System Setup and Notes
Hardware
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| Armari Magnetar X2 | Armari Gravistar XRS | |
| Processor(s) | 2 x Intel Xeon 5160 3.0GHz, dual-core, 4MiB L2 shared |
2 x AMD Opteron 285 2.6GHz, dual-core, 1MiB L2 per core |
| Mainboard(s) | Supermicro X7DAE Intel 5000X |
Supermicro H8DCi NVIDIA nForce Pro |
| Memory | 8 x 1GiB DDR2-533 FB-DIMM | 4 x 1GiB DDR-400 |
| Memory Timings | 4-4-4-10 @ 533MHz | 3-3-3-8 @ 400MHz |
| BIOS Version | 05/03/2006 | 27/02/2006 |
| Disk Drive | 150GB Western Digital Raptor 10,000rpm SATA2 | Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 7200rpm SATA2 |
| Graphics Card(s) | PNY Quadro FX 3500 Pro (450/680) | PNY Quadro FX 3500 Pro (450/680) |
Notes
Windows XP Professional 64-bit was used throughout, and native 64-bit binaries were used wherever possible. Software ranges from a selection of our usual platform tests, right through to professional tools used in the content creation and CAD/CAM industries, including Maya 7, mental ray Standalone 64-bit, and Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0.We've used mostly the same suite of software rolled out for our last look at Xeon, with 'Paxville' Xeon DP @ 2.8GHz, with a couple of additions. If you have any comments or questions about how we do our testing here at HEXUS, drop by the HEXUS.community.
Clock-for-clock, Core has the potential to outperform K8, so Xeon 5160 at 3.0GHz should show Opteron 285 (2.6GHz) a clean pair of heels. We measure performance on the following pages.
