3DMark06 Discussion and Insight Thread

erocker · Apr 9, 2008

fitseries3 said:
i've tried 10x and 9x multi's and i can get both to boot at 3.87 but no higher. thats with 1.575v vcore and 1.71v NB, cpu gtlref at 0.67x

i heard that changing your dram gtl settings helps your ram to not cause lockups.

For that final run, I said screw it to the settings and put everything for my memory on AUTO except 5 5-5-18. In the voltage section, I had everything on AUTO except the cpu, nb, dram, LLC enabled, and DDR2REF for DDR2 controller reference. When OC'd make sure your FSB strap is set at either 333 or 400. It looks like that crash before was from lack of NB volts, so I guess I can recommend this 1004 bios. :toast:

nflesher87 · Apr 9, 2008

fit what's the highest vcore you've tried?

DaMulta · Apr 9, 2008

fitseries3 said:
so ah.... what are you telling me i need to do? om stupid about GTL. i know what it does... but not how to correct it.

I working on trying to figure that out myself

http://edgeofstability.com/index.html

erocker · Apr 9, 2008

Mussels said:
i collect those souls and revive dead hardware

Seriously, you should see the amount of things my father and brother have killed alone, that refuse to work... yet as soon as they walk out the door, i pick it up, shake it, kick it across the room and it suddenly works again. I've had PC's that refused to boot for 2-3 weeks, he turned it on in front of me , nada - i push the button the next time and it just worked.

this has nothing to do with 3dmark however, sorry

Overclocking is very much about 3dMark. Overclocking is also associated with killing hardware. 3DMark06 transcends many boundries my man! :toast:

nflesher87 · Apr 9, 2008

DaMulta said:
I working on trying to figure that out myself

http://edgeofstability.com/index.html

excellent find D!

fit, what's the highest vcore you've used?

Fitseries3 · Apr 9, 2008

nflesher87 said:
fit what's the highest vcore you've tried?

1.625v vcore and 1.75v NB

nflesher87 · Apr 9, 2008

fitseries3 said:
1.625v vcore and 1.75v NB

dude you can test it higher than that, especially under water
try 1.65

erocker · Apr 9, 2008

Fitseries, try it with the 1004 bios and the setting I posted above with your voltage settings. Good luck man, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you! :toast:

ThatGuy16 · Apr 9, 2008

erocker said:
I'm breathing down your neck "That Guy". This chip doesn't even need the voltage I used @ 4.2ghz with this new bios. Cards are not overclocked. 850/1197.

* I may need to underclock my Vram a little to Oc my cores a little more. Working on it.

I'm still #1

Very nice score though!

I'm not too sure yet. I didn't want to admit it but I just had a lock-up for no reason. I think I had my NB set too low though when I went back to a 375 fsb. I'm running stock 333fsb and 800mhz on the ram to make sure things are cool. I hope I didn't eff up my memroy.

I get hard locks at 4.5Ghz because of my ram, i think on that 4.4Ghz run i was overvolting the cpu a little. This chip i have doesn't need much voltage at all, you must have a good batch also :toast:

(i love this chip, it does 4.0ghz with 1.24v on load!)

erocker · Apr 9, 2008

ThatGuy16 said:
I'm still #1

Very nice score though!

(i love this chip, it does 4.0ghz with 1.24v on load!)

I get hard locks at 4.5Ghz because of my ram, i think on that 4.4Ghz run i was overvolting the cpu a little. This chip i have doesn't need much voltage at all, you must have a good batch also

Naw, you ARE #1. I'm finished. You are case in point that Gigabytes X38 boards are awesome! :toast:

I'm done extremely overclocking this board untill I know exactly what eash setting is used for. That will take me quite some time, well after this super awesome chip is gone. :toast:

ThatGuy16 · Apr 9, 2008

erocker said:
Naw, you ARE #1. I'm finished. You are case in point that Gigabytes X38 boards are awesome! I'm done extremely overclocking this board untill I know exactly what eash setting is used for. That will take me quite some time, well after this super awesome chip is gone.

I'm loving this board even more since i figured out it was my ram causing the problems (wasn't volting it enough :laugh:

). With good ram, i would love to see what this chip could do on water. Can't wait to see your results when you get that quad :toast:

imperialreign · Apr 9, 2008

damn, y'all having too much fun

planning on going liquid cooled soon, and I'm going to see if I can't snag highest 3m06 score with dual 1900 series cards . . . only have to scrounge 300 points or so

and then in a few months when I get a 70x2 . . . <insert evil grin here>

nflesher87 · Apr 9, 2008

Moved...

