*OFFICIAL* M17x Benchmarks RESULTS *Part 2*

Welcome to the M17x benchmarks RESULTS thread

This is a results thread only.

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*NOTE FROM MODERATORS:
For the newcomers - Benchmarking/number chasing can be a lot of fun. Be aware though, benchmarking can and will stress your components. Do so at your own risk.

The original M17x benchmark thread can be found HERE. Have fun with the number chasing!

-BatBoy

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I need benching done with the following:

Crysis benchmarking tool (please provide a screeshot)
3dmark06 (for those people @1280x1024 res and 1900 res)
Vantage (Run @ Performance mode.--- please list: Total score / CPU seperate and GPU seperate, turn physics off, the features test in Vantage is not necessary to run and it will save time by disabling it.)
Cinebench 10 (measure the performance of the processor and graphics card under real world circumstances)
First DirectX 11 benchmark released called heaven (Keep in mind that you'll need DX11 hardware to see tessellation in action)
Devil May Cry 4 benchmarking tool (screenshot)
Farcry (screenshot)
Street Fighter 4 (screenshot)
Last Remnant Benchmarking tool (screenshot)
Other games are welcome but try to use recently released games.

Make sure you add a picture or link to the result when you post a benchmark.

Please run the following to test the CPU:

ORTHOS (provide HWmonitor screen shoot afterwards)
Wprime (screenshot)
SuperPi (screenshot)

For the GPU's please run the following:

Furmark (please post a screen shot of the max temp and the RES you ran @)
OCCT (Great software for testing GPU and CPU temps and stability, highly reccomended)

To monitor your system components please use the following:

HWmonitor (Simple but good)
CPU-z (display CPU information)
GPU-z (display GPU information and check your drivers)
Everest (little of everything, i highly recommend it)
Monitor TEMPs in game here using RivaTuner
HDTune (check Hard Drive Performance)

To overclock your Card please use one of the following:

GPUtool (beta but worked great for me)
NVIDIA System Tools (For more information go here)
ATI Overdrive utilitys (They are Sweet apps)
SYSTool (OC both CPU and GPU)
MSI Afterburner (New but looks great so far)

Other useful tools:

Fraps (record and monitor FPS IN-GAME)
RMclock (CPU stuff)
CPUgenie (change CPU vcore...not tested)
Central Brain (all kinds of sweet stuff, please test)
ClockGen (OC CPU)

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3DMARK Vantage top 10:

1. *Mandrake: P14020 | CPU:13002/GPU:14396
2. *Rengsey R. H. Jr.: P13468 | CPU:13115/GPU:13589
3. *DR650SE: P13132 | CPU:13210/GPU:13106
4. *Witcher4360: P12496 | CPU:13080/GPU:12312
5. *Scook9: P12446 | CPU:13260/GPU:12197
6. *Mandrake: P12357 | CPU:13323/GPU:12066
7. *handshake: P12198 | CPU:12817/GPU:12005
8. *Praetorian77: P11721 | CPU:12100/GPU:11600
9. *raven82: P11716 | CPU:12853/GPU:11381
10. *Crylo: P11310 | CPU:11316/GPU:11309

Best Nvidia (SLI) 3DMark Vantage GPU result: 12197

Best ATI (Crossfire) 3DMark Vantage GPU result: 14396


3DMark 06 top 10:

1. *Rengsey R. H. Jr.: 18527
2. *Mandrake: 18392
3. *Mandrake: 17668
4. *DR650SE: 17611
5. *Witcher4360: 17528
6. *major81: 17129
7. *handshake: 17005
8. *raven82: 16988
9. *Scook9: 16853
10. *BatBoy: 16692

Benchresults based on NVidia GPU will have a green *
Benchresults based on ATI GPU will have a red *

Top 10 Last Updated: 12/03/2009




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Game top scores:

Streetfighter 4: *Mandrake
Resident Evil 5: *Mandrake
Far Cry 2: *dondadah88
Devil May Cry 4: *Mandrake
Crysis: *Praetorian77

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SSD results:

Corsair x128 (using Indilinx Barefoot Controller)

This is just to see which SSD performs best on the m17x so please only test your SSD once. Doing multiple benchmarks will reduce the lifespan of your hardware.

