Computation and Productivity Benchmarks 7-Zip 64-Bit Edition 7-Zip is an open source file archiver designed originally for Microsoft Windows. 7-Zip operates with the 7z archive format, and can read and write several other archive formats. The program can be used from a command line interface, graphical user interface, or Windows shell integration. Sorenson Squeeze 7.0 Sorenson Squeeze is a compression suite for video. It encodes to multiple …

CPU Benchmarks Finalwire AIDA64 Extreme Engineer Edition AIDA64 Extreme Edition is a streamlined Windows diagnostic and benchmarking software suite. AIDA64 Extreme provides a wide range of features to assist in overclocking, hardware error diagnosis, stress testing, and sensor monitoring. It has unique capabilities to assess the performance of the processor, system memory, and disk drives. NEXT: Computation and Productivity Benchmarks Page …

Closer Look, Specifications, and Benchmark Testing Platform Finally we get to the actual board itself. As usual, Gigabytes box art is extremely colourful, and the features are well presented: The back: The accessories include no less than four SATA cables, one flexible SLI bridge, an I/O shield, as well as the installation manual and software disk: Once the anti-static bag …

Specifications, Overview, and Features Here is a quick stat-sheet of the different chipsets and what they offer. As you can see, the Z68 chipset is identical to the P67 except only in two areas: Core elements and enhancements the Z68 chipset brings: To start off the review, I would first like to thank Gigabyte for providing the Z68X-UD3H-B3 for testing. …

  Company: Gigabyte Technology Product: GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Price: ~$170 CAD Availability: Global Warranty Period: Three Years Introduction The much riled and awaited Sandy Bridge platform and Cougar Point chipset were released at the beginning of January, signalling the start of a dominant new era for Intel. Indeed, with AMDs upcoming Bulldozer lineup still in the process of rolling out, Intel theoretically …

Our review today is going to examine a 4GB kit of Patriot Viper Extreme Division 2 memory. This kit is rated at DDR3-1600 (or 800MHz) at timings of 8-9-8-24 with 1.65v. Based on the quick specifications, it is clear that this low-latency kit is designed for extreme performance. BACKGROUND Patriot Memory is a long standing company that was founded in …

3.  SiSoftware Sandra Professional Business Edition (Latest Version) SiSoftware Sandra (the System ANalyser, Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant) is an information and diagnostic utility. It provides most of the information (including undocumented) needed by testing hardware, software and other devices. Giving the user the ability to draw comparisons at both a high and low-level, Sandra presents information about the CPU, chipset, video adapter, ports, printers, sound …

4.  Futuremark PCMark Vantage Professional 64-Bit Edition (Version 1.0.0.0) PCMark Vantage is a PC benchmark suite designed for Windows, offering one-click simplicity for casual users and detailed, professional grade testing for industry, press and enthusiasts. A PCMark score is a measure of via a computers performance across a variety of common tasks such as viewing and editing photos, video, music …

SYSTEM OVERVIEW AND TESTING PROCEDURES Test System I Test System II Motherboard GIGABYTE 870A-USB3 GIGABYTE P67A-UD7 CPU AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition @ 3.20GHz Intel Core i7 2600K @ 3.40GHz (3.80GHZ Turbo Boost) GPU AMD Radeon HD4670 EVGA NVIDIA GTX 560Ti Operating System Windows 7 64-Bit Windows 7 64-Bit In order to present an unbiased review, I decided …