Benchmark Thread - How do you rank against other GS users?

6442-lostrib-http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/640912-3570K (4.2)-GTX 670 (1228)-1600 RAM

Thanks for the sticky.

Seeing as its not been answered, Im going to go ahead an run a second leaderboard with cloud gate for the DX10 users. I will make the board out of existing scores that I have on the first page. I really want this thread to be inclusive and not exclusive. Seeing as we have a couple phone benches as well, I will make a third LB for them. Its more work for me but thats ok. Give me a couple hours and I will have the next 2 boards up.

EDIT: Everyone has been updated this morning.

OK, 2 new leaderboards are up and working. Results compiled from existing. I am unaware of any issues with Cloud Gate, so if someone knows of any then please let me know. I am only accepting Ice Storm Scores for tablets and phones.

Fixed my issue with the Physics score, finally got it working like it should. Was a PITA to troubleshoot, but I knew it wasn't right.

CPU: 2500k@5GHz, GPU: 2x 7950's @ 1200/1700, Memory: 2x4GB 1600MHz

My Clould Gate Score: 23496 Link for Proof

EDIT: My new Firestrike score: 12128 Link for Proof

Same settings for CPU/GPU's and Memory. Figured my scores would improve since now physics is working right. I think I'm done for now, lol.

Fixed my issue with the Physics score, finally got it working like it should. Was a PITA to troubleshoot, but I knew it wasn't right.

CPU: 2500k@5GHz, GPU: 2x 7950's @ 1200/1700, Memory: 2x4GB 1600MHz

My Clould Gate Score: 23496 Link for Proof

EDIT: My new Firestrike score: 12128 Link for Proof

Same settings for CPU/GPU's and Memory. Figured my scores would improve since now physics is working right. I think I'm done for now, lol.

nightz2k

Fixed my issue with the Physics score, finally got it working like it should. Was a PITA to troubleshoot, but I knew it wasn't right.

CPU: 2500k@5GHz, GPU: 2x 7950's @ 1200/1700, Memory: 2x4GB 1600MHz

My Clould Gate Score: 23496 Link for Proof

EDIT: My new Firestrike score: 12128 Link for Proof

Same settings for CPU/GPU's and Memory. Figured my scores would improve since now physics is working right. I think I'm done for now, lol.

nightz2k

Just did Cloud Gate 30404

Same setup as firestrike.

Just did Cloud Gate 30404

Same setup as firestrike.

acanofcoke

updated. What did you do to get your physics working right?darksusperia

Probably between installing non-beta drivers to installing 3DMark on HDD instead of SSD. Weird why that worked, but I guess that was the issue, at least in my case.

I may try to push my CPU/GPU's again soon. I know I can get a little higher, just gotta remember what settings I had to get it stable enough.

Guess I'll add my Cloud Gate score as well

18653 - BPoole - http://www.3dmark.com/cg/422389 2500K(4.3) - 2x 6950(840) - 2133 RAM

Guess I'll add my Cloud Gate score as well

18653 - BPoole - http://www.3dmark.com/cg/422389 2500K(4.3) - 2x 6950(840) - 2133 RAM

BPoole96

huh ok. Probably the same effect as the suggestion earlier for deleting the folder after uninstall, then reinstall 3dmark seeing as you would have installed to a new folder. I wonder if that worked for him.darksusperia

That did most likely help installing to a new folder and/or hdd. I knew something wasn't right with my score being dead last before, lol.

Funny thing is my score is 21332 on a single GPU. I guess a 2nd one doesn't seem to matter all that much. (Don't need to add that to the leaderboard)

I went for a higher score in Cloud Gate with 2x GPU's again too: 24787 - LINK for Proof - 2500k@5.1GHz, 2x 7950's @ 1200/1700, Memory 1600MHz

Also Fire Strike with a score of 12242 - Link for Proof - Same dual GPU settings.

And we now have this stickied. ;)Caddy

Looking good now with the 3 leaderboards :)

Maybe if DX11 was actually used as the main API I would have upgraded sooner. Planning on a 760/760ti anyway.

Looking good now with the 3 leaderboards :)

Maybe if DX11 was actually used as the main API I would have upgraded sooner. Planning on a 760/760ti anyway.

kraken2109

[QUOTE="kraken2109"]

Looking good now with the 3 leaderboards :)

Maybe if DX11 was actually used as the main API I would have upgraded sooner. Planning on a 760/760ti anyway.

horgen123

I've seen people with the same GPU as me, the GTX 670, with better CPUs outperforms my PC.

