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Hi guys, I have just built myself a new super-rig and wanted to find out from you what is the benchmarks you normally run. The aim of the built was not super high benchmarks but rather a very well balanced, and fast, computer. So the benchmarks I am looking for should not just be focused on graphics, but also CPU intensive tasks, hard drive tasks, and prefably overall system performance.

I obviously have quite a comprehensive list and will be using all the common ones in any event, but will appreciate any other suggestions you may have.

This is the components:
MOBO: Gigabyte X79s-UP5 Wifi Workstation
RAM: Corsair CMZ16GX3M4a1600C9 (4x4GB)
PSU: Corsair 1000HX
CPU: Xeon e5-2670
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i
GPU: Asus GTX580, DirectCU II edition
SSD: 6 x OCZ Vertex 3, 60GB, RAID 0
HDD: 8 x 15,000RPM Savio 147GB, RAID 5
RAID Controller: Adaptec 7805
RAID Controller2: Highpoint RocketRAID 2720SGL
System fans: 6 x Coolermaster 120mm fans
System fan controller: Zalman ZM-MFC1 plus
Optical Drive: LG DVD re-writer
Headset: Corsair H1
KB: Logitech G19
Mouse: Logitech G500s
Mouse pad: Roccat Taito
Monitor Samsung T260
Case: Custom build mahogany case


But I am thinking to remove the SAS drives given the noise they make.

Burn it, see if it will stand a overheating test......

BadA$$jack wrote:Burn it, see if it will stand a overheating test......

it is "AN overheating test"....

and yes... I have already burned the CPU in, it peaks at 45 degress on 100% util.

I've created a list of software that I normally use for testing and setting up computers. Feel free to add more:

CPU
- CPU-Z (monitoring)
- RealTemp370 (temp monitoring)
- Prime95 (stability)
- Super-Pi (benchmarking)

GPU
- GPU-Z (monitoring)
- Furmark (stability)

GPU Benchmarking:
- 3dMark03 - 2011 (http://www.futuremark.com/benchmarks/3dmark/all)
- Aquamark (http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=673)
- Unigine (http://unigine.com/)
- Lightsmark (http://dee.cz/lightsmark/)
- Passmark (http://www.passmark.com/index.html)


HDD Benchmarking
- Crystal Disk Info
- Crystal Disk Mark
- HD Tune 254
- IOMeter


System
- CPUID_HW (monitor / temp monitor)
- WHM Blackbox (monitor / benchmarking
- PC Wizard (monitor)
- PC Mark (http://www.futuremark.com/benchmarks/pcmark)
- Passmark (http://www.passmark.com/products/index.htm)
- NovaBench (???)
- SiSoft Sandra

please add to the list if I may have missed anything.

I found a tool that gives a Quick overview of all temps and hardware, it's basic but great little informative tool as it's a broad scope:
Speccy - http://www.piriform.com/speccy

Thanks Lee, added AIDA to my repertoire, I've used that program years ago, glad to see they are still in operation.

Perhaps you may know, what is a nice tool that can measure latency for a local LAN? Never mind, found one that measures pings in microseconds:
http://www.cfos.de/en/ping/ping.htm


Now to find one that measures network bandwidth on a LAN?

http://totusoft.com/downloads.html

[TABLE]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: left"]LAN Speed Test v3.4 (with setup)
[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: left"] 12/12/2012[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: left"] 436k[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: left"]LAN_SpeedTest_Setup.exe[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: left"] LST Server v1.3 (with setup)[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: left"] 10/11/2012[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: left"] 368k[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: left"]LST_Server_Setup.exe[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

I'll PM you something.


And then theres LANBench:

http://www.zachsaw.com/?pg=lanbench_tcp_network_benchmark
http://www.zachsaw.com/downloads/lanbench_v1.1.0.zip

Skoups, you can use q check to measure bandwidth on a lan.
I use it regularly here at work....

http://www.ixchariot.com/products/datasheets/qcheck.html

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