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Processori Intel Core i7-3960X (Sandy Bridge-E) 3.3 GHz (33 * 100 MHz), LGA 2011, 15 MB Shared L3, Hyper-Threading enabled, Turbo Boost enabled, Power-savings enabled
Intel Core i7-990X (Gulftown) 3.43 GHz (26 * 133 MHz), LGA 1366, 12 MB Shared L3, Hyper-Threading enabled, Turbo Boost enabled, Power-savings enabled
AMD FX-8150 (Zambezi) 3.6 GHz (18 * 200 MHz), Socket AM3+, 8 MB Shared L3, Turbo Core enabled, Power-savings enabled
AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE (Deneb) 3.7 GHz (18.5 * 200 MHz), Socket AM3, 6 MB Shared L3, Power-savings enabled
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T (Thuban) 3.3 GHz (16.5 * 200 MHz), Socket AM3, 6 MB Shared L3, Turbo Core enabled, Power-savings enabled
Intel Core i7-2600K (Sandy Bridge) 3.4 GHz (34 * 100 MHz), LGA 1155, 8 MB Shared L3, Hyper-Threading enabled, Turbo Boost enabled, Power-savings enabled
Intel Core i5-2500K (Sandy Bridge) 3.3 GHz (33 * 100 MHz), LGA 1155, 6 MB Shared L3, Turbo Boost enabled, Power-savings enabled
Intel Core i7-920 (Bloomfield) 2.66 GHz (20 * 133 MHz), LGA 1366, 8 MB Shared L3, Hyper-Threading enabled, Turbo Boost enabled, Power-savings enabled
Motherboard Intel DX79SI (LGA 2011) Intel X79 Express Chipset, BIOS SI.0280B
Asus Rampage IV Extreme (LGA 2011) Intel X79 Express Chipset, BIOS 0067
Asus Crosshair V Formula (Socket AM3+) AMD 990FX/SB950 Chipset, BIOS 0813
Asus Rampage III Formula (LGA 1366) Intel X58 Express, BIOS 0505
Asus Maximus IV Extreme (LGA 1155) Intel P67 Express, BIOS 0901
Memoria Crucial 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR3-1333, MT16JTF1G64AZ-1G4D1 @ DDR3-1600 at 1.65 V on Socket AM3+ and LGA 2011, DDR-1333 at 1.65 V on LGA 1155
Crucial 24 GB (3 x 8 GB) DDR3-1333, MT16JTF1G64AZ-1G4D1 @ DDR3-1066 at 1.65 V on LGA 1366
Hard Disk Intel SSD 510 250 GB, SATA 6 Gb/s
Grafica Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 1.5 GB
Alimentatore Cooler Master UCP-1000 W
Software e Driver
Operating System Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
DirectX  DirectX 11
Graphics Driver Nvidia GeForce Release 280.26

Nvidia GeForce Release 285.62 for all SLI testing

Giochi 3D e impostazioni
Benchmark Dettagli
Crysis 2 Game Settings: Ultra Quality Settings, Anti-Aliasing: Disabled, V-sync: Disabled, High-Quality Textures: Enabled, DirectX 9 and DirectX 11, 1680x1050, 1920x1200, 2560x1600, Demo: Central Park
DiRT 3 Game Settings:  Ultra Quality Settings, Anti-Aliasing: Disabled and 8x AA, Anisotropic Filtering: Disabled, Sync Every Frame: No, 1680x1050, 1920x1080, 2560x1600, Demo: Built-in Game Demo
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Game Settings: Ultra Quality Settings, Anti-Aliasing: 1x AA and 8x AA, Anisotropic Filtering: 16x, Vertical Sync: Disabled, 1680x1050, 1920x1080, 2560x1600, Demo: Crushblow to The Krazzworks, DirectX 11
Battlefield 3 Game Settings: Ultra Quality Settings, Anti-Aliasing: 4x MSAA, Vertical Sync: Disabled, 1680x1050, 1920x1080, 2560x1600, Demo: Going Hunting, DirectX 11
Audio e impostazioni
Benchmark Dettagli
iTunes Version: 10.4.10, 64-bit

Audio CD ("Terminator II" SE), 53 min., Convert to AAC audio format

Lame MP3 Version 3.98.3

Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 min, convert WAV to MP3 audio format, Command: -b 160 --nores (160 Kb/s)

Video Benchmarks and Settings
Benchmark Dettagli
HandBrake CLI Version: 0.95

Video: Big Buck Bunny (720x480, 23.972 frames) 5 Minutes, Audio: Dolby Digital, 48 000 Hz, Six-Channel, English, to Video: AVC Audio: AC3 Audio2: AAC (High Profile)

MainConcept Reference v2.2 Version: 2.2.0.5440

MPEG-2 to H.264, MainConcept H.264/AVC Codec, 28 sec HDTV 1920x1080 (MPEG-2),Audio:

MPEG-2 (44.1 kHz, 2 Channel, 16-Bit, 224 Kb/s), Codec: H.264 Pro, Mode: PAL 50i (25 FPS), Profile: H.264 BD HDMV

x264 Software Library AMD-Supplied AVX- and XOP-Optimized builds, TechARP's x264 HD Benchmark 4.0, Modified to accommodate new versions of x264 and CPU-Z 1.58
Applicazioni e impostazioni
Benchmark Dettagli
WinRAR Version 4.01

RAR, Syntax "winrar a -r -m3", Benchmark: 2010-THG-Workload

WinZip 14 Version 14.0 Pro (8652)

WinZip Commandline Version 3, ZIPX, Syntax "-a -ez -p -r", Benchmark: 2010-THG-Workload

7-Zip Version 9.20 (x64)

LZMA2, Syntax "a -t7z -r -m0=LZMA2 -mx=5", Benchmark: 2010-THG-Workload

Adobe Premiere Pro CS 5.5 Paladin Sequence to H.264 Blu-ray

Output 1920x1080, Maximum Quality, Mercury Playback Engine: Hardware Mode

Adobe After Effects CS 5.5 Create Video which includes 3 Streams

Frames: 210, Render Multiple Frames Simultaneously: on

Cinebench Version 11.5 Build CB25720DEMO

CPU Test single and multi threaded

Blender Version: 2.59

Syntax blender -b thg.blend -f 1, Resolution: 1920x1080, Anti-Aliasing: 8x, Render: THG.blend frame 1

Adobe Photoshop CS 5.1 (64-Bit) Version: 11

Filtering a 16 MB TIF (15 000x7266), Filters:, Radial Blur (Amount: 10, Method: zoom, Quality: good) Shape Blur (Radius: 46 px; custom shape: Trademark sysmbol) Median (Radius: 1px) Polar Coordinates (Rectangular to Polar)

ABBYY FineReader Version: 10 Professional Build (10.0.102.82)

Read PDF save to Doc, Source: Political Economy (J. Broadhurst 1842) 111 Pages

3ds Max 2012 Render Space Flyby, 1440x1080, from Y: RAM Drive
Adobe Acrobat X Professional PDF Document Creation (Print) from Microsoft PowerPoint 2010
SolidWorks 2010 PhotoView 360, 01-Lighter Explode.SLDASM Benchmark File, 1920x1080 Render, 1.44 Million Polygons, 256 AA Samples
Visual Studio 2010 Miranda IM Compile, Scripted
Sintetici e impostazioni
Benchmark Dettagli
PCMark 7 Version: 1.0.4
3DMark 11 Version 1.0.2
SiSoftware Sandra 2011 Version: 17.80

Processor Arithmetic, Multimedia, Cryptography, Memory Bandwidth, .NET Arithmetic, .NET Multimedia