3DMark 11 Released

[LA_MERC_Onji]

Its that time again. New version of 3dmark just came out today. (a 3d benchmarking program)

So start downloading, post your system specs, and what you scored!

3DMark_11_v100_installer.exe (http://64.91.80.238/downloads/3DMark_11_v100_installer.exe) 282mb

fyi, if you havent messed with 3dmark before, it will bring your system to its knees. I'm getting ready for the slideshow!


A little preview of one of the tests:
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[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

I will do here in a sec. DOwnloading on my work rig. I will Mark it then do home tonight.

[LA_MERC_Maverick]

Mine failed before it started, since I do not have a dx11 vid card.

[LA_MERC_Onji]

Ok done:

4016 Marks

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/38225

[LA_MERC_T4rg3T]

How long did it take?

[LA_MERC_Onji]

6-7mins

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

My GTX285 also fails at start. No Dx11.

[LA_MERC_Tugboats]

Had to roll back video driver, but done. 4204 Marks

[LA_MERC_Tugboats]

Had to roll back video driver, but done. 4204 Marks

Even though I rolled back the driver, it still says it wont post my marks to the internet because my graphics card drivers are not recognized????

[LA_MERC_YellowDog]

Well since I'm rolling with a GTX 280 card, I guess there's no reason for me to even try :)

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

3DMARK11 results @ [H]ard|OCP (http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1567233&page=1). All over the board and very interesting.

[LA_MERC_Spark]

system specs tug?

[LA_MERC_Tugboats]

system specs tug?

ASUS Rampage Extreme 3 MoBo
Core i7 Extreme 980x proc
3- GTX470 Triple SLI
8g Kingston HyperX Ram
OCZ 30g SSD (OS Drive)
Western Digital 320g Velociraptor HDD (Data)
Antec Skeleton Case

[LA_MERC_T4rg3T]

ASUS Rampage Extreme 3 MoBo
Core i7 Extreme 980x proc
3- GTX470 Triple SLI
8g Kingston HyperX Ram
OCZ 30g SSD (OS Drive)
Western Digital 320g Velociraptor HDD (Data)
Antec Spyder Case


I think it's because you have too many video cards. Maybe you should just give me that machine and try building another one until it gives you a result. :xmas1

[LA_MERC_Tugboats]

I think it's because you have too many video cards. Maybe you should just give me that machine and try building another one until it gives you a result. :xmas1

lol...my wife would love that idea!

[LA_MERC_YellowDog]

ASUS Rampage Extreme 3 MoBo
Core i7 Extreme 980x proc
3- GTX470 Triple SLI
8g Kingston HyperX Ram
OCZ 30g SSD (OS Drive)
Western Digital 320g Velociraptor HDD (Data)
Antec Spyder Case

Tugs, now I got to clean up the keyboard on my laptop, from all the doggy droll I got on it after reading your specs. :)

That looks like one SAWEET build.

To bad it don't brew coffee, or you would have the ultimate machine.

[LA_MERC_Tugboats]

Tugs, now I got to clean up the keyboard on my laptop, from all the doggy droll I got on it after reading your specs. :)

That looks like one SAWEET build.

To bad it don't brew coffee, or you would have the ultimate machine.

Lol, thanks! It could prolly be pretty awesome if any of it were oc'd, I am just too much of a chicken to do it!

It does, however, show my continuos BC2 deaths in stunning quality.

[LA_MERC_T4rg3T]

I need to get into come Bad Company 2.. I was decent in BF2

BC2 Vietnam looks cool.

[LA_MERC_Drax]

Not gonna run this on my current rig, but the new rig should be here soon, and we'll see how it does. Well, maybe a comparison would be good to see, if this computer can even run it...

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

THat hardware and only 8 gigs of RAM Tugs? C'mon your board supports more than that.

[LA_MERC_Tugboats]

THat hardware and only 8 gigs of RAM Tugs? C'mon your board supports more than that.

Yeah, it acutally supports 24g, but 8 is way more than I will ever use, I may get there one day!

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

I just upgraded my work comp to 8 gis and it runs mucho faster. I am going to go 16 I think at home.

