Ivy Bridge 3570K Testing, Opinions, Results, New Bios, 4.5Ghz At 1.236v

[Don Karnage]

can you please list max stable overclock with stock volts?

that's what i'm aiming for with my next build.

4.5ghz is max on stock volts. 4.6 requires a voltage bump to 1.26v

Too bad the only computer shop close to me is compusa

They still have those?

 

[Borealis7]

4.5ghz is max on stock volts

Fine by me! now it's only a matter of Spousal Approval

 

[Don Karnage]

Fine by me! now it's only a matter of Spousal Approval

Buy it and don't tell her

 

[dma0991]

Fine by me! now it's only a matter of Spousal Approval

Buy it and don't tell her

The beauty of being single and free.

 

[Don Karnage]

x264 HD BENCHMARK 4.0 RESULTS

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Results for x264.exe r1913
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Pass 1
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encoded 1442 frames, 207.75 fps, 3912.26 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 207.06 fps, 3912.26 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 207.84 fps, 3912.26 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 208.26 fps, 3912.26 kb/s

Pass 2
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encoded 1442 frames, 41.72 fps, 3961.53 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 41.74 fps, 3961.40 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 41.83 fps, 3961.79 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 41.35 fps, 3961.85 kb/s


At 4.5Ghz. CPU usage topped at 94% and temps were in the 50C's. Couldn't possibly be throttling

 

[andrew_rs]

Too bad the only computer shop close to me is compusa

They still have those?

I was thinking the same thing. It's been years since I've seen one of those, and I don't miss them at all.

 

[Don Karnage]

I was thinking the same thing. It's been years since I've seen one of those, and I don't miss them at all.

Microcenter and Fry's are the stores i love. Amazon has surpassed Newegg because of its 3 dollar overnight shipping

 

[Iketh]

x264 HD BENCHMARK 4.0 RESULTS

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Results for x264.exe r1913
==========================

Pass 1
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encoded 1442 frames, 207.75 fps, 3912.26 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 207.06 fps, 3912.26 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 207.84 fps, 3912.26 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 208.26 fps, 3912.26 kb/s

Pass 2
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encoded 1442 frames, 41.72 fps, 3961.53 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 41.74 fps, 3961.40 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 41.83 fps, 3961.79 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 41.35 fps, 3961.85 kb/s


At 4.5Ghz. CPU usage topped at 94% and temps were in the 50C's. Couldn't possibly be throttling

x264 HD BENCHMARK 4.0 RESULTS

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Results for x264.exe r1913
==========================

Pass 1
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encoded 1442 frames, 185.85 fps, 3911.63 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 187.35 fps, 3911.63 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 186.40 fps, 3911.63 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 183.76 fps, 3911.63 kb/s

Pass 2
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encoded 1442 frames, 46.91 fps, 3959.61 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 46.95 fps, 3959.20 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 46.82 fps, 3959.27 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 46.87 fps, 3959.81 kb/s

My system is 2600k @ 4500mhz (44x102.3) 10-11-11-30-2t 1092mhz...

What's up with these numbers/benchmark??

 

[Don Karnage]

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Results for x264.exe r1913
==========================

Pass 1
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encoded 1442 frames, 185.85 fps, 3911.63 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 187.35 fps, 3911.63 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 186.40 fps, 3911.63 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 183.76 fps, 3911.63 kb/s

Pass 2
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encoded 1442 frames, 46.91 fps, 3959.61 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 46.95 fps, 3959.20 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 46.82 fps, 3959.27 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 46.87 fps, 3959.81 kb/s

My system is 2600k @ 4500mhz (44x102.3) 10-11-11-30-2t 1092mhz...

What's up with these numbers/benchmark??

Not sure as I was only hitting 94% cpu usage

 

[Iketh]

Not sure as I was only hitting 94% cpu usage

The cpu usage is normal for x264, but the pass 2 FPS and kb/s numbers don't add up between your run and mine...

 

[ljtatej]

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Results for x264.exe r1913
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Pass 1
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encoded 1442 frames, 165.31 fps, 3911.63 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 177.39 fps, 3911.63 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 178.95 fps, 3911.63 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 180.32 fps, 3911.63 kb/s

Pass 2
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encoded 1442 frames, 43.90 fps, 3959.22 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 43.63 fps, 3959.57 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 44.05 fps, 3959.17 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 43.97 fps, 3958.83 kb/s

2600k 4.2ghz (42x100)

Yeah somethings wrong with second pass.

