Velocity Micro Edge Z55: Core i7-940 with CrossFire 4870
by Matt Campbell on December 12, 2008 2:00 AM EST- Posted in
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General Performance
CINEBENCH R10
CINEBENCH places a heavy load on the CPU during the rendering tests, and can utilize a single CPU or multiple cores. The video subsystem has no bearing on the CPU rendering portion of this benchmark.
Even at a 3.2GHz clock speed, compared to the 4.0GHz quad-cores shown in the graph, the Edge Z55 and its Core i7 not only hold their own but a set a new high for multi-core performance. The Core i7 architecture really shines in this application, and Hyper Threading provides a minor boost as well allowing the multi-core increase to hit 4.02x.
PCMark Vantage
Our new standard for general platform performance, the PCMark Vantage suite provides a wide series of tests, some of which focus on the CPU while others also utilize the video subsystem, and include digital photo manipulation, webpage loading, video transcoding, High Definition content playback, and so forth.
The Edge Z55 enjoys a healthy lead here over our previous (single GPU) test systems.
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Matt Campbell - Friday, December 12, 2008 - link
Thanks for the input. One of the main reasons we include the Reseller Ratings numbers, and read through and comment on the feedback there, is to convey across a broad number of people (and not just our one experience) what the customer service impression is. This time around, we also provided information on our experience with Mario, who was our system builder and therefore (at VM) the tech. support rep.UNHchabo - Friday, December 12, 2008 - link
This was a pre-production system, so it'd be obvious that a reviewer was calling. ;)Harby - Friday, December 12, 2008 - link
Is there a reason that Intel mobo was used? I mean, its probaly the worst X58 mobo atm, mainly because it only incorporates 4 DIMM slots.Matt Campbell - Friday, December 12, 2008 - link
Likely because VM is an Intel Premier Partner :)Also, being a first launch system, the Intel boards are often the farthest along in development and stability at launch date.
privater - Friday, December 12, 2008 - link
weeks ago,heard form other article that the dimm voltage must below 1.65v .but this rig seems use 1.90v ?Matt Campbell - Friday, December 12, 2008 - link
There is a warning present in the BIOS about exceeding 1.65V, and Intel is requiring some vendors to put warning labels on their motherboard packaging. 1.9V was the setting that Velocity Micro provided on the system, and we tested it as such, but reducing it to stock did not solve the stability problems on the first system.In Gary's X58 article, he pushed the MSI board up to a 1.90V VDIMM as well.
privater - Friday, December 12, 2008 - link
weeks ago,heard form other article that the dimm voltage must below 1.65v .but this rig seems use 1.90v ?