Benchmarking your PC... let's see what you got!

PC_Ace: Thank you for letting me know of possible areas to check. I am not sure if I am running it with AHCI but I will check later this evening, as well as download the Samsung Magician software utility.

My motherboard is SATA 3.0 capable? It has 6 SATA 3.0 ports that operate at 6.0 Gbps. I wonder if it would be worth it to upgrade to a different motherboard soon. I have used this motherboard since 2012. Can you please recommend possible CPU's that will be a great match for the GTX 1060 6GB graphics card so that I could eliminate the bottleneck? So far, Trainz runs great on my desktop even though the CPU is a bottle neck.
 
Best you will get for an AM3 board is an FX9370 roughly comparable to an i5-7600 and just below an i7-3770.

Having said that, my oldest PC which is a Phenom II 1090T X6 plus a GTX680 and 20GB DDR3 runs TANE quite well although the benchmarking would indicate it should not.

Worth remembering that the results get poorer each time they update the base line values, think 100% when I first tested was a GTX980, now 100% is a GTX 1070.

SSD speed, make sure you have the AMD AHCI drivers and not the Microsoft generic ones that seem to sneak in!
Should have something similar to AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller in device manager, probably under storage controllers.
 
Good Day Folks,

First I would like to say, again as in the past, this forum is a wealth of knowledge. Of which I am very grateful.

I put my Samsung SSD 1 Terabyte in a year ago or so. I had know idea they made additional tweaking software for SSD's or at least Samsung!

In reading your info on this thread, I went out to Samsung site, and got magician, downloaded, installed very simply and efficient. After doing that I did just a SSD test with Magician. It looks like day and night in difference and speed response.

Thank you for excellent info that will helps my SSD perform to it's full compacity.

Below are pics of after then before Stats on the drive.




The one below i s before I put the software in.
 
UserBenchmarks: Game 111%, Desk 65%, Work 59%
CPU: AMD FX-9590 - 62.7%
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti - 150.4%
SSD: Samsung 850 Evo 250GB - 74.9%
SSD: Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB - 55.1%
HDD: Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB - 76.1%
HDD: WD Blue 1TB (2012) - 91.5%
HDD: WD Blue 1TB (2012) - 103.7%
HDD: Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB - 78%
HDD: WD Blue 500GB (2010) - 62.6%
USB: WDC WD40 PURX-64GVNY0 4TB - 58.1%
USB: Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB - 54.4%
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB - 46.5%
MBD: Asrock 990FX Extreme9
 
Good evening everyone, I ran into a big problem with my PC. After going into the BIOS and setting the SSD to AHCI mode, my PC remains stuck at the black Loading Operating system screen ... I tried changing back to Native IDE but when I change to Native IDE, my PC is stuck at the Loading Operating Screen. I hope my system can be restored. I have alot of projects on the PC and would not want to format everything. Please help or advise on how I can boot into Windows without formatting or starting from scratch.
 
I have alot of projects on the PC and would not want to format everything. Please help or advise on how I can boot into Windows without formatting or starting from scratch.
Your motherboard will have a procedure for resetting BIOS to default settings, which should work with any hardware. Sometimes this means inserting a jumper in a particular spot on the MB, switching on, switching off, and removing the jumper. Sometimes it means shorting two pads with something metallic such as the tip of a screwdriver. Sometimes it is simply removing the BIOS backup battery for a short time (such as a few hours). Sometimes it requires unplugging from the mains (not just switching off at the front panel), and sometimes a combination of the above. Your motherboard manual should describe the procedure, and if it involves jumper or pads then they will be identified.
 
PC_Ace: I successfully switched over to AHCI mode and downloaded the Samsung Magician software. The software reports that AHCI is deactivated even though I have AHCI enabled in the BIOS. I have noticed improved speeds and boot up time with AHCI enabled as well as Rapid mode being enabled. Below are my scores from the Samsung Magician and revised benchmark scores now that I have AHCI and rapid mode enabled. The score of the SSD has really improved

Clam1952: Thank you for the possible upgrade options for this motherboard. I think my next motherboard will use an Intel processor, perhaps an core i5 or a core i7 processor. I just updated to the AMD AHCI drivers after noticing the default Microsoft storage drivers. Afterwards, my computer rebooted and in device manager, I then had the AMD AHCI driver installed. I also enabled the AHCI mode on the SSD and have noticed improved speed and faster bootup times.

Blueodessey: I agree, most definitely. I really appreciate the technical support and the wealth of knowledge on the forum.

SailorDan: Thank you for letting me know. I just fixed the problem a few minutes ago. The problem was, I had an SD card reader still plugged into one of the USB ports. Once I took that card reader out, Windows successfully booted.
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UserBenchmarks: Game 55%, Desk 38%, Work 29%
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 - 46.7%
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB - 75.3%
SSD: Samsung 850 Evo 500GB - 305.7%
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB - 87.6%
RAM: Unknown 4x4GB - 34.4%
MBD: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3
 
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malikrthr - Phew! I was really worried about your OS reboot problem earlier. :)

The Samsung Rapid Mode uses some of your DDR3 RAM as a form of cache and this really speeds up some IO operations and somewhat artificially improves the benchmark results, though the
actual speedup in PC operations is definitely noticeable.

