i5-3750K+ R9-290 (Both H²O) Benchmarks

[Evildead666]

Coming soon, just have to change the paste on the CPU and GPU.

I will have GTA V, Wolfenstein: New Order, Stalker : Pripyat and Lost Alpha, Assetto Corsa, Star Citizen and some older ones, like Metro series, Skyrim, Oblivion, Rage, FC3 : Blood Dragon, FF XIV Bench, Warhammer 40K and Supreme Commander.

The CPU will be at 4.2 or 4.4, depending on the temps, I really want to take the H100i apart and refill it, i'm not convinced there is a lot of liquid in there.

The GPU is currently stable at only 1100, and no OC for the memory.
Second paste job with much better paste should do for much better stability.

Soon, as in a week or so.

[Umfriend]

OK, and Rosetta? ;-)

[Evildead666]

It's been a little hot here lately, not wanting to sweat all over my motherboard, so I haven't changed the thermal paste yet.

Yes, I'll do Rosetta benchmarks as well
Might leave it going for bit at least. Depends on the extra power consumption produced over time.
Last time I left it on it doubled the electric bill.

[Umfriend]

U must use no refrigirator, washing machine/dryer or dishwasher. But yes, at 250W, 24/7 does have an economic cost that is really real.

[Evildead666]

Refrigerators power consumption is defined by how many times it is opened.
Washig machine is heated by the water heater, which is gas (propane) powered, as is the heating, and the hot water (continuous, not water tank).
Dishwasher heats its own water daily. Could try giving it hot water instead of cold..
The GPU, R9-290, probably pulls 300W by itself, with the CPU at about 100-150W.
Continuous ~500W is a LOT more than usual usage.
My PC is usually always on, but the power savings kick in.

Downloading the update anyway, just to bench for the mo...

[Evildead666]

An appetiser.

15.7 WHQL driver (All the tests are done on this driver).
Stalker : Call of Pripyat standalone benchmark (4 Scenes, about 2min each).
2560x1440, all settings on Max, except AntiAliasing, which is off (I'm preferring VSR/DSR on a 1080p screen. A sort of non-integer Supersampling AA method)
Horizontal axis is Time in Seconds.

Scene 1.

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Scene 2.

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Scene 3.

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Scene 4.

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Here's some Star Citizen, All settings at Maximum, 2560x1440. Not sure if I switched off AA, will have to check.

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Just before the 25s mark is the bit where the Hanger finished loading and started to be displayed. Its like the worst pop-in you've ever witnessed, because everything pops in progressively.
The next dip at 97s, and the preceding flat bit, is the start, and loading, of the flight tutorial. After that, its the tutorial itself, with everything beyond 169s roughly, being outside in space.

[Evildead666]

Here is some Stalker : Lost Alpha (2560x1440, max settings except AA), which also demonstrates my biggest problem with it.

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The fps seem to slowly drop off, continuously. I'll have to get a bigger dataset to see it properly ( a few hours).

Assetto Corsa :

2560x1440, max settings, Nurburgring Tourist track, solo practice:

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Final Fantasy XIV Benchmark, 1080p max settings. The spikes are the parts between each scene.

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I'll do one from GTA V later, without vsync, and listing my settings.

[Evildead666]

Here's a GTA V test from last night.
2560x1440 VSR
No MSAA, No Reflection MSAA, No Blur or DoF (I just don't like blur or DoF in my games).
All standard settings on very high, or their highest setting if they can't be put on Very High.
Shadows on Soft (I deemed shadows to be one of the least important aspects, due to not really noticing them while driving etc..).
In advanced settings, Long shadows, HiRes Shadows and streaming were ON.
The rest was left off.

I get on a motorbike, and burn around town, then on the motorway around the island.
The big spikes are where I died, crashing into cars and railings. Zooming thru traffic, only to hit that car hidden behind the lorry, is very realistic.
The not so big spikes, are the menu, setting a GPS route to get my bike back from the impound
I try to avoid death whilst not touching the brakes if possible.
I'm also only 2% into the game itself (mission 1) and 49 hours of gameplay. I like driving around exploring, doing jumps, finding other cars....
Whish the casino's would be open, and you could do more, like San Andreas let you.

Anyhow, heres the FPS Chart (Bottom axis is in Seconds) :

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[Evildead666]

Same chart, i've just removed the peaks from the death sequences, and the menu parts.

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[Evildead666]

Still GTAV, just with Shadow Quality on High instead of Very High.
Didn't die so much this time, but had about as many accidents, just didn't die.
I got rid of the peaks where I died at the end, so it would give a better readout, especially with the 60fps bar visible.

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[Evildead666]

Shadows still on high, and View distance increased by 50% in advanced settings.
Died pretty quick, so only just under 10mins of graph.

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