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Conclusions so far:

The ATI's are proving to be more powerful in the synthetic benchmarks. With the right drivers people are getting 11K GPU score out of the box. With the nVidia systems it's closer to 10.3K. OC'ed Mandrake hit 13350 with the ATIs and SCOOK hit 12197 with his nVidia's.

As far as gaming bechmarks, nVidia edges out the ATI in Crysis and blows away the ATI in Devil May Cry 4. Resident Evil 5 and Street Fighter 4 are both better with ATI.

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Sidenotes:

You can expect a pm from me if your post needs to be changed.
Make sure Physics is turned off when doing a 3DMark vantage run or your CPU score will be ignored.
Please make sure that your system is in your sig.
Benchresults based on NVidia GPU will have a green *
Benchresults based on ATI GPU will have a red *
Please let me know in your post if your score makes it in the rankings and specify where.
Special thanks to The Moo for part 1 of the thread, he did all that research for our benefit.
THX for your time to read this before posting.
Let's see some results now shall we

 

3DMark Vantage score»» Total: P8162 3DMarks|CPU score:6724|GPU score:8788



3DMark 06 score»» Total:14167 3DMarks|CPU score:3027

sorry my link is down, ill make a new one tomorrow

 

p10570

gpu 11109
cpu 9228

http://service.futuremark.com/home.action;jsessionid=2373ACE6CC304C1555AC427D6E6706E5

updated no physx and overclock on gpu's

 

should probably add to do all runs with Vantage with PhysX off

here are my runs:
3DMark 06: 16550 (but I need to work on this more)

3DMark Vantage: P12281 (this is for the most part finalized - note: PhysX off))

 

Some are free some aren't depends at which one you are referring to. Specifically 3dmark06 is free to run as much as you want and Vantage costs $20 to run more than once.

My scores are in my sig.

 

Gonna pull a Mandrake and just point to my sig.

 

My one and only run ever Everything 100% stock. Might as well post before the top 20 spots are filled with crazy P12000+ scores



P7907
GPU: 9315
CPU: 5440

 

Allright, so this is my first time ever doing this. I am assuming all the settings in Vantage should be left to 'Performance' stock except that PPU is turned off? Also, will edit in my system into my sig in a while.....so here are the results, most everything on my rig stock except the proc with a small OC.

9996
Screenshot

And my second run, with CPU bumped up to 2.93 Ghz.

10065


Now just have to tinker with the GPU's. Mandrake, Scook, could you PM me ballpark clock speeds on the 280's so I have something to start working from instead of guesstimating? Thanks...

This is actually kind of fun.

 

the3vilgenius - might want to mention in the first post that the features test in Vantage is not necessary to run and it will save time by disabling it.

 

@Praetorian
It is VERY fun (and addictive)

@WaR
Only me and Mandrake got over P12k without physx, dont worry

@everyone else
There are MANY things you can do to help along your scores, I may make a thread on it if there is enough interest - Mandrake maybe you can help here some?

 

Vantage

3DMark06

 

StreetFighter4 maxed noAA

ResidentEvil5 maxed noAA

FarCry2 Ultra High noAA

 

Ive added a small trophy the current recordholder of vantage can have, that is untill its beaten

 

LOL, I don't currently have a system to combat with when it does go down.

 

Lucky for you its a good score then ah cant wait to see the ATI's battle against the nvidia's. and i should have a cleaner image soon. i put the black background in after i did the rest so ill redo it properly when i have more time

 

Hmm.. I've been waiting to see some results on this rig. It's dam sexy..and its beginning to look like I may have to get back into the scene before long. I keep threatening to, but my time may soon come. Keep the benches coming!

 

streetfighter maxed/8x AA

 

What are the settings you are using? Meaning, did you overclock the cards or processor, disabled the 9400, etc? I wanted to know because I also have a 260 SLI and a T9600. I'm using all stock and getting 60 maxed out.

Just curious.

 

Latest run- inching ever upwards....I'm addicted now....

 

The CPU was heavily overclocked, i had it @ about 3.6 GHz for that benchmark. i had to do 3 runs because it crashed the first times. I wouldnt know how to disable the 9400, im intrerested in that on the otherhand. I am looking for the best way to OC my cards but i don't know enough about GPU to just randomly try it out.

 

Ah gotcha. Thanks. That makes sense. I was wondering about that since the benchmark shows it at 2.8. I only know that disabling the 9400 is done via Bios at boot.