[LA_MERC_Tugboats]

Okay, I reloaded my graphics drivers with the latest version, and ran 3dmark 11 again, this time it at least let me save to the internet, but it is still showing only one card instead of 3 with SLI turned off??? Not sure what the problem is, the score was roughly the same 4266.

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/141111

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

Doesn't that seem extremely low for your specs?

[LA_MERC_Drifter]

Done

P6359 3DMarks

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/228119

[LA_MERC_Drax]

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/229404
3DMark ScoreP3673

done, and drifter, we have very similar systems, except you have SLI, and you smoked me!

I need to tweak my ram, its only running at 1066, need to get it up to 1600. Do i need to specify the timings for that?

With the ram tweaked up (hopefully it stays stable)
P3724 3DMarks

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/229706

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/241715
Score:
P4116 3DMarks

I will try to tweak it a bit. Just installed my HD1000W Corsair Power Supply.

[LA_MERC_Tugboats]

Doesn't that seem extremely low for your specs?

Havent tried it lately, but the last two times I tried, it was misreporting my graphics specs and saying something or the other about my driver. I noticed it turns off SLI for some reason, so I am not sure what the deal is. I am going to redo it after I get my hdd's installed, maybe by then it will recognize my graphics correctly.

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

I had the same error with my HD5870. It was an unsupported card then after updating the driver it said unsupported driver.

[LA_MERC_Drax]

I'm not happy with my score....maybe after tax refunds, Ill buy a 2nd card. That seems to be the spot im lacking, well that and SSDs.

[LA_MERC_YellowDog]

I'm not happy with my score....

Yea, thats what she told me too :stick

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

ROFLMAO!!!!

My first upgrade will be ram then an additional card. Now I need to see what mates best to a HD5870.

[LA_MERC_Tugboats]

I am upgrading to 24 g of ram today, so I have 8 g (4 dimms) of Kingston Hyper X DDR3 if anyone wants it, first come first serve.

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

Sent you a pm Tugs

[LA_MERC_Tugboats]

Ram is gone!

[LA_MERC_Blown68Kamaro]

I guess my system sucks.
What a bummer. I thought my computer was pretty fast.
http://3dmark.com/3dm11/312982
P1286 3DMarks

[LA_MERC_Tugboats]

Okay, 3DMark11 blows.....best way to say it. I revamped my system and still only get 4260 marks, whenever I run it, it turns SLI off and still gives me the goofy driver error. Here is what I have now:
ASUS Rampage 3 Extreme MoBo
Core i7 980x Extreme (12 cores)
24 g Kingston HyperX Ram
2 Crucial c300 60g SSD's - Raid 0 (OS)
1 WD Velociraptor 320g (Data)
3 - GTX470 vids

Everything is set to stock, no OC'd components at all. I give up on 3Dmark....

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

I am agreeing with you. It seems very bitchy about how it reads and rates systems.

[LA_MERC_Blown68Kamaro]

So why in the hell is my system so slow? The specs are close to the other members systems.....Suggestions?

[LA_MERC_Blown68Kamaro]

Well after some tweeking, I almost doubled my numbers! :) Still not what your guys numbers are but much better.....
P2030 3DMarks
http://3dmark.com/3dm11/334127
Previous results : P1286 3DMarks

[LA_MERC_Blown68Kamaro]

Okay this is my last run after overclocking the CPU and installing the latest AMD/ATI video drivers.
P2057 3DMarks http://3dmark.com/3dm11/334650

Well after some tweeking, I almost doubled my numbers! Still not what your guys numbers are but much better.....
P2030 3DMarks
http://3dmark.com/3dm11/334127
Previous results : P1286 3DMarks

[LA_MERC_YellowDog]

OK, I finally got my new Graphics card installed and ran 3dmark 11, and I must say I am pleasantly surprised with the results,
I figured I would come in way low based on my platform.
Basically Im running a E6600 dual core OC'ed to 3 Ghz. with 4 gb of 800 Mhz corsair XMS Ram with a 470 GTX GPU.

