New machine! What should I test on it?

drakioned · 7 May 2011 at 18:13

Hi,

So, finally put together my new box.

- 23" LG W2363D-PF 3D Ready Monitor
- MSI P67A-GD65 (B3) iP67 Socket 1155
- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 480 SUPER OC 1536MB GDDR5 SLI
- Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor
- Coolermaster Silent Pro Gold 1200W Power Supply
- Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
- Coolermaster HAF 912 Plus Case
- Keysonic KSK-8001UEL Black Full-Size USB Keyboard
- Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 Pro Extreme Performance CPU Cooler
- Nvidia GeForce 3D Vision Kit
- 1st gen Samsung SSD + 1TB WD Cavier Green 5400rpm drive

What should I try on it? I haven't had a performance PC for a couple of years, so the last time I tried anything like benchmarking, everyone was still using 3DMark06. What do people use for check everything works now? I heard a OCCT and a Heaven mentioned in the video card forums?

KiiYzOo · 7 May 2011 at 18:15

3dmark11 & vantage

randal · 7 May 2011 at 18:17

Nice spec. I'd recommend Commander Keen and maybe Rise of the Triad to really stretch it.

drakioned · 7 May 2011 at 18:48

Commander Keen? woah, that's a bit too modern, I was trying like Jumpman!

Cliste · 7 May 2011 at 18:50

I think you should test your camera on it and see how well it looks in pics.

stulid · 7 May 2011 at 18:56

You could run the Quake benchmark, see if you break 1000fps.

Cookeh · 7 May 2011 at 19:16

stulid said:
You could run the Quake benchmark, see if you break 1000fps.

I ran Quake II.

Seems to be capped at 500fps :confused:

Nowai can I get more fps in CS:S than I can in Quake II

OP, run HL - should stress it to the max!

KiiYzOo · 7 May 2011 at 19:35

Have you tested it on minesweeper?

Predicament · 7 May 2011 at 20:18

Tetris might be difficult to run on max graphics.

Gtiracer · 7 May 2011 at 20:41

Yep, go for it in the Heaven 2.5 benchmark thread and test that rig.

Get your name put on a chart and everything

Bayk · 7 May 2011 at 20:48

if i was you id test my graphics with

OCCT, Heaven Benchmark and Maybe Furmark

as people inlcluding myself are having problems with the GTX 480 SoC

Predicament · 7 May 2011 at 20:55

Run Crysis I or Crysis II if you want to really stress your new GPU in a realistic environment

Reaper 392 · 7 May 2011 at 21:02

Predicament said:
Run Crysis I or Crysis II if you want to really stress your new GPU in a realistic environment

run crysis 1 with some 'more realistic' mods on it, like rygal's texture pack (spelling?)

also, metro 2033 is a good one

whipgeez · 7 May 2011 at 21:03

i'd test that gpu for stability first, occt finds errors quickly

FishPolice · 7 May 2011 at 21:29

Which version of OCCT is best right now? I'm using version 4.something.

Operation · 7 May 2011 at 21:51

Intel burn test.

Cr416 · 7 May 2011 at 21:55

Folding @ Home

dhruva55 · 7 May 2011 at 21:56

any dx11 game

drakioned · 7 May 2011 at 23:31

Okay, so, 3D Mark 2011 registers a score of P7215... which, looking at the chart, is on the low side.

The breakdown is:
P9263 for graphics (against a target score of P9900)
P4176 for physics (against a target score of P6700) - seems the bigger problem
P4608 for combined (against a target score of P6400) - due to the physics?

OCCT throws up a few hundred errors in a 10 minute test? Does this mean I should consider RMAing?

3D Mark pushes the card to about 80C, whereas OCCT pushes it to over 90C.

Cr416 · 7 May 2011 at 23:50

What are your current clock settings?