It makes me wonder if my i5-3470 is bottlenecking my GPU, right? Or is it because their GPU core clock is higher?

I've seen people with the same GPU as me, the GTX 670, with better CPUs outperforms my PC.

It makes me wonder if my i5-3470 is bottlenecking my GPU, right? Or is it because their GPU core clock is higher?

Cyberdot

I've seen people with the same GPU as me, the GTX 670, with better CPUs outperforms my PC.

It makes me wonder if my i5-3470 is bottlenecking my GPU, right? Or is it because their GPU core clock is higher?

Cyberdot

CPU can make a pretty big difference in 3DMark, so it's likely that.

The overclocks on the GPU will help too.

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/644006 not overclocked yet, but put me above lostrib.  I need to update my drivers too they're pretty old.

Can be both things. While I won't say that your CPU is bottlenecking the GPU, however a stronger CPU usually results in a higher minimum FPS. Increasing the GPU clock do give much more performance in return though so that is probably why they get better results. horgen123

CPU can make a pretty big difference in 3DMark, so it's likely that.

The overclocks on the GPU will help too.

Postmortem123

Cool. My CPU and GPU are running at stock speeds, so I guess other people here are overclocked that puts them ahead of me.

Honestly, in a short time I felt the urge of overclocking my stuff but I've never done it before. Don't want to mess things up. :P

Another update.

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/644158

CPU OCed to 4.0. RAM upped to 1600. I'm trying.

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/644006 not overclocked yet, but put me above lostrib.  I need to update my drivers too they're pretty old.

blaznwiipspman1

[QUOTE="blaznwiipspman1"]

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/644006 not overclocked yet, but put me above lostrib.  I need to update my drivers too they're pretty old.

horgen123

my drivers are 12.11, and now they're 13.5 or something like that. i don't even game that much except for the occasional starcraft 2, but i like having the best hardware.  Heres my benchmark with 7970 ocd to 1050mhz, haven't oc'd cpu or updated drivers yet, so no need to update the rankings yet, ill post the new results later.

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/644069

[QUOTE="horgen123"][QUOTE="blaznwiipspman1"]

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/644006 not overclocked yet, but put me above lostrib.  I need to update my drivers too they're pretty old.

blaznwiipspman1

my drivers are 12.11, and now they're 13.5 or something like that. i don't even game that much except for the occasional starcraft 2, but i like having the best hardware.  Heres my benchmark with 7970 ocd to 1050mhz, haven't oc'd cpu or updated drivers yet, so no need to update the rankings yet, ill post the new results later.

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/644069

LOL @ the guy with three Titan's, overkillSPBoss

[QUOTE="SPBoss"]LOL @ the guy with three Titan's, overkillFaustArp

[QUOTE="blaznwiipspman1"]

[QUOTE="horgen123"] I thought you were all about having the latest drivers, as that is what put your 7970 ahead of the 680...Elann2008

my drivers are 12.11, and now they're 13.5 or something like that. i don't even game that much except for the occasional starcraft 2, but i like having the best hardware.  Heres my benchmark with 7970 ocd to 1050mhz, haven't oc'd cpu or updated drivers yet, so no need to update the rankings yet, ill post the new results later.

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/644069

my mobo is a gigabyte z77m-d3h....yeah i cheaped out :lol:  My main hdd is an old 64gb ssd, while my secondary and tertiary are both 7200rpm seagate drives.  I don't think hard drives affect the benchmarks, it probably decreases the loading time of each benchmark but thats about it.  I haven't touched the voltages on my card yet, or I dont think i have (maybe voltage adjusts automatically?) in the CCC.  My oc is at 1060mhz core, and 1460mhz memory.  Power control setting is at 0% (is this the voltage controller?).  I also updated to catalyst 13.4 and these are my latest results 

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/644660

firestrike score of 6974.  The graphics score is lower than what nightz2k is getting, which is wierd since his 7950 is taking out all the 680's and mine is slightly below a 680s graphics score.  It could be because i've left my cpu at the stock clock, i'll try ocing that next, though im not really comfortable with cpu ocing. Im not comfortable with gpu ocing either, i'll put it back to default speed once my testing is done.

nvm i figured out why nightz2k is getting such a high score for a 7950....memory clock at 1750mhz :shock: holy crap.  Either way....gotta love AMD's bang for buck, i only paid $340 for my card, its less than what most people paid for their 670s.

