Unigine Valley V1.0 Benchmark Last Change: 03/Aug/2019, 2010hrs. Whoami: Ian Mapleson http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/sgi.html http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/sgidepot/ Here I present collated results for a range of different systems for the Unigine Valley benchmark. See after the tables for extended system details. All tests done with Win7 64bit Pro or Ultimate. Key (all GPU clocks are given as 'Core/Shader/RAM'; a single number refers to just the core clock): Qu/FX = Quadro FX card 8800GTX/P = PNY 8800 GTX 768MB, stock @ 576/1350/900. 8800GTX/N = NVIDIA 8800 GTX 768MB, stock @ 576/1350/900 (looks like it's probably a Dell OEM). 8800GT/G = Gigbyte 8800GT 512MB Zalman (Turboforce Edition), stock @ 700/1700/1900. oc'd to 775/1850/1900 on my i7 860. 8800GT/A = ASUS 8800GT 512MB Glaciator, stock @ 602/1512/1800, oc'd to 685/1725/1900 on my i7s, oc'd to 650/1608/1900 on the Athlon64 X2 6000+ 3.225GHz PC (ASUS M2N32 WS Pro, 4GB DDR2/800 RAM). 5850/S = Sapphire 5850 Xtreme 1GB, default 725/1000 core/RAM. 7970/S = Sapphire Vapor-X 7970 3GB, stock @ 1050/1500 RAM (effective RAM = 6GHz) 7970/M = MSI 7970 Lightning 3GB, stock @ 1150/1500 RAM (forced to run at 1050/1500 when in CF to show proper scaling) 4870/A = ASUS 4870 1GB, default 750/900 core/RAM. 4870/P = Powercolor 4870 1GB, default 770/900 core/RAM, but forced to 750 core when running in CF. 4870/S = Sapphire 4870 512MB, default 750/900 core/RAM. 4870/H = HIS 4870 512MB, default 750/900 core/RAM. RX 580 = PowerColor Red Devil RX 580 8GB, default 1190/2000 core/RAM. GTX 460 = Original 460 with a 256bit memory interface. GTX 460 V2 = Later 460 with a 192bit memory interface (ironically, these overclock much better). GTX 460/E = EVGA GTX 460 (850MHz core = SSC FTW edition with 1700/1000 shader/RAM). GTX 460/P = Palit GTX 460 (800MHz core = Sonic Platinum edition with 1600/1000 shader/RAM). GTX 460/E V2 = EVGA GTX 460 V2, stock @ 867/1735/1012 GTX 260C216 = EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 896MB, stock @ 626/1350/1053. GTX 280/Z = Zotac GTX 280 1GB, stock @ 700/1400/1150. GTX 285/E = EVGA GTX 285 2GB, stock @ 648/1476/1161. GTX 580/Z = Zotac GTX 580 1.5GB, stock @ 772/1544/1002. GTX 580/E = EVGA GTX 580 1.5GB , stock @ 797/1594/1013. GTX 580/MLX = MSI GTX 580 3GB Lightning Xtreme, stock @ 832/1664/1050. GTX 650 Ti = Palit GTX 650 Ti 2GB, stock @ 941/1350 core/RAM. GTX 750 Ti = EVGA GTX 750 Ti 2GB, stock @ 1176/1255/1350 core/boost/RAM. GTX 780 Ti = EVGA GTX 780 Ti 3GB (Reference cooler), stock @ 980/1046/1750 core/boost/RAM. GTX 980 = EVGA GTX 980 SC 4GB ACX 2.0, stock @ 1266/1367/1753 core/boost/RAM. GTX 980 Ti = EVGA GTX 980 Ti FTW 4GB ACX 2.0, stock @ 1190/1291/1753 core/boost/RAM. GTX 1050 Ti = Gigabyte GTX 1050 Ti 4GB, stock @ 1329/1443/1752 core/boost/RAM. GTX 1060 = Gigabyte GTX 1060 6GB WindForce, stock @ 1557/1772/2002 core/boost/RAM, 451.67 drivers. GTX 1080 Ti = Palit GameRock GTX 1080 Ti 11GB, stock @ 1595/1709/1376 core/boost/RAM (GPU stabilises under load at around 1974MHz). Quadro K5000 = PNY Quadro K5000 4GB, stock @ 706/1350 core/RAM (effective RAM = 5400MHz) Remember that the effective data rates of newer GPUs are much higher as they use newer RAM. For NVIDIA cards, the SLI mode is always, "NVIDIA Recommended" unless otherwise stated. Results are shown in order of the AVG performance. If there's a tie, then the order is by minimum, maximum and lastly overall score. I do it this way because sometimes when scores are very close, the Overall Score numbers don't correlate correctly, so I order by the fps data instead. *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** ********************************************************* LOW RES RESULTS ********************************************************************************************************************************************* VALLEY DX9: 1280x1024, 4x AA, 8X AF, Quality: Medium, NCP/CCC: Max Performance (uses 497MB VRAM): Total GPU GPU Cores / Clock VRAM Core RAM CF/ Overall Min Avg Max CPU Threads Speed HT GPU(s) MB MHz MHz SLI Score FPS FPS FPS Manufac. Motherboard Drivers Notes i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 980 Ti 6144 1190 1753 NO 6982 46.0 166.9 259.5 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 364.72 i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 NO 6681 45.7 159.7 255.3 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 344.65 i7 3930K 6 / 12 4700 ON GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 NO 6672 42.9 159.5 258.4 ASUS P9X79 Deluxe Ryzen5 3600 6 / 12 4000 ON GTX 1060 6144 1557 2002 NO 6508 38.7 155.5 279.4 Asrock B450M Pro4 451.67 RAM @ 3200MHz CL16 XMP. i7 3930K 6 / 12 4800 ON 2x GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 YES 6401 37.5 153.0 238.8 ASUS Rampage IV Extreme Driver issue? i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 780 Ti 3072 980 1750 NO 6261 46.2 149.6 248.8 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 372.54 i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 1080 Ti 11264 1595 1376 NO 6200 44.6 148.2 214.1 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 441.70 What the heck?? Why so slow? i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 2x GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 YES 6077 39.2 145.3 212.1 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 344.65 Driver issue? i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 2x GTX 580/MLX 3072 832 1050 YES 5929 40.0 141.7 226.5 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 3x GTX 580/MLX 3072 832 1050 YES 5677 30.2 135.7 200.2 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 