UNIGINE-Valley BENCHMARK scores

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What is an average score for a single 290 and in xfire?

Read the first post and have a look...I think a non overclocked one is around 3420. You can also see other builds but pay attention to the CPU and GPU frequencies, most here are overclocked to some degree.

 

[ursmeloman]

Hi peeps
i7 3770k @ 4.4ghz
Crossfire Sapphire toxic R9 280x (undervolted) - Gigabyte 7970 Ghz (both cards @ 1100 / 1500)

 

[springs113]

So I have been running this benchmark all weekend and was a little upset that my score sucked...for my setup(not in my sig). Low and behold it might have been my windows version(7).
I barely break 3100 whether or not i overclocked my gpus(cpu left @ stock).
I installed windows 8.1 last night and voila I am happy...instant jump while leaving all @stock.

FPS- from 65-70 to 93-95
Score- from 2900s-3150 to 4100-4200
Min- from 16-19 to 25-27
Max- from 135-145 to 160-175.

But why? I thought windows 7 was suppose to be the better game driver so to speak.
Now seeing that jump curious to overclock a little.

My totals went as follows
105
4425
32.5
199.2

5820k@4.4ghz
2 290s @ 1075core/mem @stock.
I'll upload photo a little later.

 

[d1nky]

So I have been running this benchmark all weekend and was a little upset that my score sucked...for my setup(not in my sig). Low and behold it might have been my windows version(7).
I barely break 3100 whether or not i overclocked my gpus(cpu left @ stock).
I installed windows 8.1 last night and voila I am happy...instant jump while leaving all @stock.

FPS- from 65-70 to 93-95
Score- from 2900s-3150 to 4100-4200
Min- from 16-19 to 25-27
Max- from 135-145 to 160-175.

But why? I thought windows 7 was suppose to be the better game driver so to speak.
Now seeing that jump curious to overclock a little.

My totals went as follows
105
4425
32.5
199.2

5820k@4.4ghz
2 290s @ 1075core/mem @stock.
I'll upload photo a little later.

Somethings not right, 2x290s at around 1050-1100 should give about 5k or more.

The scores you mentioned are similar to xfired 7950s/7970/680s etc

Also remember

Preset: Custom
API: DX11
Quality: Ultra
Stereo 3d: Disabled
Monitors: Single
Anti Aliazing: x4
Full screen: yes
Resolution: 1920x1080

(No6. ---------------5529purecain 2x R9 290x@1110mhz gpu/1300mhz mem - not a massive oc from yours)

Im guessing software as an OS change made an impact, maybe try different drivers. Also make sure your mems are stable, kill all unessential processes, win7 usually is best for 3d benching. win8 is good for firestrike

I barely break 3100 whether or not i overclocked my gpus(cpu left @ stock). - this tells me there is a problem!

 

[springs113]

Somethings not right, 2x290s at around 1050-1100 should give about 5k or more.

The scores you mentioned are similar to xfired 7950s/7970/680s etc

Also remember

Preset: Custom
API: DX11
Quality: Ultra
Stereo 3d: Disabled
Monitors: Single
Anti Aliazing: x4
Full screen: yes
Resolution: 1920x1080

(No6. ---------------5529purecain 2x R9 290x@1110mhz gpu/1300mhz mem - not a massive oc from yours)

Im guessing software as an OS change made an impact, maybe try different drivers. Also make sure your mems are stable, kill all unessential processes, win7 usually is best for 3d benching. win8 is good for firestrike

I barely break 3100 whether or not i overclocked my gpus(cpu left @ stock). - this tells me there is a problem!

I don't know, but can you imagine what I was thinking @ a score of 3100.

Edit: Firestrike is 15779.

 

[d1nky]

I don't know, but can you imagine what I was thinking @ a score of 3100.

Edit: Firestrike is 15779.

your firestrike score is just about there, from what i can see its about average.

