Tom's Hardware Passmark-CPU Benchmark Thread

[EquineHero]

Coming for your X3470 Equinehero, this is just for 24/7 use

Very close scores now that I've had time to analyze and update the table. I managed to pull 7300 at one point but the machine BSOD'd before I could screenshot it.

Hmm, i found an deal for 30$ for an DFI BLOODIRON P35 socket 775 What do you think about that, as for reviews 550FSB should i go for that 😀?

$30 is too much. More like $20 to $25 for a board like that - low-end overclocking.

Get an nVidia NFORCE 680i SLI motherboard.

 

[fagetti]

Equinehero, this score is for 24/7 use not benchmarking. With 4.2-4.3GHZ on i7-875k i end up getting bsod in gaming so its not really worth. Need to go above 1.4v vcore and 1.3v vtt anyway for that. Too much. Still nice scores we are getting with so old processors, i can still run games nicely and gpu is only bottlenecking always.

I think hyperthreading plays a big role why you can get higher with less vcore. If i disable it get extra 100-150mhz but dont want to. Is it the only improvement from i5 to i7 on first generation lynnfield, enabled hypertheading?

 

[The Paladin]

The Intel DH55 desktop board was unique that it allowed multiplier overclocking on ANY chip. There's one on Amazon I want that's only $95, can't wait to OC my i3 540 and see how fast I can get it.

I have a i5-750 laying around maybe I should see what I can OC it to, you mentioned Intel DH Board, is that the Dh55TC or DH55PJ?

 

[RememberThe5th]

Impossible to find anymore i had 2 or 3 chances 1 year ago... Well P5Q pro is always good alternative.

 

[The Paladin]

well in the USA D55TC or PJ boards are plenty available runs about 60$ on ebay why I was asking.

 

[EquineHero]

The Intel DH55 desktop board was unique that it allowed multiplier overclocking on ANY chip. There's one on Amazon I want that's only $95, can't wait to OC my i3 540 and see how fast I can get it.

I have a i5-750 laying around maybe I should see what I can OC it to, you mentioned Intel DH Board, is that the Dh55TC or DH55PJ?

Try this one out https://www.amazon.com/Intel-LGA1156-Motherboard-Retail-BOXDP55WB/dp/B002N2Z0KS

The one I got had an updated BIOS, only the factory BIOS has the unlocked microcodes so I returned mine.

If the Intel DT board doesn't allow a multiplier OC, you'll need to downgrade the BIOS to the first version, IIRC they don't host it online so you'll need to find a board where the BIOS was never updated.

If you can't do very well on the Intel board try the Asus P55-D-Evo as it's the best board of its generation for overclocking stability.

Get the TC, not the PJ, as the PJ has much worse power delivery than the TC version of the P55 board.

 

[EquineHero]

Finally got around to bench-marking my laptop.

This is my HP EliteBook 8540p:

i5 540M

8GB DDR3 1600 SO-DIMM

Quadro 2000M (342.01)

1TB Toshiba SSHD

65W Power Brick (need the 120W one)

I'm using it right now and don't have any of my documents on it, so I'll update the table when I get to my workstation.

 

[fagetti]

Tweaking some settings got me to 4.1Ghz for 24/7 use ( i7-875K ). Finally did beat your x3450 Equinehero.

 

[EquineHero]

Tweaking some settings got me to 4.1Ghz for 24/7 use ( i7-875K ). Finally did beat your x3450 Equinehero.

Ha! Barely. I don't have that xeon or motherboard anymore (sold) BUT I do have an X3470 I'm itching to get to 4.5GHz.

Score isn't over 200 marks, so I can't update the table. Try raising your memory frequency, mine was run with memory at around 1900MHz.

 

[fagetti]

If i can get up to 4.2Ghz stable for gaming im going to stay there, its enough. Im stable at 4.2ghz without Hyperthreading but when i turn it on its hard to get even 4.1Ghz. Im running my memory at 2100mhz with 1.6v on dram.

And WOW 4.5ghz for X3470, that would run even todays games without bottlenecking gpu i assume.

 

[EquineHero]

If i can get up to 4.2Ghz stable for gaming im going to stay there, its enough. Im stable at 4.2ghz without Hyperthreading but when i turn it on its hard to get even 4.1Ghz. Im running my memory at 2100mhz with 1.6v on dram.

And WOW 4.5ghz for X3470, that would run even todays games without bottlenecking gpu i assume.

I mean my first gen mobile i5 540m can still do GTA5 at 35FPS at 1080p with a mix of High and Normal settings. So anything more powerful can definitely still do modern games. the X3470 is basically the i7 870 with ECC support. It also has a higher multiplier than the X3450 I tested, so it shoudl do 4.5 pretty easily. I just need to save up to get a good Intel DTB.

 

[fagetti]

I see now that x3470 has hyperthreading, that would be interesting for benchmark. I think you will have more hard time overclocking it than X3450 if you enable HT.
What do you mean Intel DTB, is that some kind of intel lga1156 motherboard? I thought P7P55D series where best for overclocking, i have one myself.

 

[EquineHero]

I see now that x3470 has hyperthreading, that would be interesting for benchmark. I think you will have more hard time overclocking it than X3450 if you enable HT.
What do you mean Intel DTB, is that some kind of intel lga1156 motherboard? I thought P7P55D series where best for overclocking, i have one myself.

DTB - Desk Top Board. Just a short name for Intel's generic motherboards.

I had HT enabled on the X3450 and I got it to 4.2Ghz easily. The Asus P7P55D boards are really good.

