BenchMark Results: My New Toy - Core2 Extreme Quad - GoFuckYourself.com

Mr Bond · 03-12-2007, 09:32 PM

Since a lot of people were interested in new machines(computers) after seeing my first post... I am posting my benchmark results here.

I used Everest Ultimate 3.5 - A consumer level benchmark program that tests the Actual Performance of your machine (unlike other programs that only read the specs as stated by the device)

You can get Everest here http://www.lavalys.com/ and using this cupon code UETRIAL25 you can get it for about $22 USD.

I've tweaked the machine out as far as I can using STOCK Voltages. !!! If you exceed stock(spec) voltages you can physically damage components. !!!.

I'm far from an expert on Overclocking... but it is my opinion that you can only damage components if you exceed specified voltages and/or exceed specified operating temperatures.

Again, I am NOT an expert - anything you do is At Your Own RISK!!!

My Stock CPU Clock Speed came in at 2.67. Apparently the Extreme Chips are actually the same chips as the Standard 2.6 and 2.4. During the manufacturing process... some chips come out better then others.

They are tested and then classified with the best chips going to the extreme series and the top level chips probably going to Big Wigs at Intel and out to 3rd party test publications that will talk a lot of good shit about them in articles.

I managed to achieve a clock speed of 3.15 - anything higher and the machine would become unstable and shutdown/reboot. Runs Rock Solid at 3.15 All encoding apps... everything runs fine.

Other reviews have this chip up as high as 3.55 and thats where the QX6700 REALLY Smoked the other chips (by more then double in some cases).
However, they also ran their core voltage up to 1.5 which is too dangerous for me. Intel will know if you burn the chip up from overclocking.

Below are 3 screenshots of the reports Everest produces... The first 2 are CPU Related and the last is the Memory performance. No record breaking results here but I am happy that my results came in as expected.

Mr Bond · 03-12-2007, 09:38 PM

You may have to use FireFox to scroll down the screenshots... they are long

Socks · 03-12-2007, 09:40 PM

Wow nice.. It really blows away the competition, pretty wild.. And that's with software that doesn't really utilize all the greatness of 4 cores simultaneously as newer games will.

Problem for me is, why jump in now? By the time the software comes around this won't be nearly as bleeding edge.. But then again, when IS a good time?

northboy · 03-12-2007, 10:39 PM

wow that's great to know, I was interested in getting the qx6700, there are rumors there will be a big price cut end of april, like almost 50%. I also plan to get all the stuff to cool the box to o/c it. 3.15 sounds like a realistic goal, do you use liquid cooling or any extra fans to cool it? Also, did you get the 8800 gtx?

Mr Bond · 03-13-2007, 01:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by northboy

there are rumors there will be a big price cut end of April, like almost 50%.

The Extreme chips rarely go below 800... even though they are worth less... I think Intel likes to keep that prestige going which is why a lot of people buy it to start with. The QX6700 started off at over 1600 so I was happy enough when it dropped below 1000.

Quote:

Originally Posted by northboy

do you use liquid cooling or any extra fans to cool it?

Well... my box already had a ridiculous amount of fans... 6 total
- 2 90mm in the front
- 2 120mm behind the drive bays (8 with airflow 3 with no front airflow)
- 1 120mm in the rear
- then of course graphics card and the PSU

For the CPU Cooler I used a thermal electric unit that uses an electric current to pull heat along faster (the Peltier effect). It can actually go below the ambient temperature and FAR more convenient then water-cooling. The only thing that could be better is a refrigerated type system but they cost like over $250. The thermal electric cost 150 or 100 for the base model

Heres a link to the Thermal Electric Thing
http://www.vigorgaming.com/component...nii_intel.html (it's really cool - check it)

Heres a shot of the rack behind my desk with all the fans and shit.

And ad you can see the heat sink on the thermal electric is pretty retarded. I think it's too big actually... because it comes so close to the PSU that I think it restricts airflow.

03-12-2007, 09:32 PM	#1
Mr Bond Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,481	BenchMark Results: My New Toy - Core2 Extreme Quad Since a lot of people were interested in new machines(computers) after seeing my first post... I am posting my benchmark results here. I used Everest Ultimate 3.5 - A consumer level benchmark program that tests the Actual Performance of your machine (unlike other programs that only read the specs as stated by the device) You can get Everest here http://www.lavalys.com/ and using this cupon code UETRIAL25 you can get it for about $22 USD. I've tweaked the machine out as far as I can using STOCK Voltages. !!! If you exceed stock(spec) voltages you can physically damage components. !!!. I'm far from an expert on Overclocking... but it is my opinion that you can only damage components if you exceed specified voltages and/or exceed specified operating temperatures. Again, I am NOT an expert - anything you do is At Your Own RISK!!! My Stock CPU Clock Speed came in at 2.67. Apparently the Extreme Chips are actually the same chips as the Standard 2.6 and 2.4. During the manufacturing process... some chips come out better then others. They are tested and then classified with the best chips going to the extreme series and the top level chips probably going to Big Wigs at Intel and out to 3rd party test publications that will talk a lot of good shit about them in articles. I managed to achieve a clock speed of 3.15 - anything higher and the machine would become unstable and shutdown/reboot. Runs Rock Solid at 3.15 All encoding apps... everything runs fine. Other reviews have this chip up as high as 3.55 and thats where the QX6700 REALLY Smoked the other chips (by more then double in some cases). However, they also ran their core voltage up to 1.5 which is too dangerous for me. Intel will know if you burn the chip up from overclocking. Below are 3 screenshots of the reports Everest produces... The first 2 are CPU Related and the last is the Memory performance. No record breaking results here but I am happy that my results came in as expected. __________________ .

03-12-2007, 09:38 PM	#2
Mr Bond Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,481	You may have to use FireFox to scroll down the screenshots... they are long __________________ .

03-12-2007, 09:40 PM	#3
Socks Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2002 Location: Toronto Posts: 8,475	Wow nice.. It really blows away the competition, pretty wild.. And that's with software that doesn't really utilize all the greatness of 4 cores simultaneously as newer games will. Problem for me is, why jump in now? By the time the software comes around this won't be nearly as bleeding edge.. But then again, when IS a good time?

03-12-2007, 10:39 PM	#4
northboy Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Frost Posts: 807	wow that's great to know, I was interested in getting the qx6700, there are rumors there will be a big price cut end of april, like almost 50%. I also plan to get all the stuff to cool the box to o/c it. 3.15 sounds like a realistic goal, do you use liquid cooling or any extra fans to cool it? Also, did you get the 8800 gtx?