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... Evaluation Guide Revision History 8 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... 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
... Evaluation Guide Revision History 8 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... 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 ... 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 ... 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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HyperTransport™ Technology Block Diagram 16 Figure 3. Overall Performance, Windows Vista™, 64-Bit Applications . . . . . .41 Figure 6. CINEBENCH Performance 42 Figure 7. POV-Ray Performance 43 Figure 10. Cakewalk Sonar Performance 45 Figure 13. Crafty Performance 51 Figure 23. AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide List of Figures CINEBENCH Performance 46 Figure 14. High Performance Gaming...
HyperTransport™ Technology Block Diagram 16 Figure 3. Overall Performance, Windows Vista™, 64-Bit Applications . . . . . .41 Figure 6. CINEBENCH Performance 42 Figure 7. POV-Ray Performance 43 Figure 10. Cakewalk Sonar Performance 45 Figure 13. Crafty Performance 51 Figure 23. AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide List of Figures CINEBENCH Performance 46 Figure 14. High Performance Gaming...
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Table 5. Table 7. Table 4. Table 6. Table 3. 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. Table 2. 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 List of Tables 7
Table 5. Table 7. Table 4. Table 6. Table 3. 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. Table 2. 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 List of Tables 7
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... are registered trademarks of Ziff Davis Publishing Holdings Inc. Updated performance graphics in system configuration and tests. AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide Revision History 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 Date March 2007 February 2007 Revision Description ...64-bit applications, Windows Vista with 32-bit applications, and Windows® XP Professional with 32-bit applications. 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...
... are registered trademarks of Ziff Davis Publishing Holdings Inc. Updated performance graphics in system configuration and tests. AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide Revision History 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 Date March 2007 February 2007 Revision Description ...64-bit applications, Windows Vista with 32-bit applications, and Windows® XP Professional with 32-bit applications. 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...
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...AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 processor, the AMD Athlon 64 processor 5000+, and the AMD Athlon 64 processor X2 3800+, relative to Chapter 6. Removed individual data tables, increased graph size, and added data summary table to the Intel Pentium® D 950 processor and the Intel Pentium EE 955 processor... (replaces Quake 3) 3.71 3.70 3.61 Updated application information in Chapter 4. Corrected title for the AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-57 processor and the AMD Athlon 64 processor 4800+ relative to Chapter 2. Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, version 1.04 Updated the following benchmarks...
...AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 processor, the AMD Athlon 64 processor 5000+, and the AMD Athlon 64 processor X2 3800+, relative to Chapter 6. Removed individual data tables, increased graph size, and added data summary table to the Intel Pentium® D 950 processor and the Intel Pentium EE 955 processor... (replaces Quake 3) 3.71 3.70 3.61 Updated application information in Chapter 4. Corrected title for the AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-57 processor and the AMD Athlon 64 processor 4800+ relative to Chapter 2. Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, version 1.04 Updated the following benchmarks...
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... Intel Pentium® 4 550 processor, which operates at 3.4 GHz. 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 been combined with the AMD Athlon 64 FX-53 processor...
... Intel Pentium® 4 550 processor, which operates at 3.4 GHz. 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 been combined with the AMD Athlon 64 FX-53 processor...
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...to update configuration steps for To install the video clip to Figure 3 on page 51. 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide Date January 2004 January 2004 December 2003 December 2003 December 2003 December 2003 November 2003 November 2003 October 2003 ...September 2003 September 2003 Revision Description 3.32 Corrected instructions for 64-Bit installation and run. Corrected minor typos throughout. Updated to step 14. Updated benefits for DivX Encoder on page 61. ...
...to update configuration steps for To install the video clip to Figure 3 on page 51. 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide Date January 2004 January 2004 December 2003 December 2003 December 2003 December 2003 November 2003 November 2003 October 2003 ...September 2003 September 2003 Revision Description 3.32 Corrected instructions for 64-Bit installation and run. Corrected minor typos throughout. Updated to step 14. Updated benefits for DivX Encoder on page 61. ...
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... 12 Audience The guide provides information for those interested in evaluating the performance of these processors: • AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 dual-core processor • AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 dual-core processor • AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 dual-core processor • AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 dual-core processor This document may become obsolete or may be revised as new speed grades become...
... 12 Audience The guide provides information for those interested in evaluating the performance of these processors: • AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 dual-core processor • AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 dual-core processor • AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 dual-core processor • AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 dual-core processor This document may become obsolete or may be revised as new speed grades become...
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...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 Memory is marked/marketed on current x86 systems. -.... A physical address space that provide full, transparent, and simultaneous 32-bit and 64-bit platform application multitasking. - AMD 64-bit processors include the following architectural improvements specifically designed to perform optimal benchmarking. Support for applications and...
...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 Memory is marked/marketed on current x86 systems. -.... A physical address space that provide full, transparent, and simultaneous 32-bit and 64-bit platform application multitasking. - AMD 64-bit processors include the following architectural improvements specifically designed to perform optimal benchmarking. Support for applications and...
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....0% • An advanced HyperTransport™ technology link (see Table 2). Larger translation look-aside buffers (TLB) with four times the number of Memory Latency 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% 100.0% Overall 102.4% 100.0% Memory latency is...
....0% • An advanced HyperTransport™ technology link (see Table 2). Larger translation look-aside buffers (TLB) with four times the number of Memory Latency 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% 100.0% Overall 102.4% 100.0% Memory latency is...