 

[fagetti]

I was benching my i7-875k at 4.125ghz in cpu-z and i see that score for single thread is 360 for 875k and i compare to i5-7600k which has 480 score.
But on multi thread i get 1930 and i5-7600 has 1837 so i get about a 100 more with hyperthreading enabled.
Then i go look passmark and in there im getting around 7200 score compared to 9150 for i5-7600k, so passmark doesnt benchmark hyperthreading at all?

Does this mean that in games that use hyperthreading im beating i5-7600k which is like 6 generations ahead? And so do you equinehero with x3470

 

[Gon Freecss]

I was benching my i7-875k at 4.125ghz in cpu-z and i see that score for single thread is 360 for 875k and i compare to i5-7600k which has 480 score.
But on multi thread i get 1930 and i5-7600 has 1837 so i get about a 100 more with hyperthreading enabled.
Then i go look passmark and in there im getting around 7200 score compared to 9150 for i5-7600k, so passmark doesnt benchmark hyperthreading at all?

Does this mean that in games that use hyperthreading im beating i5-7600k which is like 6 generations ahead? And so do you equinehero with x3470

PassMark is a better benchmark than CPU-Z, but it's still a mere benchmark. Also, the 7600K easily beats the 875K in both multi-threaded, and especially single-threaded.

In games, you'd lose horribly to a 7600K. Check this article.

 

[fagetti]

I just get no benefit from using Hyperthreading in passmark, is there a good benchmark which tests all 8 cores (4 virtual core) since newer games use virtual cores also

EDIT: i7-875k is slightly better at stock than same gen i7-930 but your right about fps results looks like it gets beaten but not by much if you compare 930 oc to 4.0-4.2ghz to stock i5-7600k

 

[Gon Freecss]

I just get no benefit from using Hyperthreading in passmark, is there a good benchmark which tests all 8 cores (4 virtual core) since newer games use virtual cores also

EDIT: i7-875k is slightly better at stock than same gen i7-930 but your right about fps results looks like it gets beaten but not by much if you compare 930 oc to 4.0-4.2ghz to stock i5-7600k

Uh, LuxMark C++ benchmark, Blender, Corona, Cinebench R15, maybe Handbrake?

I believe PassMark uses HT.

Now, compare it to the modestly overclocked 7600K.

 

[fagetti]

Im getting 655 score on cinebench and its using all of my 8 threads. Its tied with stock i7-3770 on the scoreboard.

 

[EquineHero]

Well, I'm back. Pro tip: don't necro 4 year old threads.

Passmark does indeed factor hyperthreading. I still don't have a motherboard for my X3470 because the board Amazon sent was defective. I still am not sure how Passmark calculates CPU score on multithreaded workloads, but observe Task Manager's Processes tab and you will see during multicore testing that if you have 8 threads you should have 8 Passmark CPU processes running and on 4 cores with hyperthreading disabled you should only have 4 - that's why your score may suffer.

Single threaded ratings are calculated on a clockspeed basis, at 4.1GHz your i7 is faster than an i5 at 3.8GHz.

The i5 7600 will only turbo on all cores to 3.9GHz which is why it has a lower score and having clock monitoring programs open while benchmarking seems to affect all-core turbo, which is something the user base for PassMark doesn't seem to understand, so their scores are lower.

A moderately overclocked i5 7600K can pull 10K+ in Passmark, and as you may have noted getting improved scores can prove challenging.

The reason new Intel chips can matched overclocked old ones is because of very little improvement in IPC. You want a cheap 6 core chip instead of buying an 8700K? Get a W series Xeon on X58 and overclock the ballz off it.

That being said about my X3470; I am still trying to get a good board for overclocking. It matches the i7 880 in cores, clockspeed, and cache. Basically the same CPU except supports more PCIe lanes and ECC memory.

Amazon's sent two boards and both have been defective, one had bent pins and the other just plain doesn't work.

 

[powerhouse32]

The above score was obtained running Passmark 9 in a Windows 10 virtual machine using kvm and VGA passthrough (the latter should not influence the result, but allows near-native 2d/3d performance in a VM). See Running Windows 10 on Linux using kvm with VGA passthrough or Linux Mint forum: HOW-TO make dual-boot obsolete using kvm VGA passthrough.

For the past 6 years I'm running Linux as my primary OS and Windows (first 7, now 10) as a virtual machine for photo editing and other Windows-only stuff. Performance-wise I can't see a real difference between running Windows directly on the hardware or as a virtual machine.

I hope this benchmark and explanation helps those who might be interested in using Linux, but want/need Windows for gaming etc. Cheers...

 

[loki1944]

Replaced my i7 5930K (died) with an i7 6850K; have it @4.7Ghz with 32GB of Ripjaws 4 2400Mhz @2666Mhz.

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[EquineHero]

Just spanked Jankerson's 7700K, again. Back in the top 10s!

i7 4790K 1.365v on both core and northbridge, NB set to 4.5GHz. Running Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB and G.Skill Ares 2x8GB (24GB total) at 2400MHz CL9. My 2 Avexir Core DIMMs don't like CL9.

This is why a 4790K is still $350+. Great performance for an older platofrm and for people who don't wanna spend $200+ on DDR4.

People keep telling me to get a 6700K or a 7700K and I'm like...no thanks, I'm doing fine

 

[Gon Freecss]

Why don't you go for the magical 5GHz? xd

 

[EquineHero]

Why don't you go for the magical 5GHz? xd

Trust me, I've tried. It's not possible on my bin without a delid, and frankly I don't feel like breaking my expensive CPU. My only backup is an i3 4130 I haven't added to the chart yet.

 

[Gon Freecss]

Why don't you go for the magical 5GHz? xd

Trust me, I've tried. It's not possible on my bin without a delid, and frankly I don't feel like breaking my expensive CPU. My only backup is an i3 4130 I haven't added to the chart yet.

Not even at 1.45V?