Test Hardware
Piattaforma 1	ASRock E350M1 AMD E-350 APU (dual-core, 1.6 GHz, 512 KB L2 cache/core, 80 stream processors @ 500 MHz, 18 W, 45 nm), A50M FCH
Piattaforma 2	Zotac 880GITX-A-E AMD Athlon II X2 240e (dual-core, 2.8 GHz, 1 MB L2 cache/core, Cool’n’Quiet enabled, 45 W, 45 nm), SB850 southbridge
Piattaforma 3	Zotac IONITX-P-E Celeron SU2300 (dual-core, 1.2 GHz, 1 MB L2 cache, 10 W, 45 nm), Nvidia Ion (16 CUDA cores, 450 MHz)
Piattaforma 4	Zotac IONITX-L-E Atom 330 (dual-core, 1.6 GHz, 1 MB L2 cache, Hyper-Threading enabled, 8 W, 45 nm), Nvidia Ion (16 CUDA cores, 450 MHz)
Memoria	Crucial 4 GB DDR3-1333, CT51264BA1339.16FD @ DDR3-1333/1066, 1.5 V
Hard Disk	Intel SSDSA2M160G2GC 160 GB SATA 3Gb/s
Alimentatore	Enermax ELT400AWT-ECO 400 W, 80 PLUS
Software e Driver
Sistema operativo	Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
DirectX	DirectX 11
Driver piattaforma	Nvidia GeForce/Ion Release 260.99
	Nvidia Chipset Driver 50.51
	Nvidia GeForce Release 262.99 (For GTX 580)
	AMD VGA Driver 8.792

Benchmark giochi 3D e impostazioni
Benchmark	Dettagli
Left 4 Dead 2	Video Mode: 1680×1050 Game Settings: Anti Aliasing: none, Filtering: Trilinear, Wait for vertical sync: disabled, Shader Detail: High, Effect Detail: High, Model/Texture Detail: High, Demo: THG Demo 1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2	Video Mode: 1680×1050 Game Settings: Anti Aliasing: Disabled, Sync Every Frame: No, Shadows: Yes, Specular Map: Yes, Depth of Field: Yes, Number of Dynamic Lights: Normal, Ragdoll: Yes, Bullet Impacts: Yes, Texture Quality: Manual (Extra), Demo: Second Sun, 45 second FRAPS log
World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm	Video Mode: 1680×1050 Game Settings: Quality Settings: Fair, Vertical Sync: Disabled, Hardware Cursor: Enabled, Max Framerates: Disabled, Demo: Crushblow to The Krazzworks Flight Point
Benchmark Audio e impostazioni
Benchmark	Dettagli
iTunes	Versione: 10.0.1.1, 64-bit Audio CD (“Terminator II” SE), 53 min., Convert to AAC audio 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)
Benchmark video e impostazioni
Benchmark	Dettagli
HandBrake CLI	Versione: 0.94 Video: Big Buck Bunny (720×480, 23.972 frames) 5 Minutes, Audio: Dolby Digital, 48000 Hz, Six-Channel, English, to Video: AVC Audio: AC3 Audio2: AAC (High Profile)
MainConcept Reference v2	Versione: 2.0.0.1555 MPEG-2 to H.264, MainConcept H.264/AVC Codec, 28 sec HDTV 1920×1080 (MPEG-2),Audio: MPEG-2 (44.1 kHz, 2 Channel, 16-Bit, 224 kb/s), Codec: H.264 Pro, Mode: PAL 50i (25 FPS), Profile: H.264 BD HDMV
Benchmark applicazioni e impostazioni
Benchmark	Dettagli
WinRAR	Version 4.0 Beta 4 RAR, Syntax “winrar a -r -m3”, Benchmark: 2010-THG-Workload
WinZip 14	Version 14.0 Pro (8652) WinZIP Commandline Version 3, ZIPX, Syntax “-a -ez -p -r”, Benchmark: 2010-THG-Workload
Blender	Versione: 2.54 beta Syntax blender -b thg.blend -f 1, Resolution: 1920×1080, Anti-Aliasing: 8x, Render: THG.blend frame 1
Adobe Photoshop CS 5 (64-Bit)	Versione: 11 Filtering a 16 MB TIF (15000×7266), Filters:, Radial Blur (Amount: 10, Method: zoom, Quality: good) Shape Blur (Radius: 46 px; custom shape: Trademark sysmbol) Median (Radius: 1px) Polar Coordinates (Rectangular to Polar)
ABBYY Finereader	Versione: 10 Professional Build (10.0.102.82) Read PDF save to Doc, Source: Political Economy (J. Broadhurst 1842) 111 Pages
Benchmark sintetici e impostazioni
Benchmark	Dettagli
PCMark Vantage	Versione: 1.0.2.0 Patch 1901
SiSoftware Sandra 2011	Versione: 2010.1.16.10 Processor Arithmetic, Multimedia, Cryptography, Memory Bandwith

Tutte le configurazioni sono state provate con un singolo modulo di memoria da 4GB. Questo nonostante l’880G supporti l’architettura dual-channel. L’idea iniziale era quella di usare due moduli da 2GB in ogni scheda. Tuttavia la IONITX-P-E non si è avviata con due moduli. Per evitare configurazioni differenti, abbiamo scelto così un solo modulo. Per dimostrare che lavorare con un singolo canale non è un problema per la piattaforma desktop AMD, abbiamo confrontato i dati con quelli ottenuti con due moduli e determinato che non c’era un problema di bandwidth.