I got a feeling your valley is corrupted or the drivers arent working with it. Maybe monitor your clocks and see if both cards are 100%, throttling or anything really.

 

[Vistaron]

I did a bit of 'pc cleaning' and it seems to help.

 

[MetalRacer]

X99 here!

 

[Neolordz]

4820k 4.7Ghz OC, 1x R9-290X 1235Mhz (core)/5700Mhz (mem) OC. GPU Temps Min 34 max 48

 

[The N]

I5 2500 @4.0GHz
Sapphire 7970 VaporX 3GB
Dominator 2x2GB 1600

@ stock clocks (1050/1500)

@Heavily Oced (1260/1625) Vcore 1.3v

and its nearly caught my friend's AMd 290 at stock. less than a 100 points difference between both.
This GPU is SOLD couple of weeks back. Now i have Gigabyte 760 windforce 3x

 

[MetalRacer]

 

[The N]

nice SLI scores there. normally these type of benchmarks support NVIDIA more than AMD. and due to better optimization ALI roxks

 

[d1nky]

nice metal, nearly as fast as the guy who posted sli 780ti

 

[The N]

this benchmark is alot helped from memory OC.......

 

[Vayra86]

Here's my 770 at work.

1280 mhz core and 7800 mem, 1.21v

 

[The N]

so my 7970 @1260/6500mhz did beat your 770 @1280/7800

 

[Vayra86]

Hehe yeah I know right, my best run ever was a 2691 pts. I have aimed for 2700 but my core wont go past 1300 and mem won't go beyond 7800, which is odd as I've seen reviews where they managed to get 8ghz on mem. Guess I dont have the best silicon in town ^^

Slight difference, I don't have to slap 1.3vcore on it to make it go there (this is my actual 24/7 OC)

 

[The N]

@Vayra86

actually this benchmark more dependant on Power of GPU. the more RAW power and more performance would be. Another fact that this program really gain more performance by Ocing Of GPU.

one thing i noticed that NVIDIA especially Kepler series has better memory Ocing potential besides core.. like yours whereas AMd lacks it. my 760 easily went to 7.2GHz stabled but in firestrike and 3dmrk 11. in valley i had to reduced it to 6.8GHz for stability.

this 7970 vaporx memory max oced to 6.6GHz even in Firestrike and 3dmark11

bro i really want you to beat my 7970, i aimed for 290 and i coudnt beat it due to few points behind. just marginal difference. why dont you upp vcore a little and try for 1300mhz

 

[The N]

@purecain

Scores need to update.......

 

[Vayra86]

Alas, at 1311mhz Im really topped out and it doesn't really add to the performance / score anymore than my current OC. And I'm not unlocking the card to get more than 1.21v, at least not yet. Maybe when I'm in the market for a new GPU I will...

For 24/7 I always take it a notch back from absolute max clocks.

Interesting to see almost every config with 30-35 min. fps btw.

 

[The N]

you have your point there. well i always buy GPu in used, i dont OC GPU for 24/7 Gaming. Just do for Benchmarking purpose. becoz i always go for extreme level OC on any GPU. pumped out maximum possible Juice from GPU by OCing.

 

[Vayra86]

Hehe mine's a used (2nd hand) gpu as well.

Great position to be in as a buyer imo. 1 year behind spanking new and 1 tier below absolute high end = best deals.

Curious to see if I can pick up a 780 or 290 at reasonable price in 6 months. Things are already shaping up for it

 

[l4mb]

Don't know why but my R9 280x scores waaay lower than most of you guys, i'm getting only 2001 points with a light OC to 1100/1550 =/
Any tips to improve my score?

(I know my mobo is crapy and 4gb ram might not be ideal, but would this make such a diference?)

 

[Vayra86]

You're not running 8x AA by chance?

 

[l4mb]

Pretty sure I'm not, but I'll run it again in a couple hours and edit this post with the new info =)

Edit:
I tried it again, this time with default clocks, got 2033 points this time, what do you guys think about it ?