34, DaedalusHelios - Sapphire HD3850 @ 850/999 - 11679 - E6750 @ 3600Mhz - 450FSB

should that be 3870? seems like too high a core clock for a 3850

Wile E · Apr 9, 2008

DaMulta said:
Truth be known almost all of us lower those settings to basic mode

Not me. All driver settings are at default for me.

DaMulta said:
Another trick is to close everything in taskmanger, everything that you do not need running. Some will kill off everything.

type msconfig in start run.

I do kill unnecessary tasks in the Task Manager tho. I think I have 18 processes running, including 3DMark, when I do a run.

nflesher87 · Apr 9, 2008

Wile E said:
Not me. All driver settings are at default for me.

I do kill unnecessary tasks in the Task Manager tho. I think I have 18 processes running, including 3DMark, when I do a run.

same here, I never even knew about turning down those settings until I read his post

Fitseries3 · Apr 9, 2008

hey... if anyone is looking for a e8500....

http://www.overclock.net/sale/317158-sale-micromans-e8500-3870-a.html

EastCoasthandle · Apr 9, 2008

Does anyone know if going from 2Gig to 4Gig of ram increases your score?

erocker · Apr 9, 2008

I don't think it does. I think 3d06 bases most of it's score on clock speeds. I've never tried it so I don't know for sure, but someone out there should know for sure.

asb2106 · Apr 9, 2008

Moved...

marsey99 said:
dam and i missed it

at the risk of being a pita is there any chance you can remove my other 2 scores and just add this one please

i will have another with my new proc over the next few days

thats a great score with a dual core 4300! Congrats! What proc r u getting??

nflesher87 · Apr 9, 2008

EastCoasthandle said:
Does anyone know if going from 2Gig to 4Gig of ram increases your score?

nope, if anything it'll probably decrease since you likely won't get as high of a stable OC (if going from 2 Dimms to 4)

asb2106 · Apr 9, 2008

EastCoasthandle said:
Does anyone know if going from 2Gig to 4Gig of ram increases your score?

quantity doesnt matter, but speed does. Unless your running low on memory, like if you run 1 gig on vista, then going to 2 might help, other than that, I say no

paul343 · Apr 9, 2008

I found that going from 4 to 2 gigs seems to help with stability, and therefore slightly higer scores. (That is 4 dimms to 2!)

My score went up about 500, largely (I think) due to a system that would stay stable at a higher GPU clock...

Duxx · Apr 9, 2008

I've always wondered what is the difference in SM 2.0 Score and HDR/SM3.0 Score. What factors into how they each perform? Thought someone here might know

Thanks.

erocker · Apr 9, 2008

2.0 is older while 3.0 is newer. It's all up to the graphics card and the chips on them that make up the performance of each. In 3d06, the first two tests are for SM2, while the last two are for SM3. SM3 introduced new shader techniques and HDR.

Tatty_Two · Apr 9, 2008

erocker said:
Everytime I kill hardware it takes a little piece of my soul.

*Hmm. I like that...

Same here, thats why i am ugly and full of helium :eek:

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASUS TUF x670e
Cooling	EK AIO 360. Phantek T30 fans.
Memory	32GB G.Skill 6000Mhz
Video Card(s)	Asus RTX 4090
Storage	WD m.2
Display(s)	LG C2 Evo OLED 42"
Case	Lian Li PC 011 Dynamic Evo
Audio Device(s)	Topping E70 DAC, SMSL SP200 Headphone Amp.
Power Supply	FSP Hydro Ti PRO 1000W
Mouse	Razer Basilisk V3 Pro
Keyboard	Tester84
Software	Windows 11

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Motherboard	MSi GD70
Cooling	OcZ Phase/water
Memory	Crucial2GB kit (1GBx2), Ballistix 240-pin DIMM, DDR3 PC3-16000
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Storage	SSD 64GB
Display(s)	Envision 24'' 1920x1200
Case	Using the desk ATM
Audio Device(s)	Sucky onboard for now :(
Power Supply	1000W TruePower Quattro