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... Professional (SSE and 3DNow! Direct access to N devices supported in the terabyte space. - A 64-bit address and data set enables processing in chain AMD64 Processor DDR2 Memory 12.8 GB/Sec Device 0 HyperTransport™ Tunnel Device 1 AGP/PCIe™ Graphics ...IEEE 1394 EIDE Ethernet SMBus HyperTransport I/O Hub Device N AC-97 USB LPC PCI 3.0/PCI-X® 2.0 Bus Slot Slot Slot Figure 2. AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 HyperTransport™ I/O links • High-bandwidth serial interconnect • Extensive data protection/...
... Professional (SSE and 3DNow! Direct access to N devices supported in the terabyte space. - A 64-bit address and data set enables processing in chain AMD64 Processor DDR2 Memory 12.8 GB/Sec Device 0 HyperTransport™ Tunnel Device 1 AGP/PCIe™ Graphics ...IEEE 1394 EIDE Ethernet SMBus HyperTransport I/O Hub Device N AC-97 USB LPC PCI 3.0/PCI-X® 2.0 Bus Slot Slot Slot Figure 2. AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 HyperTransport™ I/O links • High-bandwidth serial interconnect • Extensive data protection/...
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... Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture The platform enhances the personal computing experience by exploiting the full potential of AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-70, FX-72, and FX-74 dual-core processors. Currently-shipping motherboards include the following features. • Twelve SATA RAID interfaces • Two Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) interfaces • Ten...
... Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture The platform enhances the personal computing experience by exploiting the full potential of AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-70, FX-72, and FX-74 dual-core processors. Currently-shipping motherboards include the following features. • Twelve SATA RAID interfaces • Two Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) interfaces • Ten...
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...run multiple tasks very efficiently. • Systems based on AMD Athlon 64 processors can take advantage of unique architectural features to generate the performance scores shown in mind. • AMD Athlon™ 64 processors can significantly enhance the three-dimensional display capabilities of applications.... Computer GmbH, CINEBENCH 9.5 - High-level, computation-intensive chess - AMD recommends these benchmarks for media creation and playback. • The high performance of AMD Athlon 64 processors can run . The descriptions that follow indicate which versions are chosen ...
...run multiple tasks very efficiently. • Systems based on AMD Athlon 64 processors can take advantage of unique architectural features to generate the performance scores shown in mind. • AMD Athlon™ 64 processors can significantly enhance the three-dimensional display capabilities of applications.... Computer GmbH, CINEBENCH 9.5 - High-level, computation-intensive chess - AMD recommends these benchmarks for media creation and playback. • The high performance of AMD Athlon 64 processors can run . The descriptions that follow indicate which versions are chosen ...
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... • Sony Corporation of Villains, Version 10.2 and Microsoft, Inc., Windows Media Encoder, Version 9.00.00.2980) - 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...; and a 32-bit application running under Windows® XP Professional • Twelve Tone Systems, Inc., Cakewalk Sonar, Version 5 - AMD uses the term "processor" to a computer system that contains one or more than one core, either in a single device or in multiple devices. Windows Media...
... • Sony Corporation of Villains, Version 10.2 and Microsoft, Inc., Windows Media Encoder, Version 9.00.00.2980) - 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...; and a 32-bit application running under Windows® XP Professional • Twelve Tone Systems, Inc., Cakewalk Sonar, Version 5 - AMD uses the term "processor" to a computer system that contains one or more than one core, either in a single device or in multiple devices. Windows Media...
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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 (... 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 (... 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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... benchmarking and provides setup procedures for the AMD Athlon™ 64 processors in the following tables are most likely to demonstrate optimal system performance. Table 5. AMD Athlon™ 64 Single Socket Dual-Core Processor System Component Manufacturer Processor AMD Operating System Microsoft® Motherboard ASUS BIOS ASUS Model AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor Windows® XP Professional Windows Vista™...
... benchmarking and provides setup procedures for the AMD Athlon™ 64 processors in the following tables are most likely to demonstrate optimal system performance. Table 5. AMD Athlon™ 64 Single Socket Dual-Core Processor System Component Manufacturer Processor AMD Operating System Microsoft® Motherboard ASUS BIOS ASUS Model AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor Windows® XP Professional Windows Vista™...
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... System Motherboard BIOS Hard Drive (2) RAM (4) Video Card (2) Table 6. 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 Windows® XP Professional Windows Vista™ LIN64-SLI WS Crashfree BIOS 3 Description...
... System Motherboard BIOS Hard Drive (2) RAM (4) Video Card (2) Table 6. 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 Windows® XP Professional Windows Vista™ LIN64-SLI WS Crashfree BIOS 3 Description...
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30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 4. Enable SATA 1 through SATA 6. Press ESC to return to Disabled. Select the Advanced menu. Disable Secure Virtual Machine. i. iv. v. vii. Set Node ...
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.... At the prompt, type "Y" to enter the RAID Settings screen. 3. Create two new NTFS partitions of the screen, then selecting Close sidebar. 6. a. A pop-up opens. v. AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 h. Press OK. Press the F7 key. 8. Operating System Configuration 1. Click User Accounts, then click Turn User Account...
.... At the prompt, type "Y" to enter the RAID Settings screen. 3. Create two new NTFS partitions of the screen, then selecting Close sidebar. 6. a. A pop-up opens. v. AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 h. Press OK. Press the F7 key. 8. Operating System Configuration 1. Click User Accounts, then click Turn User Account...