Configurazione di prova e benchmark

Usiamo la stessa configurazione di memoria e di archiviazione su entrambe le piattaforme per normalizzare le tante variabili che possono frapporsi in un test alla pari. Oltre al Core i3 3220 e all'FX-4170, nei nostri test includiamo anche il Core i5 3550. Questo ci offre un riferimento per vedere come queste due soluzioni da 120 euro si misurano con un modello da circa 200 euro.

	Socket AM3+	LGA 1155
CPU	AMD FX-4170 (Zambezi), 4.2 GHz Base, 4.3 GHz Turbo Core	Intel Core i3-3220 (Ivy Bridge), 3.3 GHz, Hyper-Threading abilitato
Scheda Madre	Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5 Socket AM3+, Chipset: AMD 990FX	ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Performance LGA 1155, Intel P67 Express PCH
Rete	Controller Gigabit LAN integrato
Memoria RAM	Corsair Vengeance, 2 x 4 GB, 1866 MT/s, CL 9-9-9-34-2T
Scheda Video	AMD Radeon HD 7970 925 MHz GPU, 3 GB GDDR5 at 1375 MHz
Hard Disk	Western Digital Caviar Black 750 GB 7200 RPM, 32 MB Cache, SATA 3Gb/s
Alimentazione	ePower EP-1200E10-T2 1200 W ATX12V, EPS12V
Software e Driver
Sistema Operativo	Microsoft Windows 7 x64, Service Pack 1, KB2645594 and KB2646060 installed
DirectX	DirectX 11
Driver Grafici	AMD Catalyst 12.8

Configurazioni benchmark
Giochi 3D
Battlefield 3	Campaign Mode, "Operation Swordbreaker" 60-Second Fraps Run Ultra Quality Defaults (4x AA, 16x AF), 1920×1080
DiRT Showdown	Run with -benchmark example_benchmark.xml, Modified to two laps and no competing cars Ultra Quality Preset, 8x AA, 1920×1080
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	Update 1.4.27, Celedon Aethirborn Level 6, 25 Seconds Fraps DX11, Ultra Details, 8x AA, 16x AF, FXAA enabled, 1920×1080
StarCraft II	Custom map "Tom's Hardware Guide", 60 seconds Fraps Ultra Details, Extreme Quality, 1920×1080
Metro 2033	Full Game, Built-In Benchmark, "Frontline" Scene DX 11, High Preset, 4x MSAA, 4x AF, PhysX/DOF Disabled, 1920×1080
Codifica Audio/Video
iTunes	Version 10.4.1.10 x64: Audio CD (Terminator II SE), 53 minutes, default AAC format
Lame MP3	Version 3.98.3: Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 min, convert WAV to MP3 audio format, Command: -b 160 –nores (160 Kb/s)
HandBrake CLI	Version 0.95: "Big Buck Bunny" (720×480, 23.972 FPS) 5 Minutes, Audio: Dolby Digital, 48 000 Hz, Six-Channel, English, to Video: AVC Audio: AC3 Audio2: AAC (High Profile)
MainConcept Reference	Version: 2.2.0.5440: MPEG-2 to H.264, MainConcept H.264/AVC Codec, 28 sec HDTV 1920×1080 (MPEG-2), Audio: MPEG-2 (44.1 kHz, Two-Channel, 16-Bit, 224 Kb/s), Codec: H.264 Pro, Mode: PAL 50i (25 FPS), Profile: H.264 BD HDMV
Produttività
Adobe Photoshop CS5	Version 12.1 x64: Filter 15.7 MB TIF Image: Radial Blur, Shape Blur, Median, Polar Coordinates
Autodesk 3ds Max 2012	Version 12.0 x64: Space Flyby Mentalray, 248 Frames, 1440×1080
WinZip	Version 15.5 Pro: THG-Workload (650 MB) to ZIP, command line switches "-a -ez -p -r"
WinRAR	Version 4.1: THG-Workload (650 MB) to RAR, command line switches "winrar a -r -m3"
7-Zip	Version 9.22: THG-Workload (650 MB) to .7z, command line switches "a -t7z -r -m0=LZMA2 -mx=5"
ABBYY FineReader	Version 10.0.102.82: Read PDF save to Doc, Source: Political Economy (J. Broadhurst 1842) 111 Pages
Benchmark sintetici
3DMark 11	Version: 1.0.1.0, Benchmark Only
SiSoftware Sandra 2012	Version 2011.10.17.80, CPU Test = CPU Arithmetic / MultiMedia, Memory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark