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...About This Document 12 Audience 12 Life of Document 12 AMD64 Single Socket Processor Architecture 13 AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture 17 Benchmarking Methodology 18 Benchmark Description 18 Benchmarking System Configuration 21 Test System Configurations 21 Windows Vista™ Installation 22 ... 27 RAID Configuration 28 Operating System Configuration 29 Driver Installation 31 Video Card Setup 32 Benchmark Installation and Testing 33 Windows Vista, 64-Bit Applications 34 CINEBENCH 34 Crafty 34 Panorama Factory 34 POV-Ray 34 Contents 4
...About This Document 12 Audience 12 Life of Document 12 AMD64 Single Socket Processor Architecture 13 AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture 17 Benchmarking Methodology 18 Benchmark Description 18 Benchmarking System Configuration 21 Test System Configurations 21 Windows Vista™ Installation 22 ... 27 RAID Configuration 28 Operating System Configuration 29 Driver Installation 31 Video Card Setup 32 Benchmark Installation and Testing 33 Windows Vista, 64-Bit Applications 34 CINEBENCH 34 Crafty 34 Panorama Factory 34 POV-Ray 34 Contents 4
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AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 Windows Vista™, 32-Bit Applications 35 3DMark™06 35 Cakewalk Sonar 35 CINEBENCH 36 Crafty ... 38 Crafty 38 Dr. DivX 38 High Performance Gaming and Multimedia Experience (City of Villains and Windows Media Encoder 9 38 POV-Ray 39 Vegas 39 Benchmarking Results 40 Overall Performance 40 Windows Vista, 64-Bit Applications 41 Windows Vista, 32-Bit Applications 44 Windows XP Professional, 32-Bit Applications 49 5 Contents
AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 Windows Vista™, 32-Bit Applications 35 3DMark™06 35 Cakewalk Sonar 35 CINEBENCH 36 Crafty ... 38 Crafty 38 Dr. DivX 38 High Performance Gaming and Multimedia Experience (City of Villains and Windows Media Encoder 9 38 POV-Ray 39 Vegas 39 Benchmarking Results 40 Overall Performance 40 Windows Vista, 64-Bit Applications 41 Windows Vista, 32-Bit Applications 44 Windows XP Professional, 32-Bit Applications 49 5 Contents
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Table 5. Memory Bandwidth 13 Effect of Memory Bandwidth on Performance 15 Effect of Memory Latency on Performance 15 Benchmark Application Sets 20 AMD Athlon™ 64 Single Socket Dual-Core Processor System . . . . .21 AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture 22 Performance Summary 55 List of Tables AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide Table 1. 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 List of Tables 7 Table 6. Table 4. Table 3. Table 7. Table 2.
Table 5. Memory Bandwidth 13 Effect of Memory Bandwidth on Performance 15 Effect of Memory Latency on Performance 15 Benchmark Application Sets 20 AMD Athlon™ 64 Single Socket Dual-Core Processor System . . . . .21 AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture 22 Performance Summary 55 List of Tables AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide Table 1. 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 List of Tables 7 Table 6. Table 4. Table 3. Table 7. Table 2.
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... in the U.S. Replaced Office Productivity, Digital Media, and Gaming categories with categories for the AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62, AMD Athlon 64 FX-70, AMD Athlon 64 FX-72, and AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 dual-core processors. in Chapter 4. Updated Chapter 5 to four-thread version) Added the following benchmarks: • BAPCO® SYSmark® 2004 SE Office Productivity • Business Winstone®...
... in the U.S. Replaced Office Productivity, Digital Media, and Gaming categories with categories for the AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62, AMD Athlon 64 FX-70, AMD Athlon 64 FX-72, and AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 dual-core processors. in Chapter 4. Updated Chapter 5 to four-thread version) Added the following benchmarks: • BAPCO® SYSmark® 2004 SE Office Productivity • Business Winstone®...
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... Appendix A Listings because listing source files are available directly from AMD. Removed obsolete processor information. Updated for the AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 processor, the AMD Athlon 64 processor 5000+, and the AMD Athlon 64 processor X2 3800+, relative to Chapter 2. Changed the recommended system configurations in a separate document. Incorporated documentation edits. Removed the following benchmarks: • iTunes, version 6.0.4 • Cakewalk Sonar, version 5 • Protected...
... Appendix A Listings because listing source files are available directly from AMD. Removed obsolete processor information. Updated for the AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 processor, the AMD Athlon 64 processor 5000+, and the AMD Athlon 64 processor X2 3800+, relative to Chapter 2. Changed the recommended system configurations in a separate document. Incorporated documentation edits. Removed the following benchmarks: • iTunes, version 6.0.4 • Cakewalk Sonar, version 5 • Protected...
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... from this document. Updated to reflect the AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-53 (939) processor and the 3700+ and 3800+ processors relative to Castle Wolfenstein) • FarCry, version 1.3.1 • FarCry pier Note:The two FarCry benchmarks were combined in revision 3.70. • Painkiller, version 1.64 Within the Performance Analysis test suite, 64-bit versus 32-bit test results have...
... from this document. Updated to reflect the AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-53 (939) processor and the 3700+ and 3800+ processors relative to Castle Wolfenstein) • FarCry, version 1.3.1 • FarCry pier Note:The two FarCry benchmarks were combined in revision 3.70. • Painkiller, version 1.64 Within the Performance Analysis test suite, 64-bit versus 32-bit test results have...
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...benchmarks demonstrate the exceptional performance of current SSE/SSE2/SSE3 implementations. • An integrated DDR2 memory controller (see Figure 1). - Memory Bandwidth Sciencemark 2.0 Bandwidth (MB/s) Sciencemark 2.0 Latency (ns) AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor, DDR2-800 AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 Processor..., DDR1-400 6779.3 4472.6 46.5 52.5 AMD64 Single Socket Processor Architecture 13 Support for applications and device drivers as...
...benchmarks demonstrate the exceptional performance of current SSE/SSE2/SSE3 implementations. • An integrated DDR2 memory controller (see Figure 1). - Memory Bandwidth Sciencemark 2.0 Bandwidth (MB/s) Sciencemark 2.0 Latency (ns) AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor, DDR2-800 AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 Processor..., DDR1-400 6779.3 4472.6 46.5 52.5 AMD64 Single Socket Processor Architecture 13 Support for applications and device drivers as...
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...-level (L2) on-die caches - 128 KB of L1 cache and 1 MB of Memory Bandwidth on Performance AMD Athlon™ 64 AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3800+, Processor 3800+, Dual-Channel Memory Single-Channel Memory Office Productivity 101.3% 100.0% Digital Media 101.9% 100.0% Computer Gaming 104.1%... Table 2. Data compression benchmarks illustrate higher processor performance due to a reduced I /O bandwidth, enabling faster access to single-channel memory (halving the marketed bandwidth) on arrays. - Effect of L2 cache allow the AMD Athlon 64 processor to excel at performing ...
...-level (L2) on-die caches - 128 KB of L1 cache and 1 MB of Memory Bandwidth on Performance AMD Athlon™ 64 AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3800+, Processor 3800+, Dual-Channel Memory Single-Channel Memory Office Productivity 101.3% 100.0% Digital Media 101.9% 100.0% Computer Gaming 104.1%... Table 2. Data compression benchmarks illustrate higher processor performance due to a reduced I /O bandwidth, enabling faster access to single-channel memory (halving the marketed bandwidth) on arrays. - Effect of L2 cache allow the AMD Athlon 64 processor to excel at performing ...
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... follow indicate which versions are run. 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide Benchmarking Methodology This chapter describes the benchmarks used . AMD recommends these benchmarks for media creation and playback. • The high performance of AMD Athlon 64 processors can take advantage of a gaming system1. Tested as a 64-bit application running under Windows Vista, a 32-bit application running...
... follow indicate which versions are run. 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide Benchmarking Methodology This chapter describes the benchmarks used . AMD recommends these benchmarks for media creation and playback. • The high performance of AMD Athlon 64 processors can take advantage of a gaming system1. Tested as a 64-bit application running under Windows Vista, a 32-bit application running...
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... to devices with a single processing unit. The term "Central Processing Unit (CPU)" often refers to MPEG4 format - Tested as a 64-bit application running under Windows Vista, a 32-bit application running under Windows Vista, and a 32-bit application running under 32-bit ... Windows® XP Professional • Twelve Tone Systems, Inc., Cakewalk Sonar, Version 5 - 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide • Persistence of America, Vegas, Version 7.0 - The CINEBENCH benchmark and the 3DMark06 CPU benchmark can test single or multiprocessor systems...
... to devices with a single processing unit. The term "Central Processing Unit (CPU)" often refers to MPEG4 format - Tested as a 64-bit application running under Windows Vista, a 32-bit application running under Windows Vista, and a 32-bit application running under 32-bit ... Windows® XP Professional • Twelve Tone Systems, Inc., Cakewalk Sonar, Version 5 - 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide • Persistence of America, Vegas, Version 7.0 - The CINEBENCH benchmark and the 3DMark06 CPU benchmark can test single or multiprocessor systems...