2x GTX 1080 Ti 11264 1595 1376 YES 5244 36.6 125.3 177.6 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 411.70 Driver issue? i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 3x GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 YES 5225 28.6 124.9 187.0 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 344.65 i5 760 4 / 4 4209 - GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 NO 5163 30.4 123.4 191.3 Asrock P55 Extreme i5 760 4 / 4 4209 - 2x GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 YES 4761 32.4 113.8 180.0 Asrock P55 Extreme i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 7970/S 3072 1050 1500 NO 4529 46.4 108.3 208.4 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme i5 760 4 / 4 4209 - 7970/S 3072 1050 1500 NO 4264 36.5 101.9 174.0 Asrock P55 Extreme i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 1050 Ti 4096 1329 1752 NO 4256 41.3 101.7 196.9 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 384.76 i7 870 4 / 8 4308 ON 3x GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 YES 4190 25.9 100.1 152.0 ASUS P7P55 WS Supercomputer i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 580/MLX 3072 832 1050 NO 3506 39.5 83.8 150.6 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme i5 760 4 / 4 2805 - 7970/S 3072 1050 1500 NO 3353 21.8 80.1 123.5 Asrock P55 Extreme XEON E5 2420 v2 6 / 12 2500 ON GTX 780 Ti 3072 980 1750 NO 3338 19.7 79.8 136.1 Huananzhi X9D 391.35 16GB DDR3/1600 CL11 Pentium G3258 HW 2 / 2 3200 - GTX 580/MLX 3072 832 1050 NO 3326 31.1 79.5 141.6 ASUS Maximus VII Ranger i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 580/Z 1536 772 1002 NO 3297 38.5 78.8 141.0 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme i3 550 2 / 4 4704 ON GTX 580/MLX 3072 832 1050 NO 3272 33.3 78.2 133.5 Asrock P55 Deluxe i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 3x GTX 280/Z 1024 700 1150 YES 3177 12.6 75.9 103.1 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 314.22 i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON Quadro K5000 4096 706 1350 NO 3077 37.8 73.5 139.7 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 2x 7970/S/M 3072 1050 1500 YES 2984 36.7 71.3 108.3 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 14.4 DX9/CF broken! Core2Quad Q9550 4 / 4 2830 - RX 580 8192 1190 2000 NO 2914 21.4 69.6 105.6 ASUS P5Q3 19.7.1 Stock config, C-States active, CPU runs at 2GHz when idle. i5 760 4 / 4 4209 - 2x 7970/S/M 3072 1050 1500 YES 2770 29.7 66.2 101.1 Asrock P55 Extreme 14.4 DX9/CF broken! i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 2x GTX 280/Z 1024 700 1150 YES 2754 19.3 65.8 126.3 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 314.22 i5 760 4 / 4 2805 - 2x 7970/S/M 3072 1050 1500 YES 2628 24.1 62.8 99.8 Asrock P55 Extreme 14.4 DX9/CF broken! Pentium G3258 HW 2 / 2 3200 - GTX 750 Ti 2048 1176 1350 NO 2453 27.3 58.6 113.3 ASUS Z97I-Plus 344.75 Athlon II X2 250 2 / 2 4110 - 5850/S 1024 725 1000 NO 2135 22.4 51.0 91.7 Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Pentium G3258 HW 2 / 2 3200 - GTX 460/E 1024 850 1000 NO 2108 27.1 50.4 93.2 ASUS Maximus VII Ranger 341.44 i7 4820K 4 / 8 3900 ON GTX 460/E 1024 850 1000 NO 2093 27.8 50.1 89.5 Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3 Core2Duo E8400 2 / 2 3000 - GTX 460/E 1024 850 1000 NO 2006 20.8 47.9 92.3 ASUS P5Q Deluxe 347.52 Athlon II X2 250 2 / 2 3014 - 5850/S 1024 725 1000 NO 1976 17.3 47.2 74.2 Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 i5 2500K 4 / 4 4700 - GTX 650 Ti 2048 941 1350 NO 1884 25.5 45.0 83.5 EVGA Z68 FTW 350.12 Athlon II X2 250 2 / 2 4110 - 2x 5850/S 1024 725 1000 YES 1864 21.1 44.6 75.9 Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Athlon II X2 250 2 / 2 3014 - 2x 5850/S 1024 725 1000 YES 1738 16.3 41.5 63.0 Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 280/Z 1024 700 1150 NO 1540 21.6 36.8 64.9 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 314.22 i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 285/E 2048 648 1161 NO 1530 21.4 36.6 64.9 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 314.22 2133MHz RAM i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 4870/A 1024 750 900 NO 1332 17.8 31.8 56.8 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 13.9 i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX260C216 896 626 1053 NO 1316 18.2 31.5 55.5 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 314.22 Athlon II X2 250 2 / 2 4110 - 4870/A 1024 750 900 NO 1312 17.4 31.3 60.2 Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Core2Quad Q6600 4 / 4 2400 - 4870/S 512 750 900 NO 1246 15.0 29.8 56.8 Asrock P45XE i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 2x 4870/A/P 1024 750 900 YES 1153 18.1 27.6 46.2 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 13.9 DX9/CF broken! Athlon II X2 250 2 / 2 4110 - 2x 4870/A+P 1024 750 900 YES 1146 16.1 27.4 50.1 Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 DX9/CF broken! Core2Quad Q6600 4 / 4 2400 - 2x 4870/S/H 512 750 900 YES 1058 13.8 25.3 45.2 Asrock P45XE DX9/CF broken! i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 8800GTX/P 768 576 900 NO 910 12.5 21.8 35.8 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 341.44 Pentium 4 with HT 1 / 2 3400 ON GTX 460/E 1024 850 1000 NO 783 5.5 17.5 28.2 ASUS Striker II Extreme Pentium 4 with HT 1 / 2 3400 ON 2x GTX 460/E 1024 850 1000 YES ASUS Striker II Extreme i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 2x GTX 280/Z 1024 700 1150 YES ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 314.22 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VALLEY DX11: 1280x1024, 4x