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASUS TUF x670e
Cooling	EK AIO 360. Phantek T30 fans.
Memory	32GB G.Skill 6000Mhz
Video Card(s)	Asus RTX 4090
Storage	WD m.2
Display(s)	LG C2 Evo OLED 42"
Case	Lian Li PC 011 Dynamic Evo
Audio Device(s)	Topping E70 DAC, SMSL SP200 Headphone Amp.
Power Supply	FSP Hydro Ti PRO 1000W
Mouse	Razer Basilisk V3 Pro
Keyboard	Tester84
Software	Windows 11

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASUS TUF x670e
Cooling	EK AIO 360. Phantek T30 fans.
Memory	32GB G.Skill 6000Mhz
Video Card(s)	Asus RTX 4090
Storage	WD m.2
Display(s)	LG C2 Evo OLED 42"
Case	Lian Li PC 011 Dynamic Evo
Audio Device(s)	Topping E70 DAC, SMSL SP200 Headphone Amp.
Power Supply	FSP Hydro Ti PRO 1000W
Mouse	Razer Basilisk V3 Pro
Keyboard	Tester84
Software	Windows 11

Processor	E8400 @ 4.0Ghz 1.248v C0
Motherboard	Gigabyte X38-DS4
Cooling	WCed - Apogee GTX - MCR320
Memory	2x2GB G.Skill @ DDR2-1068
Video Card(s)	2x HD4850 Crossfire
Storage	320GB SATA
Display(s)	LG 22" L226WTQ
Case	Lian Li rocketfish Modded
Power Supply	OCZ GameXStream 700W
Software	Vista Home Premium 64bit
Benchmark Scores	3DMark06: 20956

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Motherboard	ASUS P5E3 Deluxe/WiFi; X38 NSB, ICH9R SSB
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Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro PCI-E x1
Power Supply	Kingwin Mach1 1200W modular
Software	Windows XP Home SP3; Vista Ultimate x64 SP2
Benchmark Scores	3m06: 20270 here: http://hwbot.org/user.do?userId=12313

System Name	The ClusterF**k
Processor	980X @ 4Ghz
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Cooling	MCR-320, DDC-1 pump w/Bitspower res top (1/2" fittings), Koolance CPU-360
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Video Card(s)	Evga GTX 580
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Case	Technofront Bench Station
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Power Supply	ENERMAX Galaxy EVO EGX1250EWT 1250W
Software	Win7 Ultimate N x64, OSX 10.8.4

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Processor	E8400 @ 3.80Ghz > Q9650 3.60Ghz
Motherboard	Maximus Formula
Cooling	D5, 7/16" ID Tubing, Maze4 with Fuzion CPU WB
Memory	XMS 8500C5D @ 1066MHz
Video Card(s)	HD 2900 XT 858/900 to 4870 to 5870 (Keep Vreg area clean)
Storage	2
Display(s)	24"
Case	P180
Audio Device(s)	X-fi Plantinum
Power Supply	Silencer 750
Software	XP Pro SP3 to Windows 7
Benchmark Scores	This varies from one driver to another.

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Processor	2600k
Motherboard	idk
Cooling	H110
Memory	20gb of something
Video Card(s)	onboard!
Storage	2x120 SSD, (5x8tb)+(3x4tb) = 35 TB Z1 pool
Display(s)	couple 4k 32s
Case	cooler master something i think
Audio Device(s)	does anyone bother with anything but onboard?
Power Supply	Whatever OCZ PC Powercooling became. 1200 modular setup
Mouse	MX Master 2x
Keyboard	G710
Software	FreeNAS

Processor	E 6750
Motherboard	ASUS Maximus Formula
Cooling	7 x Noctua 120
Memory	OCZ Plat Rev2 4x1GB
Video Card(s)	BFG 9800GTX
Storage	74 GB Raptor (System), 500GB WD (Data), 300GB Seagate
Case	CM 690
Power Supply	Corsair 620
Software	Vista Home Premium SP1

Processor	Rocket Lake Core i5 11600K @ 5 Ghz with PL tweaks
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK
Cooling	Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120SE + 4 Phanteks 140mm case fans
Memory	32GB (4 x 8GB SR) Patriot Viper Steel 4133Mhz DDR4 @ 3600Mhz CL14@1.45v Gear 1
Video Card(s)	Asus Dual RTX 4070 OC
Storage	WD Blue SN550 1TB M.2 NVME//Crucial MX500 500GB SSD (OS)
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Case	Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Windowed - Gunmetal
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