Comparison
systems
|
| Motherboard |
Gigabyte
GA-X58-USB3 (£136.50*) |
ASUS
P6X58D-E
(£149.42*) |
| Motherboard BIOS |
F2a
|
0303
|
| Processor |
Intel
Core i7 970 (3.20GHz, 12MB L3 cache, six-core) |
Intel
Core i7 970
(3.20GHz, 12MB L3 cache, six-core) |
| Memory |
Corsair
6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 |
Corsair
6GB (3 x 2GB)
DDR3 |
| Memory timings |
10-9-9-24-1T
@ 1,600MHz (XMP) |
9-9-9-24-1T
@ 1,600MHz |
| Graphics |
ATI
Radeon HD 5850 |
ATI
Radeon HD 5850 |
| Graphics driver |
Catalyst
10.6 |
Catalyst
10.6 |
| Chipset driver |
Intel
Inf 9.1.1.1025 and RST 9.6 |
Intel
Inf 9.1.1.1025
and
RST 9.6 |
| Disk drive |
Corsair
V128 SSD |
Corsair
V128 SSD |
| Optical drive |
Generic
24x DVD-RW |
Generic
24x DVD-RW |
| Chassis |
Corsair
Obsidian Series 700D |
Corsair
Obsidian Series
700D |
| Power supply |
Corsair
HX1000W |
Corsair
HX1000W |
| Operating system |
Windows
7 Ultimate 64-bit |
Windows
7 Ultimate 64-bit |
CPU and memory benchmarks
|
HEXUS.PiFast
|
Our
number-crunching benchmark stresses a single core by calculating Pi to
10m places. |
| wPrime 2.0.3 |
Another
number-crunching benchmark that stresses all available CPU
cores/threads. |
| CINEBENCH
11.5 |
Using
Cinebench's multi-CPU render, this cross-platform benchmark stresses as
many cores as possible. |
| GeekBench
2.1.6 |
A
cross-platform benchmark used to measure memory and processor
performance. |
GPU benchmarks
|
| Aliens vs. Predator |
DX11,
1,680x1,050, 2xAA, 8xAF, very high quality |
| Call of Duty: Modern
Warfare 2 |
DX9,
1,680x1,050, 4xAA, ultra quality, FRAPS-recorded benchmark. |
General benchmarks
|
| Storage performance |
USB
2.0/3.0 read speed, SSD average
read speed |
| Power consumption |
To
provide best- and worst-case scenarios, we record mains power draw when
idle and whilst running wPrime |
| *price
correct at the time of writing, September 24, 2010 |