My EVO 850 SSD recorded the following speeds once I upgraded the Magician Software to a version that supported Windows 10 (for the first time) and then allowed me to apply Rapid Mode:

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I have an i7-4790k CPU @4.6Ghz and Corsair Vengeance RAM which would have aided the above, somewhat flattering benchmark results, though that would pale into insignificance against a PCIe version of the latest EVOs.

When it comes time for you to upgrade your CPU, I'd suggest looking at the about-to-be-launched Gen 2 Ryzen 5 or 7 series of processors. Some of the benchmarks that have leaked online so far look very impressive, and these chips are likely to be aggressively priced against their Intel counterparts once again.

Or wait for a wee bit longer to see what Intel have to offer in the 2nd half of this year. AMD have really stung them out of their market-dominance complacency in recent times by offering seriously competitive performing multicore CPUs at lower prices, a situation which will persist for another year at least looking at their respective roadmaps.
 
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PC_Ace: I successfully switched over to AHCI mode and downloaded the Samsung Magician software. The software reports that AHCI is deactivated even though I have AHCI enabled in the BIOS. I have noticed improved speeds and boot up time with AHCI enabled as well as Rapid mode being enabled. Below are my scores from the Samsung Magician and revised benchmark scores now that I have AHCI and rapid mode enabled. The score of the SSD has really improved

Clam1952: Thank you for the possible upgrade options for this motherboard. I think my next motherboard will use an Intel processor, perhaps an core i5 or a core i7 processor. I just updated to the AMD AHCI drivers after noticing the default Microsoft storage drivers. Afterwards, my computer rebooted and in device manager, I then had the AMD AHCI driver installed. I also enabled the AHCI mode on the SSD and have noticed improved speed and faster bootup times.

Blueodessey: I agree, most definitely. I really appreciate the technical support and the wealth of knowledge on the forum.

SailorDan: Thank you for letting me know. I just fixed the problem a few minutes ago. The problem was, I had an SD card reader still plugged into one of the USB ports. Once I took that card reader out, Windows successfully booted.
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RE: SD Card left in the Computer,

I have done that more times than i would care to admit over the years, including Floppy Disks too! ........:hehe:.......

It's not a good feeling when you have stuff ready to go, and computer wont boot up.........Glad to hear your back on track with the pedal to the metal...........
 
PC_Ace: Me too, I agree, most definitely. My PC boot time is now between 25 and 30 seconds with the Samsung rapid mode enabled. This should leave about 12GB of RAM for me to use since the other 4GB or RAM is used for the Rapid mode technology. Those are great specs that you have in your PC. I am going to see about upgrading my PC soon now that my PC is about to be 6 years old this winter. Maybe if there are holiday sales on the AMD Ryzen CPU's, I will possibly consider the Ryzen 5 or Ryzen 7 processor. With the upgrade, I would also need a new motherboard that supports the AM4 processor platform and fast DDR4 RAM. I will definitely hold onto my GTX 1060 for about another 5 years or so. I can't wait to see the full performance of the GTX 1060 once I overhaul my PC :)

Blueodessey: Thank you, most definitely :cool:
 
OK example of a Ryzen 5 1600 + 6B GTX1060

UserBenchmarks: Game 71%, Desk 70%, Work 67%
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 - 83.4%
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB - 73.6% (EVGA)
SSD: OCZ Agility 3 120GB - 36.9% (had it for qute a long time)
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB - 106.6%
HDD: WD Blue 500GB (2010) - 64.7%
HDD: WD Blue 500GB (2010) - 71.7%
HDD: WD Green 1TB (2010) - 36.9% (old SATA2 getting knackered drive)
RAM: HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB - 77.9%
MBD: Asus PRIME B350-PLUS

Compared with Main Rig

UserBenchmarks: Game 95%, Desk 92%, Work 70%
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K - 99%
GPU: Nvidia GTX 980 Ti - 95.7%
SSD: Crucial M500 480GB - 93.8%
SSD: Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB - 78.2%
HDD: Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB - 79.1%
HDD: Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013) - 84.8%
HDD: Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB - 84.5%
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GB - 80.9%
MBD: Asus Z170-P
 
I'll see where I'm at,...

UserBenchmarks: Game 82%, Desk 68%, Work 58%
CPU: Intel Core i7-7700 - 83.3%
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1070 - 89.8%
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016) - 86.4%
RAM: Unknown CT8G4DFS8213.C8FDR1 859B CT8G4DFS8213.C8FDR1 859B CT8G4DFS8213.C8FBD1 859B CT8G4DFS8213.C8FDR1 32GB - 75.5%
MBD: Gigabyte GA-Z270-HD3-CF


H'mmm,... I have no trouble running TANE, frame-rates are always around 50-60, so I would have thought my performance (%) might have been higher.