AA, 8X AF, Quality: High, NCP/CCC: Max Performance (uses 727MB VRAM): Total GPU GPU Cores / Clock VRAM Core RAM CF/ Overall Min Avg Max CPU Threads Speed HT GPU(s) MB MHz MHz SLI Score FPS FPS FPS Manufac. Motherboard Drivers Notes i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 980 Ti 6144 1190 1753 NO 7212 50.4 172.4 272.1 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 364.72 i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 1080 Ti 11264 1595 1376 NO 6879 48.5 164.4 237.5 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 441.70 i7 3930K 6 / 12 4800 ON 2x GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 YES 6835 45.7 163.4 251.6 ASUS Rampage IV Extreme Driver issue? i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 NO 6821 49.7 163.0 266.9 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 344.65 This result is weirdly fast. Retest? i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 2x GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 YES 6703 46.3 160.2 229.8 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 344.65 Driver issue? i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 2x 7970/S/M 3072 1050 1500 YES 6684 47.6 159.8 243.9 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 3x GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 YES 6135 43.8 146.6 212.2 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 344.65 i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 3x GTX 580/MLX 3072 832 1050 YES 6045 41.5 144.5 206.6 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 780 Ti 3072 980 1750 NO 5875 50.0 140.4 255.1 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 372.54 i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 2x GTX 1080 Ti 11264 1595 1376 YES 5872 44.3 140.4 197.1 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 411.70 Driver issue? i7 3930K 6 / 12 4700 ON GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 NO 5850 46.2 139.8 251.2 ASUS P9X79 Deluxe Ryzen5 3600 6 / 12 4000 ON GTX 1060 6144 1557 2002 NO 5718 30.0 136.7 268.0 Asrock B450M Pro4 451.67 RAM @ 3200MHz CL16 XMP. i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 2x GTX 580/MLX 3072 832 1050 YES 5328 46.1 127.4 219.8 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme i5 760 4 / 4 4209 - GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 NO 5204 38.2 124.4 200.9 Asrock P55 Extreme i5 760 4 / 4 4209 - 2x GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 YES 5127 35.5 122.5 189.6 Asrock P55 Extreme i5 760 4 / 4 4209 - 2x 7970/S/M 3072 1050 1500 YES 5023 35.5 120.0 186.8 Asrock P55 Extreme i7 870 4 / 8 4308 ON 3x GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 YES 4794 26.2 114.6 171.6 ASUS P7P55 WS Supercomputer XEON E5 2420 v2 6 / 12 2500 ON GTX 780 Ti 3072 980 1750 NO 3908 18.1 93.4 152.2 Huananzhi X9D 391.35 16GB DDR3/1600 CL11 i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 7970/S 3072 1050 1500 NO 3794 43.9 90.7 165.4 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme i5 760 4 / 4 4209 - 7970/S 3072 1050 1500 NO 3647 35.5 87.2 164.4 Asrock P55 Extreme i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 1050 Ti 4096 1329 1752 NO 3567 39.2 85.3 151.9 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 384.76 i5 760 4 / 4 2805 - 2x 7970/S/M 3072 1050 1500 YES 3447 24.3 82.4 131.6 Asrock P55 Extreme i5 760 4 / 4 2805 - 7970/S 3072 1050 1500 NO 3165 17.3 75.7 127.4 Asrock P55 Extreme Core2Quad Q9550 4 / 4 2830 - RX 580 8192 1190 2000 NO ASUS P5Q3 19.7.1 Stock config, C-States active, CPU runs at 2GHz when idle. i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 580/MLX 3072 832 1050 NO 2951 39.9 70.5 122.6 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme Pentium G3258 HW 2 / 2 3200 - GTX 580/MLX 3072 832 1050 NO 2896 32.2 69.2 126.3 ASUS Maximus VII Ranger i3 550 2 / 4 4704 ON GTX 580/MLX 3072 832 1050 NO 2857 35.4 68.3 125.3 Asrock P55 Deluxe i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 580/Z 1536 772 1002 NO 2774 35.7 66.3 116.7 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON Quadro K5000 4096 706 1350 NO 2702 37.1 64.6 112.5 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme Pentium G3258 HW 2 / 2 3200 - GTX 750 Ti 2048 1176 1350 NO 2570 29.5 61.4 107.2 ASUS Z97I-Plus 344.75 Athlon II X2 250 2 / 2 4110 - 2x 5850/S 1024 725 1000 YES 2537 21.7 60.6 105.0 Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Athlon II X2 250 2 / 2 3014 - 2x 5850/S 1024 725 1000 YES 2075 16.6 49.6 83.2 Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 i7 4820K 4 / 8 3900 ON GTX 460/E 1024 850 1000 NO 1983 28.3 47.4 83.5 Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3 Pentium G3258 HW 2 / 2 3200 - GTX 460/E 1024 850 1000 NO 1967 23.5 47.0 82.4 ASUS Maximus VII Ranger 341.44 Core2Duo E8400 2 / 2 3000 - GTX 460/E 1024 850 1000 NO 1924 21.9 46.0 84.8 ASUS P5Q Deluxe 347.52 i5 2500K 4 / 4 4700 - GTX 650 Ti 2048 941 1350 NO 1719 25.5 41.1 71.6 EVGA Z68 FTW 350.12 Athlon II X2 250 2 / 2 4110 - 5850/S 1024 725 1000 NO 1615 18.7 38.6 71.4 Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Athlon II X2 250 2 / 2 3014 - 5850/S 1024 725 1000 NO 1550 16.6 37.1 72.3 Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Pentium 4 with HT 1 / 2 3400 ON 2x GTX 460/E 1024 850 1000 YES ASUS Striker II Extreme Pentium 4 with HT 1 / 2 3400 ON GTX 460/E 1024 850 1000 NO 682 6.8 16.3 28.4 ASUS Striker II Extreme Something odd is happening with Valley at this low resolution, in that having a strong CPU does seem to affect performance in a way which is not the case for the Heaven benchmark, eg. examine the GTX 980 results for the 4.2GHz i5 760, see how they compare for DX9 vs. DX11 (neither scales properly), compare this to Heaven where there is no scaling for DX9, but about 10% scaling for DX11. Is this because Valley needs more CPU power? The 3930K 980 SLI results suggests not, so what is going on with the DX9 test I have no idea, it's well messed up. But then, some of the DX11 results don't look right either, eg. 5GHz 2700K with 1x vs. 2x 980. *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** ******************************************************** HIGH RES RESULTS ************************************************************************************************************************************* VALLEY DX9: 1920x1080, 8x AA, 16x AF, Quality: High, NCP/CCC: Quality (uses 830MB VRAM): Total GPU GPU Cores / Clock VRAM Core RAM CF/ Overall Min Avg Max CPU Threads Speed HT GPU(s) MB MHz MHz SLI Score FPS FPS FPS Manufac. Motherboard Drivers Notes i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 1080 Ti 11264 1595 1376 NO 5891 42.1 140.8 208.7 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 441.70 i7 3930K 6 / 12 4800 ON 2x GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 YES 5550 37.8 132.6 217.6 ASUS Rampage IV Extreme i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 2x GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 YES 5477 36.3 130.9 206.4 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 344.65 i7 3930K 6 / 12 4800 ON 3x GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 YES 5461 30.2 130.5 200.3 ASUS Rampage IV Extreme i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 2x GTX 1080 Ti 11264 1595 1376 YES 4970 34.8 118.8 167.8 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 411.70 Driver issue? i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 3x GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 YES 4942 26.9 118.1 178.6 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 344.65 i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 980 Ti 6144 1190 1753 NO 4558 44.3 108.9 233.6 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 364.72 i5 760 4 / 4 4209 - 2x GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 YES 4384 29.7 104.8 153.2 Asrock P55 Extreme i7 870 4 / 8 4308 ON 3x GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 YES 3994 22.0 95.5 147.1 ASUS P7P55 WS Supercomputer i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 3x GTX 580/MLX 3072 832 1050 YES 3853 29.0 92.1 189.8 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme i7 3930K 6 / 12 4700 ON GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 NO 3455 33.2 82.6 188.3 ASUS P9X79 Deluxe i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 NO 3437 37.4 82.2 182.2 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 344.65 i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 780 Ti 3072 980 1750 NO 3345 34.7 79.9 168.0 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 372.54 i5 760 4 / 4 4209 - GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 NO 3304 32.7 79.0 163.8 Asrock P55 Extreme Ryzen5 3600 6 / 12 4000 ON GTX 1060 6144 1557 2002 NO 3117 34.3 74.5 160.5 Asrock B450M Pro4 451.67 RAM @ 3200MHz CL16 XMP. XEON E5 2420 v2 6 / 12 2500 ON GTX 780 Ti 3072 980 1750 NO 2858 20.7 68.3 128.7 Huananzhi X9D 391.35 16GB DDR3/1600 CL11 i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 2x GTX 580/MLX 3072 832 1050 YES 2776 30.7 66.4 139.8 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 7970/S 3072 1050 1500 NO 2242 30.2 53.6 108.7 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme i5 760 4 / 4 4209 - 7970/S 3072 1050 1500 NO 2221 25.8 53.1 113.5 Asrock P55 Extreme i5 760 4 / 4 2805 - 7970/S 3072 1050 1500 NO 2144 22.7 51.3 105.5 Asrock P55 Extreme i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 1050 Ti 4096 1329 1752 NO 1857 25.5 44.4 90.8 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 384.76 i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 2x 7970/S/M 3072 1050 1500 YES 1660 24.7 39.7 69.9 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 14.4 DX9/CF broken! i5 760 4 / 4 4209 - 2x 7970/S/M 3072 1050 1500 YES 1561 21.7 37.3 64.3 Asrock P55 Extreme 14.4 DX9/CF broken! i5 760 4 / 4 2805 - 2x 7970/S/M 3072 1050 1500 YES 1529 18.4 36.5 62.5 Asrock P55 Extreme 14.4 DX9/CF broken! i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 3x GTX 280/Z 1024 700 1150 YES 1482 10.0 35.4 100.2 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 314.22 i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 580/MLX 3072 832 1050 NO 1455 19.9 34.8 69.5 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme Pentium G3258 HW 2 / 2 3200 - GTX 580/MLX 3072 832 1050 NO 1447 19.0 34.6 69.7 ASUS Maximus VII Ranger 341.44 i3 550 2 / 4 4704 ON GTX 580/MLX 3072 832 1050 NO 1445 19.6 34.5 69.7 Asrock P55 Deluxe i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 580/Z 1536 772 1002 NO 1443 19.5 34.5 69.4 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON Quadro K5000 4096 706 1350 NO 1433 19.4 34.3 70.4 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 2x GTX 280/Z 1024 700 1150 YES 1193 10.9 28.5 70.2 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 314.22 Athlon II X2 250 2 / 2 4110 - 5850/S 1024 725 1000 NO 1124 15.1 26.9 54.7 Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Pentium G3258 HW 2 / 2 3200 - GTX 750 Ti 2048 1176 1350 NO 1110 14.1 26.5 53.2 ASUS Z97I-Plus 344.75 Athlon II X2 250 2 / 2 3014 - 5850/S 1024 725 1000 NO 1100 13.4 26.3 54.0 Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Athlon II X2 250 2 / 2 4110 - 2x 5850/S 1024 725 1000 YES 1037 14.7 24.8 48.5 Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 DX9/CF broken! i7 