Configurazione di prova e benchmark

Intel ha presentato le CPU Xeon E5-2600 v2 basate su architettura Ivy Bridge-EP. Abbiamo ricevuto un paio di processori E5-2687W con otto core e 25 MB di cache L3 ciascuno, e li abbiamo confrontati con l'offerta di precedente generazione 2687W.

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Configurazione di prova e benchmark

Avevamo a disposizione uno chassis Intel P4000, quindi l'abbiamo usato per ospitare la configurazione dual-Xeon. Siamo riusciti ad aggiornare la nostra motherboard Intel W2600CR2 all'ultimo firmware, aggiungendo il supporto ai processori Ivy Bridge-EP. Lo Xeon E5-2687W v2 supporta ufficialmente fino a 256 GB di memoria DDR3-1866. I kit attualmente disponibili operano a 1,5 volt con timing CAS 13. Noi abbiamo usato 64 GB di memoria DDR3L-1600 CAS 11 - nessuno dei carichi di lavoro delle nostre prove dovrebbe essere frenato dal bandwidth.

Test Hardware
Processori 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 (Ivy Bridge-EP) 3.4 GHz, Eight Cores, LGA 2011, 8 GT/s QPI, 25 MB di cache L3 condivisa, Hyper-Threading abilitato, risparmio energetico attivo
  2 x Intel Xeon E5-2687W (Sandy Bridge-EP) 3.1 GHz, Eight Cores, LGA 2011, 8 GT/s QPI, 20 MB di cache L3 condivisa, Hyper-Threading abilitato, risparmio energetico attivo
  1 x Intel Core i7-4960X (Ivy Bridge-E) 3.6 GHz, Six Cores, LGA 2011, 15 MB di cache L3 condivisa, Hyper-Threading abilitato, risparmio energetico attivo
Motherboard Intel W2600CR2 (LGA 2011) Intel 5520/ICH10R, BIOS 02.01.0002
  MSI X79A-GD45 Plus (LGA 2011) Intel X79 Express, BIOS 17.5
Memoria Crucial 64 GB (8 x 8 GB) DDR3-1600 Registered ECC, MT36KSF1G72PZ-1G6M1HF
  G.Skill 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR3-1600 Unbuffered, F3-12800CL9Q2-32GBZL
Hard Disk Intel SSDSA2BZ200G3 200 GB SATA 3 Gb/s (SSD 710)
Scheda video Nvidia Quadro FX 1800
Alimentatore Intel DPS-750XB A 750 W
  Chicony CPB09-003A 1000 W
Software e driver
Sistema operativo Windows 8 Professional 64-bit
DirectX  DirectX 11
Driver grafici Nvidia Quadro Driver 331.87
Configurazione benchmark
Adobe Creative Suite
Adobe After Effects CC Version 12.0.0.404 x64: Create Video which includes three Streams, 210 Frames, Render Multiple Frames Simultaneosly
Adobe Photoshop CC Version 14.0 x64: Filter 15.7 MB TIF Image: Radial Blur, Shape Blur, Median, Polar Coordinates
Adobe Premeire Pro CC Version 7.0.0, 6.61 GB MXF Project to H.264 to H.264 Blu-ray, Output 1920x1080, Maximum Quality
Codifica Audio/Video
iTunes Version 11.0.4.4 x64: Audio CD (Terminator II SE), 53 minutes, default AAC 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)
HandBrake CLI Version: 0.9.9: Video from Canon EOS 7D (1920x1080, 25 FPS) 1 Minutes 22 Seconds

Audio: PCM-S16, 48,000 Hz, Two-Channel, to Video: AVC1 Audio: AAC (High Profile)

TotalCode Studio 2.5 Version: 2.5.0.10677: 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
Produttività
ABBYY FineReader Version 11.0.102.583: Read PDF save to Doc, Source: Political Economy (J. Broadhurst 1842) 111 Pages
Adobe Acrobat XI Version 11.0.0: Print PDF from 115 Page PowerPoint, 128-bit RC4 Encryption
Autodesk 3ds Max 2012 and 2013 Version 14.0 x64: Space Flyby Mentalray, 248 Frames, 1440x1080
Blender Version: 2.68a, Cycles Engine, Syntax blender -b thg.blend -f 1, 1920x1080, 8x Anti-Aliasing, Render THG.blend frame 1
Visual Studio 2010 Version 10.0, Compile Google Chrome, Scripted
Cinebench Cinebench R15.0 CPU Component
Euler3D CFD simulation over NACA 445.6 aeroelastic test wing at Mach .5
Autodesk Maya 2014 Tom's Hardware Logo render in mental ray, 1920x1080, global illumination, photo-realistic motion blur, ray-traced shadows, OpenGL Test: Generate Playblast (OpenGL preview) animation to Y: RAM drive
e-on Software Vue 2014 PLE Custom workload: Landscape (generated in Vue 8 full version and imported into PLE)
Compressione file
WinZip Version 18.0 Pro: THG-Workload (1.3 GB) to ZIP, command line switches "-a -ez -p -r"
WinRAR Version 5.0: THG-Workload (1.3 GB) to RAR, command line switches "winrar a -r -m3"
7-Zip Version 9.30 Alpha: THG-Workload (1.3 GB) to .7z, command line switches "a -t7z -r -m0=LZMA2 -mx=5"
Benchmark sintetici
3DMark Version: 1.1, Benchmark Only
SiSoftware Sandra 2014 Version 2014.02.20.10, CPU Test = CPU Arithmetic / Multimedia / Cryptography / Memory Bandwidth