Whats your price/performance ratio?

Defcon5 · 9 May 2007 at 19:43

Thought this might be an interesting comparison between peoples rigs.

Run a copy of 3Dmark05

Divide your score by the amount it cost you (not the original buyer or current price) to buy your CPU, Ram and GFX card

Et voila! You have your figure, higher is better in the bang for buck stakes. And it may be the only time you get to see a Sempron pwn a QX6800

So my rig gets 9954 in '05

CPU - X2 3800 - 100 (2nd hand)
RAM - Corsair 3500LL pro - 105 (2nd hand)
Gfx - OcUK 7900GS - 117 (new)

So my score is 9954/325 = 30.9!

Jaffa_Cake · 9 May 2007 at 20:08

We counting overclocked benchmarks here?

Defcon5 · 9 May 2007 at 20:14

Jaffa_Cake said:
We counting overclocked benchmarks here?

Are there any other?

Mansize_tissue · 9 May 2007 at 21:25

So, is the standard going to be 3DMark05?

Defcon5 · 9 May 2007 at 21:58

Yeah, A) because its the only one i currently have downloaded and B) because 06 is multi threaded and no games currently are, with a few exceptions

Sparky · 10 May 2007 at 23:26

Hmm

SD 4000 £35 [2nd hand]
7600GT £50 [2nd hand]
Generic RAM £20[2nd hand]

3D05 6581/105
62.67

MeatLoaf · 10 May 2007 at 23:40

Hmm ok then :

E4300 - 77.54
2x 7300GT DDR3 with Zalmans - 51.96 the pair
Corsair XMS2 1Gb kit - 30.54

8260/159.76 = £51.70

Defcon5 · 10 May 2007 at 23:45

Im getting raped in my own thread! You all wait til my 17 quid 3400+ gets here!

MeatLoaf · 10 May 2007 at 23:51

LOL, id do my mates system that i upgraded for them yesterday but i only benched 06 lol

3700+ SD 939 - £23
7300GT DDR with Zalman - yes ive been recommending these left right and centre lol - £25
512Mb PC3200 - £20

It got 2221 in 06 - the single core CPU let it down

branddaly · 11 May 2007 at 00:11

Nobody seems to have any power, harddrives or MB's linking their kit together. How do you run benchies like that? Surely if you are doing Performance/price comparisions you've got take a holistic approach and include the bits that are neccassary/impact upon the bench marks?

I'll run mine shortly.

Sparky · 11 May 2007 at 00:17

branddaly said:
Nobody seems to have any power, harddrives or MB's linking their kit together. How do you run benchies like that? Surely if you are doing Performance/price comparisions you've got take a holistic approach and include the bits that are neccassary/impact upon the bench marks?

I'll run mine shortly.

Its just a simple exercise! Shall we include costs of electricity,broadband etc too?

branddaly · 11 May 2007 at 00:30

CS||nuTs said:
Its just a simple exercise! Shall we include costs of electricity,broadband etc too?

why? Would different electricity have an affect on the benchmark?

branddaly · 11 May 2007 at 00:32

Bits;

4300 - 66
1950 Pro - 90
Geil 2Gb PC6400 - 57

tot - 213

3dmark 05 - 10336

Score 48.5

dagwoood · 11 May 2007 at 02:04

I bet I get the least bang for buck

CPU = 200
GFX = 96
RAM = 125

Total= 421

'05 Score = 8539

Price/Performance = 20.28 :eek:

In my defense, I bought my CPU at the turn of the year when C2D's were at there highest prices; ditto the RAM. I'm also loosing some bandwidth as my board only has a PCI-E x4 slot.

That's my excuse anyway

man_from_uncle · 11 May 2007 at 08:08

branddaly said:
why? Would different electricity have an affect on the benchmark?

Haha.

phatboy · 11 May 2007 at 08:41

My main machine:

A64 3200+ £35 (New)
1GB GEIL VALUE £70 (Used....2 yrs ago lol)
7600 GS Premium with Zalman £45 (New)

Cost = £150

3dmark '05 = 6167

Price / Performance = 41.11

Gonna have to run '05 on the black beast later on and find out what that gets

1700+ Athlon XP - Free
Radeon 9800 XT - £20
1GB 2700 DDR Generic Ram - Free

Havana_UK · 11 May 2007 at 12:02

Athlon64 X2 4400+ £330 (new)
2Gb Corsair XMS £150 (new)
7800GTX SLi £640 (new)

Total = £1120 (18 months ago mind you)

3DMark05 = 13120

Price / Performance = 11.71 (ouch!)

I'm sure it would work out a million times better if I used today's prices!

Hav

krooton · 11 May 2007 at 13:29

A64 4000+ SD @ 3Ghz (£100)
X1800 XT 256MB (£120)
1GB OCZ Premium PC3200 (£125)

8469/345= 24.54

DampCat · 11 May 2007 at 13:34

branddaly said:
why? Would different electricity have an affect on the benchmark?

no, but it would affect the final figure wouldn't it. Your score would be lower if you used more electricity. I guess you missed his point.

Bones · 11 May 2007 at 13:50

x2 3800 @ 2.4 = £210
8800 GTS 320mb = £190
2gb Mushkin = £130
total = £530

3dmark05 score = 12634

bang per buck score = 23.84bpb