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PassMark Performance Test 7.0
The PassMark PerformanceTest allows you to objectively benchmark a PC using a variety of different speed tests and compare the results to other computers. PassMark comprises a complete suite of tests for your computer, including CPU tests, 2D and 3D graphics tests, disk tests, memory tests, and even tests to determine the speed of your system's optical drive. PassMark tests support Hyper-Threading and systems with multiple CPUs, and allow you to save benchmark results to disk (or to export them to HTML, text, GIF, and BMP formats).
Knowledgeable users can use the Advanced Testing section to alter the parameters for the disk, network, graphics, multitasking, and memory tests, and created individual, customized testing suites. PassMark computes a "CPU Marks" score based on the scores of the individual tests in each test suite. For this review I used the CPU, 2D Graphics, and 3D Graphics tests.
CPU Marks increase by 37% with overclocking. The 2D Mark results are interesting: note that the score for the Sandy Bridge 2600K's iGPU is actually higher than that of the native Radeon 6850 used on the P8P67 and P8Z68! In fact on the test platform, the iGPU's score of 669 is 39% better than the score when using the 6850! Intel HD Graphics 3000 (the marketing name for the 2600K's integrated GPU) may not be for gamers, but as long as images stay in 2D, it rocks.
3D Marks show the iGPU's weakness, though. Here Virtu's i-Mode was able to handle the switch, and its 2837 score is 490% better than the iGPU.
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Therefore saving you not only wear & tear on your fancy new amd/nvidia card but also electric, which lets face it, ain't cheap nowadays...
I reckon my idea could be the saviour of the desktop PC :o)
Also was there any clearance issues with the heatsink and the ram? Would you say that the ram had fairly tall heatsinks or not?
Would you say the ram you used is similar in dimensions to the G.skill RipjawsX?
Thanks
On P67/Z68 motherboards I've used, the CPU socket is fairly close to the RAM sockets, and low profile memory would be a good idea. The G.SKILL memory I used wasn't low profile!
So if you had the fans in pull-push, does that mean both fans were in the middle cavity of the Silver Arrow? (sorry just a bit confused on how you configured that)
I checked out the P8Z68V-PRO manual and it recommends installing RAM in the second/fourth slots, so I guess it wouldn't matter too much if the heatsink blocked the first RAM slot. (unless I planned to fill them all up).
Been thinking of getting G.SKILL RipjawsX, which I've checked are about 40mm tall, and the height of the Silver Arrow's base to the first fin is 40.87; it should just slip in.
Of course I'll probably have to position the fans left||centre instead of centre||right; or use a 120mm fan.
But thanks for the help.