So anyway here the results :)

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/480342

P3209 3DMarks

BTW,, my definite week spot is the the processor Ram and such.

[LA_MERC_YellowDog]

OK, I installed my EVGA 8800 GTS as the Physx card and ran the test again to see if my score would improve much,

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/517329

From 3209 to 3218.. is sadly almost not worth mentioning:(
(However there does seem to be a little problem)

2nd test reported Core clock speed at 513
1st test reported Core clock speed 607
and the Memory clock at 792 V/S 1674

I'm wondering if my 470 is running under clock?

[LA_MERC_MadMAX]

Hey Parker - in regards to your clock speed, I'm wondering if the card has some Power Management clock throttling going on...my 9800GT did - it would slow down when not under load to save on heat/power, and throttle up when hit - kinda like SpeedStep or Cool and Quiet in CPU's.

Just a thought.

[LA_MERC_YellowDog]

You know I've been thinking about that, however wouldn't you think 3d mark 11 would put the card under a load that require it ramp up to its highest clock speed, I mean it did when I was running the 470 by itself? I doubt the 8800 would take that much of a load off the 470 that it wouldn't need to run at Full Throttle.

I'm suspecting the MoBo has the 470 under clocked because of the 8800's clock speed.

either that or 3d mark 11 is not reporting the cards speed correctly?

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

I vote the latter Yellow.

[LA_MERC_YellowDog]

I am leaning that way, in Nvidia control panel it shows both cards with their respective Clock speeds, also in CPUID they list correctly. Its probably a issue with 3Dmarks reporting.

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

I think 3dMarks key punchers cannot keep up with all the trick things done now with hardware.

[LA_MERC_YellowDog]

Ok, I got a new setup, you might could say Im up with the jones's again... Anyhow, I got an ASUS x58 sabertooth MOBO with 12 GB of ram and an I7-750 3.2 gig Processor as the new heart of my system,

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/882653

What ya think:)

[LA_MERC_Blown68Kamaro]

I think your an @$$. LOL
Nice setup man. Nice scores. :) With any luck. I'll be upgrading mine to a 6 core AMD in the next week or two. :P I bet you still beat me.
Congrats on your new seutp. :) Now lets play some BF2BC.

[LA_MERC_YellowDog]

Well, you are correct on your first point...

However I dont know about the second, I'm not sure what AMD is doing now in the performance end of things.

As far as mine goes, I picked up my score in the graphics area somewhat but my major gain was in the processing. Going from DDR2 to DDR3, Dual channel V/S Triple Channel, An 800Mhz FSB dual core V/S 1333Mhz FSB Quad with Hyper-threading, not to mention MOBO to tie it all together. My previous platform was starting to get a little outdated.

[LA_MERC_Blown68Kamaro]

My understanding is that the 6 core AMD converts itself from a 6 core to a turbo charged 3 core when under a heavy load. For example, if it is running 6 core at 2 ghz, it converts itself to a 4 ghz tripple core. It also now has 6/mbps data xfers on hdd speed.
I'm hoping that is a huge improvement over what I have now. Also it has a hugh processor cache. I guess we will see in a few weeks. AMD boast that is out performes Intel's stuff. But like I siad we'll see. :)

[LA_MERC_Blown68Kamaro]

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/042710-amd-battles-intel-on-price.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20002003-1.html

[LA_MERC_YellowDog]

Humm Interesting :)

Maybe AMD will get a leg up on Intel?

[LA_MERC_Blown68Kamaro]

I doubt it, but it runs close to the same speed and a lot less money. :)
Pretty fast for us poor folks. :P

[LA_MERC_Wetzny]

Done:

4210 Marks

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/944740


Intel Core i7-950 Processor
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
ASUSTeK Computer INC. P6T6 WS REVOLUTION
6144 MB Kingston 9 @ 667 MHz

:stick

[LA_MERC_Wetzny]

Yellowdog... get that Rig back into the GAME; meathead!

[LA_MERC_YellowDog]

Im trying to but I keep getting kicked for some punk buster error, dont know what the deal is.

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

Make sure Punkbuster is allowed through your firewall.