4820K 4 / 8 3900 ON GTX 460/E 1024 850 1000 NO 1017 13.1 24.3 49.3 Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3 Athlon II X2 250 2 / 2 3014 - 2x 5850/S 1024 725 1000 YES 1014 13.6 24.2 47.9 Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 DX9/CF broken! Pentium G3258 HW 2 / 2 3200 - GTX 460/E 1024 850 1000 NO 996 12.4 23.8 47.8 ASUS Maximus VII Ranger 341.44 Core2Duo E8400 2 / 2 3000 - GTX 460/E 1024 850 1000 NO 993 12.5 23.7 48.4 ASUS P5Q Deluxe 347.52 i5 2500K 4 / 4 4700 - GTX 650 Ti 2048 941 1350 NO 856 11.7 20.5 43.2 EVGA Z68 FTW 350.12 i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 280/Z 1024 700 1150 NO 686 9.3 16.4 34.7 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 314.22 i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 4870/A 1024 750 900 NO 665 8.0 15.9 31.3 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 13.9 i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 285/E 2048 648 1161 NO 663 9.0 15.9 33.7 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 314.22 2133MHz RAM Pentium 4 with HT 1 / 2 3400 ON GTX 460/E 1024 850 1000 NO 658 6.4 15.7 25.0 ASUS Striker II Extreme Athlon II X2 250 2 / 2 4110 - 4870/A 1024 750 900 NO 641 7.7 15.3 30.7 Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Core2Quad Q6600 4 / 4 2400 - 4870/S 512 750 900 NO 626 7.7 15.0 30.5 Asrock P45XE Athlon II X2 250 2 / 2 4110 - 2x 4870/A+P 1024 750 900 YES 605 8.5 14.5 29.1 Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 DX9/CF broken! i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 2x 4870/A/P 1024 750 900 YES 595 8.4 14.2 26.7 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 13.9 DX9/CF broken! i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX260C216 896 626 1053 NO 579 8.0 13.8 28.7 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 314.22 Core2Quad Q6600 4 / 4 2400 - 2x 4870/S/H 512 750 900 YES 547 7.2 13.1 24.6 Asrock P45XE DX9/CF broken! i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 8800GTX/P 768 576 900 NO 315 5.8 9.1 17.3 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 341.44 Pentium 4 with HT 1 / 2 3400 ON 2x GTX 460/E 1024 850 1000 YES ASUS Striker II Extreme --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VALLEY DX11: 1920x1080, 8x AA, 16x AF, Quality: Ultra, NCP/CCC: Max Quality (uses 1016MB VRAM): Total GPU GPU Cores / Clock VRAM Core RAM CF/ Overall Min Avg Max CPU Threads Speed HT GPU(s) MB MHz MHz SLI Score FPS FPS FPS Manufac. Motherboard Drivers Notes i7 3930K 6 / 12 4800 ON 3x GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 YES 5984 42.3 143.0 213.7 ASUS Rampage IV Extreme i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 3x GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 YES 5861 42.3 140.1 203.3 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 344.65 i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 1080 Ti 11264 1595 1376 NO 5746 47.0 137.3 224.5 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 441.70 i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 2x GTX 1080 Ti 11264 1595 1376 YES 5718 42.4 136.7 190.9 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 411.70 Driver issue? i7 3930K 6 / 12 4800 ON 2x GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 YES 5198 39.4 124.2 220.7 ASUS Rampage IV Extreme i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 2x GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 YES 5153 44.3 123.2 214.2 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 344.65 i7 870 4 / 8 4308 ON 3x GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 YES 4652 31.0 111.2 166.0 ASUS P7P55 WS Supercomputer i5 760 4 / 4 4209 - 2x GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 YES 4579 35.1 109.4 177.8 Asrock P55 Extreme i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 980 Ti 6144 1190 1753 NO 3898 42.6 93.2 179.6 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 364.72 i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 3x GTX 580/MLX 3072 832 1050 YES 3777 40.7 90.3 165.9 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 2x 7970/S/M 3072 1050 1500 YES 3415 38.8 81.6 160.0 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme i5 760 4 / 4 4209 - 2x 7970/S/M 3072 1050 1500 YES 3312 32.7 79.2 159.3 Asrock P55 Extreme i5 760 4 / 4 2805 - 2x 7970/S/M 3072 1050 1500 YES 2929 23.9 70.0 121.5 Asrock P55 Extreme i7 3930K 6 / 12 4700 ON GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 NO 2855 32.8 68.2 130.5 ASUS P9X79 Deluxe i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 780 Ti 3072 980 1750 NO 2839 35.9 67.9 137.8 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 372.54 i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 NO 2837 36.3 67.8 128.9 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 344.65 i5 760 4 / 4 4209 - GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 NO 2814 32.6 67.2 132.2 Asrock P55 Extreme XEON E5 2420 v2 6 / 12 2500 ON GTX 780 Ti 3072 980 1750 NO 2705 21.7 64.7 125.8 Huananzhi X9D 391.35 16GB DDR3/1600 CL11 Ryzen5 3600 6 / 12 4000 ON GTX 1060 6144 1557 2002 NO 2669 29.8 63.8 122.4 Asrock B450M Pro4 451.67 RAM @ 3200MHz CL16 XMP. i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 2x GTX 580/MLX 3072 832 1050 YES 2603 34.0 62.2 109.9 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 7970/S 3072 1050 1500 NO 1734 23.9 41.5 77.8 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme i5 760 4 / 4 4209 - 7970/S 3072 1050 1500 NO 1710 23.1 40.9 77.2 Asrock P55 Extreme i5 760 4 / 4 2805 - 7970/S 3072 1050 1500 NO 1691 20.8 40.4 79.0 Asrock P55 Extreme i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 1050 Ti 4096 1329 1752 NO 1613 