Test Specifications
Hardware
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Processor |
AMD A6-3650 APU Quad Core 2.6GHz |
AMD FX-6100 Black Edition Six-Core 3.3GHz |
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Motherboard |
Gigabyte A75M-UD2H, BIOS version F5 |
Gigabyte 990FXA-UD7, BIOS version F8a |
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Memory |
4 GB - 2x 2GB Kingston HyperX Genesis DDR3-2133 CL9 @ DDR3-1866 CL9 |
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Cooling |
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro v2. Heat sink-Fan |
AMD FX Liquid Cooling Solution |
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Graphics |
AMD HD7950 3GB – Sapphire Radeon HD7950 OC Edition @ 900/1250MHz. |
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Hard Disk Drive |
KINGSTON HyperX SH100S3120G 120GB SATA 6Gbit/s Solid State Drive |
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Optical Drive |
None |
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Case |
Cooler Master CM STORM Enforcer Mid Tower |
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Power |
FSP ‘Aurum Series’ AU-750M 750 Watts Power Supply |
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Display |
DELL Ultrasharp U2412M 24” LED backlit LCD Monitor |
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Operating System |
MICROSOFT Windows 7 Ultimate Service Pack 1 64bit with latest updates as of Mar 2012 + AMD Bulldozer Hotfixes KB2645594 and KB2646060 |
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Graphics Driver |
AMD HD7900 ‘RC11’ Driver 8.921.2 |
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Storage Driver |
AMD SATA 1.2.1.321 |
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Processor |
Intel 2nd Generation Core i7-3960X 3.3GHz Six-Core |
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Motherboard |
INTEL Extreme Series Desktop Board DX79SI |
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Memory |
8 GB - 4x 2GB GEIL Value RAM DDR3-1333 CL9 |
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Cooling |
INTEL ATS1000 Liquid Cooling Solution |
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Graphics |
AMD HD7970 3GB - AMD Radeon HD7970 Reference Card @ 925/1375MHz. |
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Hard Disk Drive |
KINGSTON HyperX SH100S3120G 120GB SATA 6Gbit/s Solid State Drive |
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Optical Drive |
None |
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Case |
ANTEC P280 Performance Medium Tower |
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Power |
ANTEC HCP-850 High Current Pro 850 Watts Power Supply |
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Display |
DELL Ultrasharp U2412M 24” LED backlit LCD Monitor |
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Operating System |
MICROSOFT Windows 7 Ultimate Service Pack 1 64bit. Latest updates as of Feb 2012. |
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Graphics Driver |
AMD HD7970 Press Driver [Based on Catalyst 11.12] |
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Storage Driver |
INTEL Rapid Storage Technology Enterprise 3.0.0.3020 |
Software
All software was updated to their latest versions at time of test. For games, we list our settings below.
All game, web and professional graphics benchmarks conducted at 1920x1200 resolutions. V-sync was disabled where possible.
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Software |
Version |
Test Settings |
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Cyberlink MediaEspresso |
6.5.2119_41281 |
Both Hardware Encoding and Decoding Enabled for GPU, disabled for CPU |
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Dirt2 / Dirt 3 |
1.1 / 1.2 |
1920x1200, Ultra Pre-set, 4x MSAA |
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Trackmania Nations Forever |
2.11.26 |
1920x1200, VHQ Pre-set, 4x AA 16x AF |
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HAWX 2 |
Benchmark v1.04 |
1920x1200, Maximum details, 4x AA With Tessellation. DirectX11 Mode. |
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Grand Theft Auto IV |
Title Update 7 |
1920x1200, Maximum details, 16x AFX, Detail distances 50,50,100, Settings Override switch used to launch game |
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Just Cause 2 |
Demo 1.0.0.2 |
1920x1200, Maximum Details on NVIDIA, Maximum Details on AMD, 4x AA, 16x AF. |
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Deus Ex Human Revolution |
1.3.643.1 |
1920x1200, MLAA, 16x AF, Soft Shadows, High SSAO, High DOF, Triple Buffering, Post Processing, Tessellation |
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Alien V Predator |
Aliens vs. Predator D3D11 Benchmark V1.03 |
Texture Quality 3, Shadow Quality 3, Anisotropic 16, SSAO 1, Tessellation 1, Advanced Shadows 1, MSAA 4 |
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Lost Planet 2 |
Benchmark |
1920x1200, Maximum Details Including Motion Blur, 4x AA. DirectX 11 Mode. |
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Resident Evil 5 |
Benchmark 1.0.0.29 |
1920x1200, Maximum Details Including Motion Blur, 4x AA. DirectX 10 mode |
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Street Fighter IV |
Benchmark 1.0.0.1 |
1920x1200, Maximum Details except Ink,4x AA, 16x AF |
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World In Conflict |
Demo 1.0 |
1920x1200, Maximum Details, 4x AA, 16x AF. DirectX 10 Mode |
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SPEC viewperf |
SPECviewperf 11 |
1920x1200 , 4x AA |