You guessed it, a new bench is out, so time for a new thread!

Minimum System Requirements

X86 compatible processor, SSE, 1400MHz

• 128MB of RAM (256MB recommended)
• DirectX 7 compliant graphics adapter (3D tests require a fully DirectX 9 compatible hardware)
• 110MB of Hard Disk space *
• Windows XP
• DirectX 9.0c
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 installed
• Microsoft Media Player 10 installed
• Microsoft Media Encoder 9 installed

http://www.futuremark.com/products/pcmark05/

Guru of 3-D download link (73.5MB)

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1106

You will also need the Windows Media Encoder 9 update to run this test.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...n&Hash=NHX676C

The main thing about this Bench is it now has testing specifically designed to support Dual Core CPU's since AMD and Intel both have them out now.

It takes a bit longer to run the PCMARK 04, and has a few new video tests, the "runnng Man" made me lagh the first time I tried it

I have tested my Athlon XP@2.6GHZ with an X-800Pro and recieved a score of 3700 Points.

Here is my SLI rig at over 2.8GHZ with only 512MB of single channel memory (One stick is dying and won't OC)



http://service.futuremark.com/compare?pcm05=28354

Post em up boys!

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heres my compy, although i cant say my system is in best condition.

i just have one question, i know hard drive fragmentation reduces your score, but what about if your drive is almost full, because both my hard drives only have like 2 gigs left, does that affect my score?

most of my specs are in my sig, athough my processor was running at 3.5 durring the test, insted of the 3.6 in my sig. i was lazy and did not want to restart and change the bios

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i only got a score of 4471 with my cheesy system below

i would post a pic, but i dont want to play around with reducing the size in paint

Quote: Originally Posted by Cpl Rampage heres my compy, although i cant say my system is in best condition. i just have one question, i know hard drive fragmentation reduces your score, but what about if your drive is almost full, because both my hard drives only have like 2 gigs left, does that affect my score? most of my specs are in my sig, athough my processor was running at 3.5 durring the test, insted of the 3.6 in my sig. i was lazy and did not want to restart and change the bios

I would say a nearly full hard drive will have a sizable effect on the score, in fact..a freshly formatted HD with nothing loaded but benchmarks produces the best results.

But most people don't go to the trouble, unless they are benchmarking junkies like me, I plan on doing that soon for the redo of the Benchmarking Challenge!

my results on dual Opteron system.

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see attached pictures.
I am REALLY starting to dislike Futuremark (the company). What's the point of the benchmark if it can't evne run properly!?!?!?!?!

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Another person on IM had the same problem, seems a Diect X 7 card can run it, but it will not do all the vidoe tests, and therefore does not consider it a complete test, hence...no score for you!

Futuremark is aimed mostly at gamers and power users that have fairly recent hardware when they release a new test, you can use PCMARK 04 or 02 for "Legacy" equipment

J/K, that is just the way they do it...sorry!

Quote: Originally Posted by $SOLID$ Necro Another person on IM had the same problem, seems a Diect X 7 card can run it, but it will not do all the vidoe tests, and therefore does not consider it a complete test, hence...no score for you! Futuremark is aimed mostly at gamers and power users that have fairly recent hardware when they release a new test, you can use PCMARK 04 or 02 for "Legacy" equipment J/K, that is just the way they do it...sorry!

Scared to run this and see my horrible score...

An Intel at 3.3ghz should do reasonably well, PCMARK 04 top 20 was dominated by Intel before dual core CPU's came out.

The 9800 is gonna hurt some, at least it's a somewhat recent and formerly high end DX-9 card, but those clogged hard drives PCPITSTOP said you have the other day might hit it a bit hard

Quote: Originally Posted by $SOLID$ Necro An Intel at 3.3ghz should do reasonably well, PCMARK 04 top 20 was dominated by Intel before dual core CPU's came out. The 9800 is gonna hurt some, at least it's a somewhat recent and formerly high end DX-9 card, but those clogged hard drives PCPITSTOP said you have the other day might hit it a bit hard

G thanks for exposing my junk to the world....hahaha
I need that 50 gb of mp3's
Really I do

Quote: Originally Posted by Digital-World G thanks for exposing my junk to the world....hahaha I need that 50 gb of mp3's Really I do

Yo Digi, hit me up on YIM, I have a proposition (get your mind out of the gutter.... sphincter pudding boy) for you.