23.8 38.5 73.3 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 384.76 Athlon II X2 250 2 / 2 4110 - 2x 5850/S 1024 725 1000 YES 1489 17.8 35.6 69.9 Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Athlon II X2 250 2 / 2 3014 - 2x 5850/S 1024 725 1000 YES 1411 15.7 33.7 64.4 Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 580/MLX 3072 832 1050 NO 1354 20.9 32.4 57.3 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme Pentium G3258 HW 2 / 2 3200 - GTX 580/MLX 3072 832 1050 NO 1346 19.2 32.2 58.6 ASUS Maximus VII Ranger 341.44 i3 550 2 / 4 4704 ON GTX 580/MLX 3072 832 1050 NO 1345 20.5 32.1 58.5 Asrock P55 Deluxe i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 580/Z 1536 772 1002 NO 1276 20.0 30.5 53.8 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON Quadro K5000 4096 706 1350 NO 1270 20.1 30.3 53.3 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme i7 4820K 4 / 8 3900 ON GTX 460/E 1024 850 1000 NO 923 14.0 22.1 39.0 Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3 Pentium G3258 HW 2 / 2 3200 - GTX 460/E 1024 850 1000 NO 916 13.7 21.9 38.8 ASUS Maximus VII Ranger 341.44 Pentium G3258 HW 2 / 2 3200 - GTX 750 Ti 2048 1176 1350 NO 894 12.9 21.4 38.4 ASUS Z97I-Plus 344.75 Core2Duo E8400 2 / 2 3000 - GTX 460/E 1024 850 1000 NO 847 8.2 20.2 39.5 ASUS P5Q Deluxe 347.52 Athlon II X2 250 2 / 2 4110 - 5850/S 1024 725 1000 NO 778 9.7 18.6 34.1 Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Athlon II X2 250 2 / 2 3014 - 5850/S 1024 725 1000 NO 765 9.4 18.3 34.3 Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 i5 2500K 4 / 4 4700 - GTX 650 Ti 2048 941 1350 NO 756 12.1 18.1 32.4 EVGA Z68 FTW 350.12 Pentium 4 with HT 1 / 2 3400 ON 2x GTX 460/E 1024 850 1000 YES ASUS Striker II Extreme Pentium 4 with HT 1 / 2 3400 ON GTX 460/E 1024 850 1000 NO 603 6.4 14.4 23.3 ASUS Striker II Extreme *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** ********************************************************* MAX RES RESULTS ************************************************************************************************************************************* VALLEY DX9: 2560x1440, 8x AA, 16x AF, Quality: Ultra, NCP/CCC: Max Quality (uses 1187MB VRAM): Total GPU GPU Cores / Clock VRAM Core RAM CF/ Overall Min Avg Max CPU Threads Speed HT GPU(s) MB MHz MHz SLI Score FPS FPS FPS Manufac. Motherboard Drivers Notes i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 285/E 2048 648 1161 NO ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 314.22 2133MHz RAM i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 2x GTX 1080 Ti 11264 1595 1376 YES 4652 32.6 111.2 167.7 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 411.70 Barely any scaling. i7 3930K 6 / 12 4800 ON 3x GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 YES 4539 29.4 108.5 191.0 ASUS Rampage IV Extreme i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 3x GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 YES 4253 27.1 101.6 174.6 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 344.65 i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 1080 Ti 11264 1595 1376 NO 4139 40.7 98.9 200.4 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 441.70 i7 870 4 / 8 4308 ON 3x GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 YES 3890 21.9 93.0 142.3 ASUS P7P55 WS Supercomputer i7 3930K 6 / 12 4800 ON 2x GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 YES 3542 33.0 84.6 180.9 ASUS Rampage IV Extreme i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 2x GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 YES 3528 34.3 84.3 183.7 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 344.65 i5 760 4 / 4 4209 - 2x GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 YES 3289 28.9 78.6 153.9 Asrock P55 Extreme i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 980 Ti 6144 1190 1753 NO 2527 33.2 60.4 124.4 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 364.72 i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 3x GTX 580/MLX 3072 832 1050 YES 2084 21.8 49.8 108.8 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme i7 3930K 6 / 12 4700 ON GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 NO 1878 25.5 44.9 91.5 ASUS P9X79 Deluxe i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 780 Ti 3072 980 1750 NO 1855 25.8 44.3 87.1 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 372.54 i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 NO 1848 26.4 44.2 88.7 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 344.65 i5 760 4 / 4 4209 - GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 NO 1843 24.3 44.1 91.2 Asrock P55 Extreme XEON E5 2420 v2 6 / 12 2500 ON GTX 780 Ti 3072 980 1750 NO 1800 18.5 43.0 90.9 Huananzhi X9D 391.35 16GB DDR3/1600 CL11 Ryzen5 3600 6 / 12 4000 ON GTX 1060 6144 1557 2002 NO 1678 24.4 40.1 80.1 Asrock B450M Pro4 451.67 RAM @ 3200MHz CL16 XMP. i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 2x GTX 580/MLX 3072 832 1050 YES 1457 17.9 34.8 71.9 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 7970/S 3072 1050 1500 NO 1248 15.9 29.8 55.8 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme i5 760 4 / 4 4209 - 7970/S 3072 1050 1500 NO 1242 17.0 29.7 56.1 Asrock P55 Extreme i5 760 4 / 4 2805 - 7970/S 3072 1050 1500 NO 1235 16.2 29.5 29.5 Asrock P55 Extreme i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 1050 Ti 4096 1329 1752 NO 984 13.2 23.5 47.7 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 384.76 i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 2x 7970/S/M 3072 1050 1500 YES 948 15.3 22.7 37.3 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 14.4 DX9/CF broken! i5 