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Benchmark Application Sets Windows Vista™, 64-bit Applications CINEBENCH 9.5 Crafty 19.19 (four-thread version) Panorama Factory 4.4 POV-Ray 3.7beta-14 Windows Vista™, 32-bit Applications 3DMark™06 1.02 (... Sonar 5 CINEBENCH 9.5 Crafty 19.19 (4-thread version) Dr.DivX 2.0) (DivX Codec 6.4) High Performance Gaming and Multimedia Experience Panorama Factory 4.4 POV-Ray 3.7beta-14 Vegas 7.0 20 Benchmarking Methodology AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 Table 4.
Benchmark Application Sets Windows Vista™, 64-bit Applications CINEBENCH 9.5 Crafty 19.19 (four-thread version) Panorama Factory 4.4 POV-Ray 3.7beta-14 Windows Vista™, 32-bit Applications 3DMark™06 1.02 (... Sonar 5 CINEBENCH 9.5 Crafty 19.19 (4-thread version) Dr.DivX 2.0) (DivX Codec 6.4) High Performance Gaming and Multimedia Experience Panorama Factory 4.4 POV-Ray 3.7beta-14 Vegas 7.0 20 Benchmarking Methodology AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 Table 4.
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... mode) 1600x1200 1 GB GDDR3 Onboard RAM, Video Driver 6.14.10.9371 Benchmarking System Configuration 21 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide Benchmarking System Configuration This chapter describes the system configurations used for benchmarking and provides setup procedures for the AMD Athlon™ 64 processors in the following tables are most likely to demonstrate optimal system...
... mode) 1600x1200 1 GB GDDR3 Onboard RAM, Video Driver 6.14.10.9371 Benchmarking System Configuration 21 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide Benchmarking System Configuration This chapter describes the system configurations used for benchmarking and provides setup procedures for the AMD Athlon™ 64 processors in the following tables are most likely to demonstrate optimal system...
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AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 Component Processor (2) Operating System Motherboard BIOS Hard Drive (2) RAM (4) Video Card (2) Table 6. BIOS Configuration Note: These instructions ...Benchmarking System Configuration Select the Exit menu. b. These procedures apply to achieve optimal system performance. c. AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture Manufacturer AMD Microsoft® ASUS ASUS Model AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 Dual-Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 Dual-Core Processor...
AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 Component Processor (2) Operating System Motherboard BIOS Hard Drive (2) RAM (4) Video Card (2) Table 6. BIOS Configuration Note: These instructions ...Benchmarking System Configuration Select the Exit menu. b. These procedures apply to achieve optimal system performance. c. AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture Manufacturer AMD Microsoft® ASUS ASUS Model AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 Dual-Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 Dual-Core Processor...
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30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 4. Enable OnChip RAID1 Function. a. i. ii. iii. Set Memclock Value to the Advanced menu. viii. ix. Select the Onboard Device Configuration menu. ... to Disabled. Set TRP to 12 CLK. vii. Set TRAS to 4 CLK. i. i. g. Set Plug and Play O/S to Manual. Set Memclock Mode to Yes. Benchmarking System Configuration 23 Set Date and Time. Disable OnChip LAN2. Disable Serial Port1 Addr. ii. v. ii. b. Select the Memory Controller menu. vi. Select the PCIPnP...
30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 4. Enable OnChip RAID1 Function. a. i. ii. iii. Set Memclock Value to the Advanced menu. viii. ix. Select the Onboard Device Configuration menu. ... to Disabled. Set TRP to 12 CLK. vii. Set TRAS to 4 CLK. i. i. g. Set Plug and Play O/S to Manual. Set Memclock Mode to Yes. Benchmarking System Configuration 23 Set Date and Time. Disable OnChip LAN2. Disable Serial Port1 Addr. ii. v. ii. b. Select the Memory Controller menu. vi. Select the PCIPnP...
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... C: and D:). 3. Disable User Account Control (UAC) as follows. Click Continue. Unselect Use User Account Control. A pop-up . 8. AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 h. Select the Boot menu. Select the Boot Settings Configuration menu. RAID Configuration 1. Change RAID...pop-up opens. i. iii. iv. v. b. Unselect Run at the bottom of the Welcome Center window, and close the window. 24 Benchmarking System Configuration i. a. Power up opens. Right-click the corresponding task bar icon, then click Exit. 7. Click User Accounts, then click...
