Potential Labs Idea

[Chris Millar]

Hi all,

 

A thought crossed my mind while listening to the latest wan show.

 

I will preface this with, I suspect one of the many intelligent people at LTT will have thought of this, but it may be worth mentioning in the slim possibility they have not. 

 

LLD were having a discussion regarding a graph on the labs site that shows relative price to performance of a component relative the to overall price of the computer. 

 

My thoughts: Would it be possible to create a kind of correlation for performance. Where by each component is benched and you have the respective values and score for performance. You will then know card 1 is X% better than card 2 etc for each component. If it would be then possible to create a combined performance to price score based on the correlated results.

 

I shall try and give an example...

 

I have tested card 1 and CPU 1 that gives me an overall price to performance score. I want to compare to card 2 and CPU 2. Card 2 is 5% better than card 1 and 10% more expensive but CPU 2 is 2% worse but 7% cheaper. You can then get a new performance to price score. The user can then make a judgement call of what component makes the most sense for them based on paying extra for more performance or not...

 

This would essentially create the intimate price to performance calculator for computers.

 

I understand that performance number may not be as linear and clear cut so this may not be possible. I work as a stress engineer and we do something similar with material data to he able to correlate it to specific conditions. 

 

Again very happy to be told know, but thought it could be a cool idea :) 

[ki8aras]

24 minutes ago, Chris Millar said:

Again very happy to be told know, but thought it could be a cool idea

so essentially what you're describing, is a value for money calculator for the whole system? (or at least the parts that influence performance)

[Chris Millar]

1 hour ago, ki8aras said:

so essentially what you're describing, is a value for money calculator for the whole system? (or at least the parts that influence performance)

Essentially yes, you would be able to figure out what combination of components is objectively the most price for performance. Or specifically for the price range you desire

[ki8aras]

24 minutes ago, Chris Millar said:

Essentially yes, you would be able to figure out what combination of components is objectively the most price for performance. Or specifically for the price range you desire

sounds pretty good not gonna lie, however its only applicable in high framerate(cpu bottlenecked) scenarios, thus not useful to most people

[Chris Millar]

30 minutes ago, ki8aras said:

sounds pretty good not gonna lie, however its only applicable in high framerate(cpu bottlenecked) scenarios, thus not useful to most people

Not necessarily, the correlation should be able to be applied over any component assuming it has been tested to the same standard, which the lab does anyway.