LTT 3DMark Thread

[Najuno]

my other card is a bit better 

i7 3770K@4.7ghz

gtx970 @1560/1944

11019

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/4934858?

That´s better .

 

EDITED and UPDATED 12/4/2014.

[Najuno]

Alright and while you guys kept on benchmarking I thought I should push my 980s in FireStrike a bit harder myself, old score was at 22589 .

 

Benchmark: Fire Strike

CPU: i7 5930K

GPU: GTX 980 2way SLI

GPU Core: 1404 MHz

GPU Memory: 2013 MHz

Score: 22714

3DMark Link: http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/4935779?

 

I even swtiched my Wattsmeter in between to see what the maximum power draw oow is.

 

Maxed it out with a peak of 641Watts with all case fan, GPU fans and water cooling fans running on 100%. Pictures follow.

[Jumper118]

Alright and while you guys kept on benchmarking I thought I should push my 980s in FireStrike a bit harder myself, old score was at 22589 .

 

Benchmark: Fire Strike

CPU: i7 5930K

GPU: GTX 980 2way SLI

GPU Core: 1404 MHz

GPU Memory: 2013 MHz

Score: 22714

3DMark Link: http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/4935779?

 

I even swtiched my Wattsmeter in between to see what the maximum power draw oow is.

 

Maxed it out with a peak of 641Watts with all case fan, GPU fans and water cooling fans running on 100%. Pictures follow.

641W is not bad at all for that kind of performance!

[Raudi_]

I plan on killing my 770's when I get my new cards. 1.45V 650W TDP BIOS is all ready for them 

[Najuno]

641W is not bad at all for that kind of performance!

Yeah that´s true but there two things to say to this.

 

First of all Maxwell is a fine chip but isn´t that low on power draw when heavy OCed but still way better than Hawaii or Kepler. And second I see so many people in the forums asking how big their PSU should be for a GTX970/GTX980 2 way SLI. The GTX970 will draw a bit less I guess but so many people tell them to buy like 800W+ PSUs... sure a bigger PSU with Platinum rating isn´t bad to have because it runs a bit more efficient. But I see over and over again that many people just blabber crap that they´ve heart somewhere...

[Najuno]

> I plan on killing my 770's when I get my new cards. 1.45V 650W TDP BIOS is already for them 

That is insane muahahaha . 1.45V sounds like you really want to kill ´em in a big finally .

[Raudi_]

Yeah that´s true but there two things to say to this.

 

First of all Maxwell is a fine chip but isn´t that low on power draw when heavy OCed but still way better than Hawaii or Kepler. And second I see so many people in the forums asking how big their PSU should be for a GTX970/GTX980 2 way SLI. The GTX970 will draw a bit less I guess but so many people tell them to buy like 800W+ PSUs... sure a bigger PSU with Platinum rating isn´t bad to have because it runs a bit more efficient. But I see over and over again that many people just blabber crap that they´ve heart somewhere...

Its never a bad thing to get a good 800W+ PSU for a nice a hearty 12V Rail Amperage.

[Jumper118]

Its never a bad thing to get a good 800W+ PSU for a nice a hearty 12V Rail Amperage.

indeed. i plan on getting a nice meaty psu for my test bench next summer so i can do a bit of 3 and 4 way crossfire if i want.

[Raudi_]

indeed. i plan on getting a nice meaty psu for my test bench next summer so i can do a bit of 3 and 4 way crossfire if i want.

I should be getting at least 1 1600W soon, and then gonna be picking up 2-3 more of them for running cards to their full potential on a separate PSU.

[Jumper118]

I should be getting at least 1 1600W soon, and then gonna be picking up 2-3 more of them for running cards to their full potential on a separate PSU.

that evga 1600 P1 looks good to me or maybe a pair of superflower leadex  1200w 

[Najuno]

that evga 1600 P1 looks good to me or maybe a pair of superflower leadex  1200w 

I´m going to buy a new PSU with GM200 my Corsair AX860 is a good PSU but I´ll probably end up with a 1200Watts.

[Raudi_]

that evga 1600 P1 looks good to me or maybe a pair of superflower leadex  1200w

 

If I could get real Super Flower PSU's I would be so happy but since I can't I will settle for a few 1600 P1's 

[Jumper118]

 few 1600 P1's 

[Raudi_]

The 12v rail with my 770's overclocked like they are hates me. My cards pull 290W each thats with a 300W Custom TDP.

[Najuno]

The 12v rail with my 770's overclocked like they are hates me. My cards pull 290W each thats with a 300W Custom TDP.

That´s really extreme for a 770... it´s as greedy as a R9 290 lol .

[Najuno]

Okay here are the pics from the power draw... I know the pic shows 634W but peak was 641

 

 

Kill A Watt plugged in (othwerwise people will whine these maybe not my pics ).

 

 

System in idle.

 

 

And under fire .

[Raudi_]

I need to get me a kill-a-watt

[Cheddle]

Benchmark: Fire Strike
CPU: i5-4690
GPU: 2 x r9 290
GPU Core:  977mhz
GPU Memory: 1300 mhz

Score: 13,354 (20768 graphics)
3DMark Link: http://www.3dmark.com/fs/2871439

 

[Real_PhillBert]

 

Benchmark: Fire Strike

CPU: i5-4690

GPU: 2 x r9 290

GPU Core:  977mhz

GPU Memory: 1300 mhz

Score: 13,354 (20768 graphics)

3DMark Link: http://www.3dmark.com/fs/2871439

 

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That i5 is just killing your scores!

[Just The Tips]

Benchmark: Firestrike

CPU: 4690k @4gz

GPU: msi twin frozr gtx 970

Core Clock: 1.314  ghz

Mem Clock: 1753 mhz

Score: 10310

Link: http://www.3dmark.com/fs/2972529 (it says it's time is not legit, but it is)

[Cheddle]

That i5 is just killing your scores!

 

yep... next upgrade is an x99, 5820k and some 3ghz ddr4.

[p5ych00n5]

Cracked 11K

 

FX 9590 @ 4.9

7970 X-Fire @ 1100/1600

 

http://www.3dmark.com/fs/3398388

 

[Raudi_]

Cracked 11K

 

FX 9590 @ 4.9

7970 X-Fire @ 1100/1600

 

http://www.3dmark.com/fs/3398388

 

-snip-

Your CPU is holding back your score unfortunately. Otherwise thats a very solid score!

[p5ych00n5]

Your CPU is holding back your score unfortunately. Otherwise thats a very solid score!

Go AMD 

[Raudi_]

Go AMD 

The results would be around the same with an i5 4690k heavily overclocked. But after all this is just a bench mark and not a game.