[Mr Black]

It's XP with a custom skin - called chaninjastyle, I found it on deviantart. It's pretty funky :)

Always meant to give something like kubuntu a try but never got round to it.

[Conor]

Pants. Mine takes 40s to get to 1m!!!!!!!!!

That's with a 3.4ghz Pentium D, 4mb L2 Cache, 2GB DDR2 at 667mhz....

21sec now :)

and thats standard dell setup!

[G-kenny]

hey guys i never used this super Pi program, i usually use 3D Mark for testing, well i just done the PI test and got

16 secs to 1m