[QUOTE="horgen123"][QUOTE="blaznwiipspman1"]

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/644006 not overclocked yet, but put me above lostrib.  I need to update my drivers too they're pretty old.

blaznwiipspman1

my drivers are 12.11, and now they're 13.5 or something like that. i don't even game that much except for the occasional starcraft 2, but i like having the best hardware.  Heres my benchmark with 7970 ocd to 1050mhz, haven't oc'd cpu or updated drivers yet, so no need to update the rankings yet, ill post the new results later.

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/644069

[QUOTE="FaustArp"][QUOTE="SPBoss"]LOL @ the guy with three Titan's, overkillElann2008

[QUOTE="Elann2008"][QUOTE="blaznwiipspman1"]

 

my drivers are 12.11, and now they're 13.5 or something like that. i don't even game that much except for the occasional starcraft 2, but i like having the best hardware.  Heres my benchmark with 7970 ocd to 1050mhz, haven't oc'd cpu or updated drivers yet, so no need to update the rankings yet, ill post the new results later.

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/644069

blaznwiipspman1

my mobo is a gigabyte z77m-d3h....yeah i cheaped out :lol:  My main hdd is an old 64gb ssd, while my secondary and tertiary are both 7200rpm seagate drives.  I don't think hard drives affect the benchmarks, it probably decreases the loading time of each benchmark but thats about it.  I haven't touched the voltages on my card yet, or I dont think i have (maybe voltage adjusts automatically?) in the CCC.  My oc is at 1060mhz core, and 1460mhz memory.  Power control setting is at 0% (is this the voltage controller?).  I also updated to catalyst 13.4 and these are my latest results 

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/644660

firestrike score of 6974.  The graphics score is lower than what nightz2k is getting, which is wierd since his 7950 is taking out all the 680's and mine is slightly below a 680s graphics score.  It could be because i've left my cpu at the stock clock, i'll try ocing that next, though im not really comfortable with cpu ocing. Im not comfortable with gpu ocing either, i'll put it back to default speed once my testing is done.

nvm i figured out why nightz2k is getting such a high score for a 7950....memory clock at 1750mhz :shock: holy crap.  Either way....gotta love AMD's bang for buck, i only paid $340 for my card, its less than what most people paid for their 670s.

I just like overclocking to see my limits. The clocks I use in benchmarking are no way going to be used in the games I play. Benchmarks IMO are to try your highest overclocks and see how far you can take them. Takes a bit of trial and error, like I've said before.

I got another single GPU score as well, but I didn't post it earlier. This was my result @5.1GHz and 1200/1750 - Score: 7701 - Link for Proof

[QUOTE="Elann2008"][QUOTE="FaustArp"] Nothing wrong with that.SPBoss

No one is saying to buy a Titan or Titans now with new GPUs coming up. But if you had bought the Titan when the came out, what's the fuss about crying over spilled milk? These guys and many others have purchased their Titans well ahead of announcement of new GPUs.

It's really easy to come out and say "Hah hah! You were fooled by Nvidia!" when news just came out about the new Nvidia GPU lineup. What's done is done. The "you bought a Titan and you're stupid" comments are getting old and tiresome. Let it go.

It's like buying that new HDTV for $2700 and then bitching about how the price went down to $1900 in a matter of a few weeks.  This happens all the time in the technology world.  Whoever has the wallet to buy new, expensive toys will do whatever they want anyways.  Whoever, can't, and shouldn't be buying expensive GPU's shouldn't even be in the conversation and they shouldn't be giving others a hard time about it.  It's pointless, elementary school bickering. 

[QUOTE="blaznwiipspman1"]

[QUOTE="horgen123"] I thought you were all about having the latest drivers, as that is what put your 7970 ahead of the 680...FaustArp

my drivers are 12.11, and now they're 13.5 or something like that. i don't even game that much except for the occasional starcraft 2, but i like having the best hardware.  Heres my benchmark with 7970 ocd to 1050mhz, haven't oc'd cpu or updated drivers yet, so no need to update the rankings yet, ill post the new results later.

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/644069

nvm i figured out why nightz2k is getting such a high score for a 7950....memory clock at 1750mhz :shock: holy crap.  Either way....gotta love AMD's bang for buck, i only paid $340 for my card, its less than what most people paid for their 670s.

blaznwiipspman1

You have plenty of headroom to overlcock on your GPU's and CPU if you try, just depends on your experience overlocking. I use MSI Afterburner that's unlocked to clock higher than it's defaults. I understand if you don't want to go much higher, which is fine, nothing wrong with keeping things at safe clocks.

And yes, I love the bang for buck with AMD GPU's. I got my 7950's for $290 each when Newegg had them on sale. Pretty good investment IMO. :)

If you got the funds to buy 670/680's or even Titans, even better. They're still obviously great (Top end) GPU's. I am not loyal to either brand, I've had plenty of both.