760 4 / 4 4209 - 2x 7970/S/M 3072 1050 1500 YES 901 14.9 21.5 34.9 Asrock P55 Extreme 14.4 DX9/CF broken! i5 760 4 / 4 2805 - 2x 7970/S/M 3072 1050 1500 YES 890 13.4 21.3 34.9 Asrock P55 Extreme 14.4 DX9/CF broken! i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 3x GTX 280/Z 1024 700 1150 YES 806 7.9 19.3 53.3 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 314.22 i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON Quadro K5000 4096 706 1350 NO 774 10.9 18.5 37.5 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 580/MLX 3072 832 1050 NO 759 10.6 18.1 35.4 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme Pentium G3258 HW 2 / 2 3200 - GTX 580/MLX 3072 832 1050 NO 757 10.6 18.1 35.6 ASUS Maximus VII Ranger 341.44 i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 2x GTX 280/Z 1024 700 1150 YES 665 8.4 15.9 36.5 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 314.22 Athlon II X2 250 2 / 2 4110 - 5850/S 1024 725 1000 NO 608 7.9 14.5 27.3 Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Athlon II X2 250 2 / 2 4110 - 2x 5850/S 1024 725 1000 YES 561 9.0 13.4 23.5 Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 DX9/CF broken! Core2Duo E8400 2 / 2 3000 - GTX 460/E 1024 850 1000 NO 524 7.6 12.5 24.7 ASUS P5Q Deluxe 347.52 Pentium G3258 HW 2 / 2 3200 - GTX 460/E 1024 850 1000 NO 520 7.6 12.4 24.7 ASUS Maximus VII Ranger 341.44 i5 2500K 4 / 4 4700 - GTX 650 Ti 2048 941 1350 NO 451 6.9 10.8 23.7 EVGA Z68 FTW 350.12 i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 280/Z 1024 700 1150 NO 395 6.2 9.4 18.3 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 314.22 i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 285/E 2048 648 1161 NO 377 5.9 9.0 17.5 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 314.22 2133MHz RAM i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 4870/A 1024 750 900 NO 332 4.3 7.9 14.5 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 13.9 Athlon II X2 250 2 / 2 4110 - 4870/A 1024 750 900 NO 332 4.3 7.9 14.5 Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX260C216 896 626 1053 NO 323 5.0 7.7 15.0 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 314.22 Athlon II X2 250 2 / 2 4110 - 2x 4870/A+P 1024 750 900 YES 316 4.7 7.6 12.9 Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 DX9/CF broken! i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 2x 4870/A/P 1024 750 900 YES 303 4.5 7.2 12.4 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 13.9 DX9/CF broken! Core2Quad Q6600 4 / 4 2400 - 4870/S 512 750 900 NO 156 2.2 3.7 7.4 Asrock P45XE Core2Quad Q6600 4 / 4 2400 - 2x 4870/S/H 512 750 900 YES 94 1.2 2.3 4.4 Asrock P45XE DX9/CF broken! i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 8800GTX/P 768 576 900 NO FAIL ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 341.44 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VALLEY DX11: 2560x1440, 8x AA, 16x AF, Quality: Ultra, NCP/CCC: Max Quality (uses 1723MB VRAM): Total GPU GPU Cores / Clock VRAM Core RAM CF/ Overall Min Avg Max CPU Threads Speed HT GPU(s) MB MHz MHz SLI Score FPS FPS FPS Manufac. Motherboard Drivers Notes i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 2x GTX 1080 Ti 11264 1595 1376 YES 5210 37.4 124.5 188.4 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 411.70 Again, rather poor scaling. i7 3930K 6 / 12 4800 ON 3x GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 YES 4554 42.1 108.8 199.4 ASUS Rampage IV Extreme i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 3x GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 YES 4452 41.5 106.4 193.2 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 344.65 i7 870 4 / 8 4308 ON 3x GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 YES 4185 33.0 100.0 162.5 ASUS P7P55 WS Supercomputer i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 1080 Ti 11264 1595 1376 NO 3911 41.8 93.5 195.5 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 441.70 i7 3930K 6 / 12 4800 ON 2x GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 YES 3348 37.1 80.0 151.5 ASUS Rampage IV Extreme i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 2x GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 YES 39.8 79.7 148.5 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 344.65 i5 760 4 / 4 4209 - 2x GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 YES 3209 33.0 76.7 150.2 Asrock P55 Extreme i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 980 Ti 6144 1190 1753 NO 2400 32.4 57.4 106.4 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 364.72 i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 3x GTX 580/MLX 3072 832 1050 YES 2342 30.8 56.0 102.0 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 2x 7970/S/M 3072 1050 1500 YES 2161 28.4 51.6 100.4 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme i5 760 4 / 4 4209 - 2x 7970/S/M 3072 1050 1500 YES 2140 25.3 51.1 102.5 Asrock P55 Extreme i5 760 4 / 4 2805 - 2x 7970/S/M 3072 1050 1500 YES 2075 21.0 49.6 102.8 Asrock P55 Extreme i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 780 Ti 3072 980 1750 NO 1775 25.3 42.4 75.9 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 372.54 XEON E5 2420 v2 6 / 12 2500 ON GTX 780 Ti 3072 980 1750 NO 1754 21.1 41.9 76.9 Huananzhi X9D 391.35 16GB DDR3/1600 CL11 i7 3930K 6 / 12 4700 ON GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 NO 1728 25.2 41.3 77.1 ASUS P9X79 Deluxe i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 NO 1713 25.8 40.9 77.2 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 344.65 i5 760 4 / 4 4209 - GTX 980 4096 1266 1753 NO 1707 23.8 40.8 77.2 Asrock P55 Extreme Ryzen5 3600 6 / 12 4000 ON