Fract Engine Benchmark

[maddness]

Fract is a free, open-source PC benchmark based on realtime software rendering. It is designed to provide 100% unbiased results that really correspond to the raw performance of your CPU and system bus; while the test mainly depends on the CPU, the speed of your system bus (or FSB, Front-Side Bus) is also important, since image data must be copied from the main memory to the video memory every frame.


make sure you Disable V-Sync

also keep the settings at default, rather than be tempted to change them


get it here

AMD AM2 X2 4600 2.4Ghz

36.32fps

would be nice for screenys but i know your all lazy lol

 

[maddness]

not bad, i expect it to be better for dualcore / multicore, due to the extra horsepower.

 

[maddness]

Many thanks will try it now lol..
Please don't laugh , but where does it store the image lol I did a print screen and now can't find it sorry...

lol print screen saves it memory (like when you copy and paste)

so its saved in memory now, open up microsoft paint and edit / paste it in there

host it with http://www.imageshack.us/

 

[maddness]

same system after a reinstall of xp,

 

[maddness]

I just ran this on my work machine which is a Dell Precision 490 - 2 processor dual-core XEON (8 threads) @3.2ghz and I get a horrendous figure of around 30FPS !

Would this be the RAM slowing it down (2 x 2GB DIMMS running at 533mhz) ??

i think memory will be holding you back but if you have 2 processors and 8 cores? i'd expect you to be around 100 or even more. What are your individual scores?

here is my 4 core results at a moderate clock

 

[maddness]

blah

it is more than what 2 cores are achieving. You cant expect the scores to excatly double a dual core due to system / utilisation overheads (dont forget its not 4 individual cores, its 2 dual cores using the same bus)

heres a run down of 1 ot 4 cores

One Core

Two Core

Three Core

Four Core

would be good to see the woodcrest results with quad channel memory,
i reckon it will help quite a lot

 

[maddness]

Just checked CPU utilisation via Task Manager when running this and all 8 cores are pretty much maxed out. Only using 2 cores or turning off multithread etc. doesn't make any difference.

I'm beginning to wonder if it is something to do with the RAM. They are 2GB DDR2 ECC modules running at 533mhz. I might try taking the 2nd one out and see if it speeds things up.

Shame it's a Dell though, so I can't really do any overclocking or tweaking

try these benchies:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17628286

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17629198

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