Quote: Originally Posted by $SOLID$ Necro Another person on IM had the same problem, seems a Diect X 7 card can run it, but it will not do all the vidoe tests, and therefore does not consider it a complete test, hence...no score for you! Futuremark is aimed mostly at gamers and power users that have fairly recent hardware when they release a new test, you can use PCMARK 04 or 02 for "Legacy" equipment J/K, that is just the way they do it...sorry!

I think I finally figured out why Futuremark sucks so badly .

The Realizm 200 has a hardware Pixel Shader implmentation of 3.0, so when any of the futuremark programs queries the card, it cannot properly identify it; so it thinks that it's something old.

As you've probably already seen in another post (I don't remember which one), it will pick up on it on the second go-around. *shrug* In other words; it is trying to find something, and it gets a different result than what's expect and craps out.

Also note that the card is also fully DX9 compliant at the hardware level.

Ergo; instead of being able to bring up the weighted benchmark results/score - I posted the native/raw scores from it because that would be one way (I think) to be able to still do the whole relative comparison bit.

I have no idea what's considered "good" and vice versa. *shrug*

alpha like i said in your last post u psted this.. PS3.0 has nothing to do with it.. the nvidia 6200,6600,6600gt,6800,6800gt,6800ultra,7800gtx all have PS3.0 ..

Quote: Originally Posted by Dr3w alpha like i said in your last post u psted this.. PS3.0 has nothing to do with it.. the nvidia 6200,6600,6600gt,6800,6800gt,6800ultra,7800gtx all have PS3.0 ..

hmmm....interesting.....*back to the drawing board...baffled*

The FINAL posted score is the one that counts (he who has the highest WINS ).............NOT the breakdown, like your suggesting.........

Quote: Originally Posted by Highperf15 The FINAL posted score is the one that counts (he who has the highest WINS ).............NOT the breakdown, like your suggesting.........

program can't post. therefore; the breakdown is just as valid as the final since you can do multiphasic compare/contrast with that. I mean, isn't that kinda the point of benchmarking? Course, a benchmark means jack if you don't know how to use the results; or the results aren't representative of how you use your computer.

Quote: Originally Posted by alpha754293 program can't post. therefore; the breakdown is just as valid as the final since you can do multiphasic compare/contrast with that. I mean, isn't that kinda the point of benchmarking? Course, a benchmark means jack if you don't know how to use the results; or the results aren't representative of how you use your computer.

What the hell are you using this computer for???...........I mean, hell, I use benchmarks to see where my system is at and to see if the "Tweaks" I perform on mine improve the benchmark, therefore improve performance.....

Quote: Originally Posted by Highperf15 What the hell are you using this computer for???...........I mean, hell, I use benchmarks to see where my system is at and to see if the "Tweaks" I perform on mine improve the benchmark, therefore improve performance.....

right now - it serves multiple purposes. While it was built keeping in mind the ability for it to play current generation of games (which apparently, not all of them do due to various reason), it is being used right now for computational flow analysis and simulation (or more commonly known as computational fluid dynamics, or CFD for short) and stress analysis (a.k.a computerized stress test, a.k.a finite element analysis, or FEA).

For CFD, this is what's currently running:
computers (computer thermal solutions) - i.e. heatsinks, computer case airflows, etc...
fans and turbomachinery (rotating frame of reference)
automotive components (spoilers, external automotive body panels)
pipes and ducting/HVAC-R
aerospace and aeronautics (model rockets)

I'm doing try outs on two programs now to see if I can get them to give me the same if not, similiar answers. Problem is that it takes so damn friggin' long for it to solve. Most of them are running between an hour and a half to two hours, and that's on dual Opterons.