GTX 1060 6144 1557 2002 NO 1612 22.2 38.5 73.9 Asrock B450M Pro4 451.67 RAM @ 3200MHz CL16 XMP. i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 2x GTX 580/MLX 3072 832 1050 YES 1590 24.3 38.0 67.4 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON 7970/S 3072 1050 1500 NO 1089 15.3 26.0 47.9 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme i5 760 4 / 4 4209 - 7970/S 3072 1050 1500 NO 1078 14.7 25.8 47.7 Asrock P55 Extreme i5 760 4 / 4 2805 - 7970/S 3072 1050 1500 NO 1074 14.1 25.7 47.9 Asrock P55 Extreme i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 1050 Ti 4096 1329 1752 NO 968 14.9 23.1 44.7 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 384.76 i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON GTX 580/MLX 3072 832 1050 NO 816 12.7 19.5 34.4 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme Pentium G3258 HW 2 / 2 3200 - GTX 580/MLX 3072 832 1050 NO 811 12.4 19.4 34.2 ASUS Maximus VII Ranger 341.44 i7 2700K 4 / 8 5000 ON Quadro K5000 4096 706 1350 NO 770 12.2 18.4 33.3 ASUS Maximus IV Extreme i5 2500K 4 / 4 4700 - GTX 650 Ti 2048 941 1350 NO 446 7.2 10.7 19.4 EVGA Z68 FTW 350.12 Athlon II X2 250 2 / 2 4110 - 2x 5850/S 1024 725 1000 YES 436 4.2 10.4 27.4 Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Athlon II X2 250 2 / 2 4110 - 5850/S 1024 725 1000 NO 322 3.0 7.7 16.2 Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Pentium G3258 HW 2 / 2 3200 - GTX 460/E 1024 850 1000 NO 316 2.2 7.5 20.5 ASUS Maximus VII Ranger 341.44 Core2Duo E8400 2 / 2 3000 - GTX 460/E 1024 850 1000 NO 313 3.0 7.5 17.1 ASUS P5Q Deluxe 347.52 *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Conclusions ^^^^^^^^^^^ If the 5850/CF results with DX9 on the Athlon II X2 250 setup look weird (ditto with the 7970/CF data), it's because CF support with DX9 is broken in the drivers and has been for a long time. Despite promises, AMD never fixed it (the 2700K/4870 results confirm this, as these tests were done with the last driver to support the 4870). Thus, if you want multi-GPU support with a DX9 game, buy NVIDIA, though it does look like CF/DX9 works ok at lower resolutions Also, at low/res detail the lack of CPU power appears to badly limit CF scaling. Further data with other CPUs will reveal more, eg. perhaps CF really needs the presence of L3 cache to function properly? That is, as opposed to just the no. of cores or overall single-core performance. If so, then the Athlon II X4 640 should show similar behaviour to the 250 (unless more cores does help), while a Phenom II X4 965 would not; or maybe it's specific to AMD CPUs for some reason (testing with an i3 550 should be interesting). We shall see. Meanwhile, as one would expect, CPU power has less relevance at max res/detail when the GPU becomes the main bottleneck, except when the CPU is a really old single-core like the P4. In some cases though, RAM speed may be a factor aswell, eg. with the oc'd i5 760 results (at stock speed the RAM was running about 120MHz faster than when the CPU was oc'd to 4.2, a side effect of the different bclk and memory multplier used). As for NVIDIA cards, 3-way SLI with 580s doesn't scale properly at low resolution (2x 580 is faster). Hard to know why atm. Note that I tested with all the various available SLI modes, but it made no difference (and indeed, '3-GPU Alternate Frame Rendering 1' gave really terrible frame rates, barely 20fps). *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** CPU-Zs: i7 2700K: http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=2334534 My new 6000+: http://valid.canardpc.com/2774696 Athlon II X2 250: http://valid.canardpc.com/2798885 P4/3.4/HT: http://valid.canardpc.com/z2hxcp i3 550: http://valid.canardpc.com/kzfsht John's i7 930: http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1319930 John's i7 860: http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1517889 My new i7 870: http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1507189 i3 550: http://valid.canardpc.com/kzfsht i7 4820K: http://valid.canardpc.com/903y8q (NB: CPU-Z's RAM timings are wrong, should be 11/11/11/28/1T) My old i7 860: http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1295195 i5 760 @ 2.8: http://valid.x86.fr/ly1ewa i5 760 @ 4.2: http://valid.x86.fr/pfy34a i7 870 @ 4.3: http://valid.x86.fr/n40mdc Pentium G3258 @ 3.2: http://valid.x86.fr/y0epbm i5 2500K @ 4.7 http://valid.x86.fr/bqas6m (not sure why this is showing as 4.77) Q6600 @ 2.4 stock http://valid.x86.fr/e9ivqg XEON E5 2420 v2: http://valid.x86.fr/wd97e9 Q9550 @ 2.83 stock: http://valid.x86.fr/yma3su Ryzen5 3600: http://valid.x86.fr/n9t6wt (4GHz all-core, 4.2GHz max single core boost) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Benchmark Info: http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/misc/pctests.html http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/misc/tests-jj.txt http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/misc/stalkercopbench.txt http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/misc/x3tcbench.txt http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/misc/uniginebench.txt http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/misc/uniginebench2.txt http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/misc/uniginebench3.txt http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/misc/viewperf.txt http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/misc/cinebench.html http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/misc/ptboats.txt http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/misc/farcry2.txt http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/misc/callofjuarez.txt