Interesting exercise. Oh well, I'll wait until the whole thing freezes and I'll update again.

Cheers,

Roy
 
here are my GREAT stats, looks as if I really need to upgrade my video card

UserBenchmarks: Game 13%, Desk 36%, Work 23%
CPU: AMD A8-7600 APU (2014 D.Ka) - 46.7%
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GT 440 - 3.2%
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB - 45.2%
HDD: Seagate ST3320820AS 320GB - 42.7%
RAM: Kingston KP223C-ELF 4x2GB - 32.3%
MBD: HP 500-314
 
Well Brought the best gamming laptop I could afford and this is what I got

UserBenchmarks: Game 60%, Desk 71%, Work 53%
CPU: Intel Core i7-7700HQ - 83.2%
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1060 (Mobile) - 61%
SSD: HFS128G39TND-N210A 128GB - 63.7%
HDD: WD WD10SPZX-00HKTT0 1TB - 64.4%
USB: WD Elements 750GB - 26.5%
RAM: Kingston ACR26D4S9D8MD-16 1x16GB - 48.4%
MBD: Acer Predator G3-571

Tom
 
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UserBenchmarks: Game 134%, Desk 105%, Work 145%
CPU: AMD Ryzen TR 1950X - 119.6%
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti - 165%
SSD: Kingston A400 240GB - 69.8%
HDD: WD WD101KRYZ-01JPDB0 10TB - 117.4%
RAM: G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 4x8GB - 175.3%
MBD: Asus ROG ZENITH EXTREME

3x2TB Samsung 970 EVOs arrive next week..RAID Magic ;)
 
Scitimar - Please be sure to re-run your UserBenchmarks again when your new 970 EVOs arrive and post them here. That will vastly improve your SSD score! :cool:

Think yours is the first Ryzen Threadripper result we've seen here.
How are you finding the thermals - and are you running that on air or liquid cooling?
 
Don't know how accurate these results are.The first BM last night with a game running in the background on SSD's
The second this morning just after startup only system stuff running
looks like the SSD's score higher when under load
Every time i've run them I get a different result even with the PC in the same state

UserBenchmarks: Game 75%, Desk 82%, Work 63%
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 - 78.3%
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1070 - 76.6%
SSD: Samsung 850 Pro 256GB - 110.2%
SSD: OCZ Agility 4 256GB - 54.9%
HDD: WD Green 3TB (2011) - 67.6%
HDD: WD Green 1.5TB (2010) - 52.2%
HDD: Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB - 56.5%
HDD: Seagate IronWolf 1TB (2016) - 83.4%
HDD: WD VelociRaptor 1TB - 107.7%
HDD: WD WD8088AADS-00M2B0 809GB - 51.5%
RAM: HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB - 83.7%
MBD: Asrock Z170 OC Formula


UserBenchmarks: Game 97%, Desk 86%, Work 68%
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 - 86.5%
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1070 - 102.4%
SSD: Samsung 850 Pro 256GB - 95.4%
SSD: OCZ Agility 4 256GB - 51.5%
HDD: WD Green 3TB (2011) - 68%
HDD: WD Green 1.5TB (2010) - 53.2%
HDD: Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB - 57.7%
HDD: Seagate IronWolf 1TB (2016) - 85.8%
HDD: WD VelociRaptor 1TB - 105.9%
HDD: WD WD8088AADS-00M2B0 809GB - 52.1%
RAM: HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB - 89.1%
MBD: Asrock Z170 OC Formula
 
big_b - Your benchmark score whilst running other programs or tasks in the background will necessarily be compromised and basically invalid.
Quick question for you - Are you running Rapid Mode for your Samsung 850 Pro?
If not, get the Magician software and apply Rapid Mode to give a real boost to your SSD scores.
 
Scitimar - Please be sure to re-run your UserBenchmarks again when your new 970 EVOs arrive and post them here. That will vastly improve your SSD score! :cool:

Think yours is the first Ryzen Threadripper result we've seen here.
How are you finding the thermals - and are you running that on air or liquid cooling?

Thermals are quite good, I'm using an Enermax 360 TR AIO till these http://www.performance-pcs.com/swiftech-maelstrom-d5-reservoir-pump-combo-200mm.html are back in stock and I can build a proper dual 480 loop. Currently, ambient in Brisbane is 22c and idle temp @4ghz is 26c-27c. The max I've had when running a 1 hour render is 58c @4ghz 100% load on all cores. I'll post those Samsung results at a later date.
 
Cool (Heh!) - Thanks.
A RAID array with those 2Tb 970's will be awesome, I reckon.
I take it that you've got some regular heavy-duty workloads to justify this seriously potent rig?
 
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