... C: and D:). 3. Disable User Account Control (UAC) as follows. Click Continue. Unselect Use User Account Control. A pop-up . 8. AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 h. Select the Boot menu. Select the Boot Settings Configuration menu. RAID Configuration 1. Change RAID...pop-up opens. i. iii. iv. v. b. Unselect Run at the bottom of the Welcome Center window, and close the window. 24 Benchmarking System Configuration i. a. Power up opens. Right-click the corresponding task bar icon, then click Exit. 7. Click User Accounts, then click...
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... d. f. iii. iii. ii. g. Under Turn off the display, select Never. Click Security. 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 10. v. vi. f. Click OK. c. c. Disable security alerts and automatic updating as follows. Click Start, then ...click Control Panel. The Screen Saver Settings window opens. Select (None). i. iii. Benchmarking System Configuration 25 c. Under Put the computer to select 1280 by 1024 pixels. Click System Maintenance. iv. e. i. Select the ...
... d. f. iii. iii. ii. g. Under Turn off the display, select Never. Click Security. 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 10. v. vi. f. Click OK. c. c. Disable security alerts and automatic updating as follows. Click Start, then ...click Control Panel. The Screen Saver Settings window opens. Select (None). i. iii. Benchmarking System Configuration 25 c. Under Put the computer to select 1280 by 1024 pixels. Click System Maintenance. iv. e. i. Select the ...
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Click Change the way Security Center alerts me on or off . ii. f. i. Click OK. i. ii. ii. i. e. Select Never check for updates. i. Close the Security Center window. Click OK. h. g. A window opens. Select Off. A window opens. Close the control panel window. 26 Benchmarking System Configuration Click Turn firewall on or off . The Security Center window opens. Click Turn automatic updating on the left panel, then select Don't notify and don't display... AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 d.
Click Change the way Security Center alerts me on or off . ii. f. i. Click OK. i. ii. ii. i. e. Select Never check for updates. i. Close the Security Center window. Click OK. h. g. A window opens. Select Off. A window opens. Close the control panel window. 26 Benchmarking System Configuration Click Turn firewall on or off . The Security Center window opens. Click Turn automatic updating on the left panel, then select Don't notify and don't display... AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 d.
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...ii. Press ESC to return to 800 MHz. Set Memclock Value to the Advanced menu. v. vii. 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide Windows® XP Professional Installation BIOS Configuration Note: These instructions apply only to the Advanced menu. iii. b. Select the...menu. Press ESC to return to the ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe and L1N64-SLI WS motherboards. Select the CPU Configuration menu. c. Benchmarking System Configuration 27 Select the IDE Configuration menu. b. Select the Chipset menu. iii. Set TRCD to 12 CLK. Set TRAS to...
...ii. Press ESC to return to 800 MHz. Set Memclock Value to the Advanced menu. v. vii. 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide Windows® XP Professional Installation BIOS Configuration Note: These instructions apply only to the Advanced menu. iii. b. Select the...menu. Press ESC to return to the ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe and L1N64-SLI WS motherboards. Select the CPU Configuration menu. c. Benchmarking System Configuration 27 Select the IDE Configuration menu. b. Select the Chipset menu. iii. Set TRCD to 12 CLK. Set TRAS to...
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... menu. Disable Serial Port1 Addr. ii. v. i. h. i. Press F10 to clear disk data. 28 Benchmarking System Configuration Press the F10 key to the Main menu. 6. i. Disable OnBoard VT6308 1394. Press Esc to return to enter the RAID Settings screen. 3. AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 d. e. iv. Press ESC to return...
... menu. Disable Serial Port1 Addr. ii. v. i. h. i. Press F10 to clear disk data. 28 Benchmarking System Configuration Press the F10 key to the Main menu. 6. i. Disable OnBoard VT6308 1394. Press Esc to return to enter the RAID Settings screen. 3. AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 d. e. iv. Press ESC to return...
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... Right-click on My Computer on the dialog box, and click OK. 31. Select Performance Options. 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide Operating System Configuration Install and configure the operating system as follows. Press F8 to a floppy disk. 2. Select CD-ROM... continue. 12. Type in . 24. The Help Protect MY PC screen opens. 25. Select Properties and click the Advanced tab. 34. Benchmarking System Configuration 29 Note: Use only Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional with Regional and Language Options. 18. Start the computer. 5. When...
... Right-click on My Computer on the dialog box, and click OK. 31. Select Performance Options. 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide Operating System Configuration Install and configure the operating system as follows. Press F8 to a floppy disk. 2. Select CD-ROM... continue. 12. Type in . 24. The Help Protect MY PC screen opens. 25. Select Properties and click the Advanced tab. 34. Benchmarking System Configuration 29 Note: Use only Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional with Regional and Language Options. 18. Start the computer. 5. When...