[QUOTE="blaznwiipspman1"]

nvm i figured out why nightz2k is getting such a high score for a 7950....memory clock at 1750mhz :shock: holy crap.  Either way....gotta love AMD's bang for buck, i only paid $340 for my card, its less than what most people paid for their 670s.

nightz2k

You have plenty of headroom to overlcock on your GPU's and CPU if you try, just depends on your experience overlocking. I use MSI Afterburner that's unlocked to clock higher than it's defaults. I understand if you don't want to go much higher, which is fine, nothing wrong with keeping things at safe clocks.

And yes, I love the bang for buck with AMD GPU's. I got my 7950's for $290 each when Newegg had them on sale. Pretty good investment IMO. :)

If you got the funds to buy 670/680's or even Titans, even better. They're still obviously great (Top end) GPU's. I am not loyal to either brand, I've had plenty of both.

yeah, the 7000 series are like pacqiao at his peak, the best fighter pound for pound.  Im pretty loyal to AMD but i buy whatever is better bang for buck and I never discriminate when it comes to my money.  The last geforce card for me that fit that criteria was the 460 gtx, it kept up with my radeon 6950 with a small OC.  Shouldve kept it instead of getting the 6950...ah well.  

How did you unlock afterburner? Mine only goes to a max of 1575mhz memory.  And yeah, I will hopefully be ocing my 3770k soon, i just don't like messing around in the bios, but yeah for benchmarking it should be ok and then ill revert back to default.

[QUOTE="blaznwiipspman1"]

[QUOTE="Elann2008"] Which motherboard are you using Blazn? Impressive OC and firestrike for just 1050MHz. Does hard drive play any part in benchmark results? Because I still have a pathetic mechanical hard drive. I'm holding out until my next build. Really no need now because I hardly do anything gaming either.Elann2008

my mobo is a gigabyte z77m-d3h....yeah i cheaped out :lol:  My main hdd is an old 64gb ssd, while my secondary and tertiary are both 7200rpm seagate drives.  I don't think hard drives affect the benchmarks, it probably decreases the loading time of each benchmark but thats about it.  I haven't touched the voltages on my card yet, or I dont think i have (maybe voltage adjusts automatically?) in the CCC.  My oc is at 1060mhz core, and 1460mhz memory.  Power control setting is at 0% (is this the voltage controller?).  I also updated to catalyst 13.4 and these are my latest results 

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/644660

firestrike score of 6974.  The graphics score is lower than what nightz2k is getting, which is wierd since his 7950 is taking out all the 680's and mine is slightly below a 680s graphics score.  It could be because i've left my cpu at the stock clock, i'll try ocing that next, though im not really comfortable with cpu ocing. Im not comfortable with gpu ocing either, i'll put it back to default speed once my testing is done.

nvm i figured out why nightz2k is getting such a high score for a 7950....memory clock at 1750mhz :shock: holy crap.  Either way....gotta love AMD's bang for buck, i only paid $340 for my card, its less than what most people paid for their 670s.

mine isn't the ud3h...mine is a micro ATX board lawl.  I don't really care for overclocking as I said especially when my hardware is already beast at stock.  And yeah my last benchmark was updated with catalyst 13.4 which is the latest exept for 13.5 beta.

update:

firestrike score 7152 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/644991

cpu stock

gpu core clock 1060, memory clock 1575

update:

firestrike score 7152 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/644991

cpu stock

gpu core clock 1060, memory clock 1575

blaznwiipspman1

yeah, the 7000 series are like pacqiao at his peak, the best fighter pound for pound.  Im pretty loyal to AMD but i buy whatever is better bang for buck and I never discriminate when it comes to my money.  The last geforce card for me that fit that criteria was the 460 gtx, it kept up with my radeon 6950 with a small OC.  Shouldve kept it instead of getting the 6950...ah well.  

How did you unlock afterburner? Mine only goes to a max of 1575mhz memory.  And yeah, I will hopefully be ocing my 3770k soon, i just don't like messing around in the bios, but yeah for benchmarking it should be ok and then ill revert back to default.

blaznwiipspman1

As far as unlocking MSI AB. Just make a new shortcut, got into properties of that shortcut and put in /xcl at the end and run it.

It should be like this "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI Afterburner\MSIAfterburner.exe" /xcl"

Then reboot, run AB again, got into the settings and be sure "Extend official overclocking limits" is checked. It should unlock to overclock as high as you want.