[LA_MERC_YellowDog]

Might be the problem :)

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

I had no problems till windows 7. When I installed on Win 7 it blocked punkbuster. Took me a bit to find that one. XP would allow PB to adjust the settings.

[LA_MERC_YellowDog]

The best I can get messing with "AI tweaker" preset performance options in my ASUS X58 motherboard bios.

XMP mode = extreme memory profile.

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/1012023

Where I started

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/882653

I also tried CPU step up 1 i7 975 (3.3 mhz)

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/1011946

CPU step up 2 crazy (3.7 ghz) <---- lol, really??

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/1012066

I'm not going to mess with (real) over clocking since I don't really know what I'm doing in this area and i'm not about to mess up my new setup.

To summarize it appears to me you can get better results in 3Dmark11 by tweaking the memory V/S CPU over clocking.

But then again, the difference in performance is negligible at best by only gaining 63 points total. Other than just saying you have a higher score I doubt your going to notice any real performance gain gaming or otherwise.

Yellowdog signing off!! :)

P.S. I decided to run at the 3.3 GHz i7-975 settings, I figured it was a safe bet with a stock CPU cooler, and this setting does bump my memory up to 1600 Mhz which is where its rated to run at. :)

[LA_MERC_Blown68Kamaro]

Look at this article. Interesting Comparisons Between i7 and AMD X6. X6 is faster.
Hoping to upgrade soon. :)
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/phenom-ii-x6-1100t-thuban-amd,2810-10.html

[LA_MERC_YellowDog]

Hummmm interesting, for a budget/enthusiast build you can get an unlocked multiplier for much less cash in the AMD options V/S the over prices High end Intel processors.

[LA_MERC_Blown68Kamaro]

That's me Captian Tight @$$

[LA_MERC_YellowDog]

Hey Jayson, heres the comparison you asked about

Best score, prior to MoBo Processor and Memory upgrade "using an 8800 Gts physx card"

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/517329

Best score as listed above with New MoBo Processor and memory "No 8800 Gts physx card"

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/1012023

If you compare the 2, you will see the graphics scores went up just by removing the choke points, MoBo Processor and Memory. :)

[LA_MERC_MadMAX]

Awesome man - the 280 is working out well for me. I've got it paired up w/ a AMD 965. I messed around w/ overclocking, but wound up going back to stock so I could use "Cool'n'Quiet" to let it clock down when idle so it isn't sucking up so much juice, and I could limit myself to just the 2 stock fans in the Antec 300 to keep noise down since I record music sometimes. I could tell a diff w/ benchmarks, but not much of a difference in gameplay. I fire up CS and UT3 some, but mostly play a racing game called Grid right now.

[LA_MERC_Blown68Kamaro]

Well I got my new laptop today. FINALLY.
LOL. Anyway. Here are the first numbers on the benchmark.
http://3dmark.com/3dm11/1068231;jsessionid=057EFDE37F3D5D0161FF06C93B135D8 5?show_ads=true&page=%2F3dm11%2F1068231%3Fkey%3DQSW4hz9qEsZvF8FRAV 8UTwCRmxzxDA

Okay Here are the new numbers: (I edited my post) Not much better with the new drivers.
http://3dmark.com/3dm11/1068363;jsessionid=7EE2FAE7D6F5A2DCF084D855843DB0D A?show_ads=true&page=%2F3dm11%2F1068363%3Fkey%3D2bzfxnqTj70FewX5M9 sN73zjbCK8qF

The program tells me I need new drivers.
So I am downloading them now.
I have tested my games as is and I'm getting really good results.
BF2BC I was getting 50 FPS at high settings.
Plays Dirt 2 with no problems.
I think this is going to work out. I think the benchmark has a bug though.
It doesn't see my Nvidia card. Only the intel card. I forced it to use Nvidia but the results page still shows Intel. Hmmm.
More to follow.
Jason

[LA_MERC_YellowDog]

Are you sure you copied the right links, I can't get them to come up, it keeps timing out?

BTW, I think 3dmark11 is having some compatibility issues. I had issues with it displaying the right clock speeds when I had a physX card installed. I know tugboat had problems with running SLI with Nvidia 470 cards..