For FEA:
There are a couple of projects that are proprietary, but I can tell you that it is an automotive component. For the purpose here, I am testing a piece of steel.
Intel MKL 7.2 Library try outs

I'm also playing around with the mesher on one of the programs, to see if I can do mesh refinement to bring it up to 1 million nodes (why that? because that's the number of nodes that I did the design validation about a month ago.)

Up next:
I am thinking of also starting to model stuff in DCC, and to make/put together a music video. Down side, I don't have a degree in kinese, and I also don't have access to mocap either. So, doing the IK would be VERY interesting.

*edit*
I already identified the bottleneck in the system. When I tried tweaking it to get better performance, I got a 2.15% gain out of it. I've also identified a solution, the cost for procuring said solution; without a timeline, and the supplier as well. So, 3 out of the 4 elements that's required for implementation are already in place and ready to go. Just need to hit the "GO" button.

Quote: Originally Posted by alpha754293 right now - it serves multiple purposes. While it was built keeping in mind the ability for it to play current generation of games (which apparently, not all of them do due to various reason), it is being used right now for computational flow analysis and simulation (or more commonly known as computational fluid dynamics, or CFD for short) and stress analysis (a.k.a computerized stress test, a.k.a finite element analysis, or FEA). For CFD, this is what's currently running: computers (computer thermal solutions) - i.e. heatsinks, computer case airflows, etc... fans and turbomachinery (rotating frame of reference) automotive components (spoilers, external automotive body panels) pipes and ducting/HVAC-R aerospace and aeronautics (model rockets) I'm doing try outs on two programs now to see if I can get them to give me the same if not, similiar answers. Problem is that it takes so damn friggin' long for it to solve. Most of them are running between an hour and a half to two hours, and that's on dual Opterons. For FEA: There are a couple of projects that are proprietary, but I can tell you that it is an automotive component. For the purpose here, I am testing a piece of steel. Intel MKL 7.2 Library try outs I'm also playing around with the mesher on one of the programs, to see if I can do mesh refinement to bring it up to 1 million nodes (why that? because that's the number of nodes that I did the design validation about a month ago.) Up next: I am thinking of also starting to model stuff in DCC, and to make/put together a music video. Down side, I don't have a degree in kinese, and I also don't have access to mocap either. So, doing the IK would be VERY interesting. *edit* I already identified the bottleneck in the system. When I tried tweaking it to get better performance, I got a 2.15% gain out of it. I've also identified a solution, the cost for procuring said solution; without a timeline, and the supplier as well. So, 3 out of the 4 elements that's required for implementation are already in place and ready to go. Just need to hit the "GO" button.

dude heres my advice. open your door. walk out. find the door that goes outside. use it. go get a beer. drink it. then drink another one. then go back home. then post.



in all reality.....i just scored an asus a8n-sli deluxe motherboard, a full watercooling setup, and a zalman vf700 vga cooler for about, well im trading a car amp got for fixing my friends car. in all reality, i got it for about 20 bucks, a 9600xt, and 3 hours of my time........


AND MY COMPUTER THAT COST ALOT LESS THAN YOURS WILL OUTBENCHMARK YOU IN ANY GAMING BENCHMARK!!!!!!!!!!!!!



GO GET LAID OR SOMETHING.....GEEZ....

Lwrs10 give up, I did...HAHAH

His explanations of how a rudimentary lathe works are anoying, yes.

But im sure someone out there...someone..out there....finds it interesting...

Ya know, I started talking with him recently on IM, and he is a realy a nice guy that is just a bit out of his element here.

Some of what he says goes over my head, but I think in his own Environment" (CAD/Servers/Engineering) this is just how they think, and therefore...write.

Although I enjoy a bit of humor/flaming in most of my threads, I don't enjoy seeing the Benchmarking ones spin out of control with "Personality" issues.

So how about we get back to posting more scores!