Edit: You should have a little mark next to some names showing whether scores are at stock or overclock. Although thinking about it, it might be more cumbersome that way.

 

Yeah lol its already alot of work and the ATI systemss arent even involved.

 

Make sure vertical sync is off.

 

Maybe that's also the reason (even though I'm sure it's the overclocked processor). I like it with V-Sync though. I ran without it the other day and could actually notice the tearing.

 

You can keep it on just not when benchmarking.

 

Stay on topic please. Leave the chat to PM.

Thanks,
Johnny T - NBR Moderation Team

 

Im seeing some nice scores
First ATI systems are on their way so expect this thread to be a real nvidia vs ATI face off real soon

 

Hey all, I am new here, but read a lot on these forums before ordering my M17x. I hope to soon be able to give back a little to this community. Couple questions for Mandrake:

1. On the high scoreboard it shows a green star by your name indicating nVidia cards, but your sig shows ATI cards? Did you achieve your score with the nVidia cards?

2. Not to be cliche, but with a 3DMark score that high, I have to know what your FPS is on crysis at 1200p. (It may be in here somewhere, but I got tired of browsing through 100+ pages in the thread, half of which are unrelated to benchmarking.)

3. Any key tweaks you did to boost your score that high? (If its not a secret.)

 

My new 3DMark 06 score: 15092

 

1. The specs in my sig will be my second M17x. I sold the first one.

2. I did some Crysis benchmarking early on. Unfortunately it is buried in the old benchmark thread. I can honestly say I don't remember.

3. Just OC'ing the CPU and GPU and keeping the system cool during the runs. Also manually testing each of the 3d settings. No secrets, just a lot time spent testing.

 

If you want your results from the original thread listed here, you will need to link to them here (go back to your first post, grab the image and then post here with the image link).

Thanks.

 

Nice score for your system BTW
Can't believe that is all thx to the quad core

 

Here are my Vantage scores. P11310 GPU11309 CPU11316
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=5286271&postcount=4151

 

The reason why I edited was to include the actual scores in your post - that is all.

Including the scores, makes it easy for other users looking over the posts and does not require an additional click thru. Please include the #s for the bench run in addition to a link to your original post.

Post 1 has been edited to include this as a requirement. Thanks.

 

How did you keep your rig cool enough to push it that hard? Just a Notebook cooler?

 

Sometimes yes but on other runs I put the notebook cooler over a vent for the central AC in my house. Yes my wife thought I was crazy. I want to buy some type of portable AC unit to do this with.

 

You may be interested in this: http://gizmodo.com/301601/embarcos-...g-station-brings-refrigeration-to-your-laptop

 

I am interested in that haha

 

Looks like it was supposed to be released around Christmas 2007 but I don't see it anywhere.

 

here's fc2.
i don't know if we can image links any more??? or does it have to be a certain size
FarCry2

 

You can still link with images (inserting images into your post) provided they do not cause scrolling of the page. What works best is to use the 'attachment' icon and then attach the image to your post - a thumbnail will be created automatically.

 

ok thanks batboy.....
here's dmc4
Dmc4 @1920*1200 maxed out. no aa

 

well it is a temp and not a score, but here is the difference between sitting flat on a table and propping the back up by about 3/4 inch haha



The max is the flat, the min/current is the propped. And this is in a room with a heater on and a fire burning, so not too shabby I think (and after editing the inf like batboy suggested making hwmonitor more acurate - and reporting cpu temps 5 degrees hotter)

And looking now, after I took that screenie, I see this!

37-40-40-43

 

new farcry2 run
FC2

 

I thought you weren't getting it until next week. Keep them coming!!

 

Here's my DMC4 w/ the x9100. LINK

I did a lot of the gaming benchmarks @ 1920x1080.

 

Yeah I thought so to but then we did Sat delivery. then it just came overnight.

nice dmc4 run. i hope my cpu isn't holding my back. your far ahead of me. i'll drop the res and see.

 

Well you should see a bump in the numbers. When are you going to start some Vantage runs? Also how did you OC the CPU? Have you OC'd the GPUs yet?

 

It's still not like yours. i'm overclocked in the bios. i dropped the res to 1920*1080 still off by alot. stocked gpu's. i don't know where these gpu's stand yet....
DMC4 1920*1080p Stock Gpu's

 

How do i see which one has the highest score. add every scene up or use the highest one?