[LA_MERC_Blown68Kamaro]

Yeah, I can't get your links or my links to come up today. I guess thier website is down.
Overall I played Dirt2 and Left4Dead2, and BF2BC with not jitter or shaky or lag problems and had them all on high resolution. What is funny is my new laptop Windows index is 5.8 and my desktop is 5.9. LOL. CPU score is 7.3 on the desktop and 7.1 on the laptop.
The low score on my laptop is Windows Areo of 5.8, followed by the ram at 5.9. So overall the laptop does what I need it to do. Play my games. :) And oh yeah do work related stuff quickly. The only complaint I have about this laptop is the HDD activity light is BEHIND the lid. So when the screen is up where you can see the screen you can't see the light on the laptop. LOL. I give this laptop a 4.75 out of a 5. For 900.00 it is a steal. The surround sound on it is awesome.

[LA_MERC_Drax]

New vid cards in, and installed (2 x 6950s)

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/1220640
P8499

I am going to flash the cards to 6970s soon, pretty simple procedure, and we'll see what it does after that. I am kind of concerned tho, cards seem to be running pretty warm. Whats the average temp they should be during high end apps? I am seeing things around 90 C

[LA_MERC_YellowDog]

Your Score is Low Compared to Similar Systems.
There may be a problem

My ass!!.. That's the highest I've seen on here. LOL

[LA_MERC_Spark]

I am going to flash the cards to 6970s soon, pretty simple procedure,

Boy does THIS say a lot about how far we've come... I mean shit.. back in the day a BIOS flash was fraught with peril! I mean you just did that REALLY at your own risk.. now you have a pretty GUI and you just click... flash video cards even lol!

[LA_MERC_Blown68Kamaro]

My new motherboard and processor upgrade.
Went from a 908 on my score to 2299! W00t!
http://3dmark.com/3dm11/2930150;jsessionid=12kswh9az6c8113qduigfxqwvf



Well I got my new laptop today. FINALLY.
LOL. Anyway. Here are the first numbers on the benchmark.
http://3dmark.com/3dm11/1068231;jsessionid=057EFDE37F3D5D0161FF06C93B135D8 5?show_ads=true&page=%2F3dm11%2F1068231%3Fkey%3DQSW4hz9qEsZvF8FRAV 8UTwCRmxzxDA

Okay Here are the new numbers: (I edited my post) Not much better with the new drivers.
http://3dmark.com/3dm11/1068363;jsessionid=7EE2FAE7D6F5A2DCF084D855843DB0D A?show_ads=true&page=%2F3dm11%2F1068363%3Fkey%3D2bzfxnqTj70FewX5M9 sN73zjbCK8qF

The program tells me I need new drivers.
So I am downloading them now.
I have tested my games as is and I'm getting really good results.
BF2BC I was getting 50 FPS at high settings.
Plays Dirt 2 with no problems.
I think this is going to work out. I think the benchmark has a bug though.
It doesn't see my Nvidia card. Only the intel card. I forced it to use Nvidia but the results page still shows Intel. Hmmm.
More to follow.
Jason

[LA_MERC_Blown68Kamaro]

I must be tired, I just realized that was my laptop score.
Now I gotta find my old motherboard score. LOL

[LA_MERC_Blown68Kamaro]

Okay I found it I went from 1286 to 2299. Not bad. Using the same ram and video card. :)

[LA_MERC_Blown68Kamaro]

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/2938258;jsessionid=1pz5mqwiphldj1azqto8u2mefg
New Benchmark score : 2339

[LA_MERC_Blown68Kamaro]

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/2958855;jsessionid=4xzoewihaacuwgooj45mucmw
P4902 3DMarks
New score with GFX 560 Ti Turbo Card. :)

[LA_MERC_Blown68Kamaro]

My crossfire results :
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/4496937
Only 104 more? P5006

[LA_MERC_Blown68Kamaro]

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/4683727
New results with crossfire and new ram

[LA_MERC_Blown68Kamaro]

P6546 3DMarks