 

[dma0991]

Sounds about right. My run with Core i5 3570K @ 4.5GHz (45x99.77)

[FONT=&quot]x264 HD BENCHMARK 4.0 RESULTS [/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Results for x264.exe r1913 [/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Pass 1 [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]------ [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]encoded 1442 frames, 194.18 fps, 3912.26 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 194.60 fps, 3912.26 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 194.18 fps, 3912.26 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 195.02 fps, 3912.26 kb/s
[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Pass 2 [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]------ [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]encoded 1442 frames, 41.40 fps, 3961.83 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 41.21 fps, 3961.34 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 41.30 fps, 3961.45 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 41.17 fps, 3962.22 kb/s[/FONT]

 

[AtenRa]

AMD FX-8150 @ 4.7GHz (Bus SPeed 260MHz, memory at 2087MHz 9-11-9-27)

Results for x264.exe r1913
==========================

Pass 1
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encoded 1442 frames, 149.09 fps, 3911.61 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 149.57 fps, 3911.61 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 148.37 fps, 3911.61 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 148.84 fps, 3911.61 kb/s

Pass 2
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encoded 1442 frames, 46.99 fps, 3960.27 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 47.14 fps, 3959.44 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 47.14 fps, 3959.54 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 47.31 fps, 3958.08 kb/s


First pass is all about single thread performance, the IB has higher single thread performance at the same operating frequency than SB. That is why 3570K scores higher in first pass against SB.

Second pass fully utilizes a multithreaded processor, the 4 threads IB 3570K without Hyper-Threading cannot catch the 8 threads of 2600K or BD.

 

[AtenRa]

For reference,

Core i7 920 @ 4GHz (191MHz bclk, mem at 1532MHz 9-9-9-24)

Results for x264.exe r1913
==========================

Pass 1
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encoded 1442 frames, 153.52 fps, 3911.63 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 156.35 fps, 3911.63 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 155.37 fps, 3911.63 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 153.88 fps, 3911.63 kb/s

Pass 2
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encoded 1442 frames, 37.48 fps, 3958.48 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 37.56 fps, 3959.01 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 37.51 fps, 3959.73 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 37.54 fps, 3958.46 kb/s

It seams that IB 3570K will have almost the same performance in Pass 2 with an 8-threads Core i7 920 at the same frequency.

 

[BallaTheFeared]

Ahh yes, I x264... Last gen it was Cinebench, now x264.

 

[Iketh]

ok so i guess FPS is correct, but the kb/s is nearly identical for everyone... must be a bug... should not even include that figure anyhow, FPS is all we need

 

[AtenRa]

ok so i guess FPS is correct, but the kb/s is nearly identical for everyone... must be a bug... should not even include that figure anyhow, FPS is all we need

The x264 benchmark encodes the same HD video in to a x264 file format.

Bitrate(kb/s) should be identical for every run in order to have an apples to apples comparison.

As you have said, it is the FPS that we care about.

 

[grkM3]

Pass 1
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encoded 1442 frames, 212.47 fps, 3912.26 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 210.82 fps, 3912.26 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 214.26 fps, 3912.26 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 215.55 fps, 3912.26 kb/s

Pass 2
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encoded 1442 frames, 42.25 fps, 3961.56 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 42.44 fps, 3961.85 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 41.91 fps, 3961.83 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 42.32 fps, 3961.78 kb/s

that is a 2600k with hyper off at 5.0ghz and turbo working,its says in the install readme to shut off turbo for better results and i will try that next and then with hyper on at 5.0ghz

 

[BallaTheFeared]

Like Cinebench was to the Phenom II x6, x264 is to Bulldozer.

8150 @ 5Ghz

8.64 fps

i5-2500k 5.2GHz

8.08 fps

8150 @ 5Ghz

i5-2500k 5.2Ghz

8150 @ 5GHz

i5-2500k 5.2GHz

8150 @ 5GHz

i5-2500k @ 5.2GHz

All four of those benchmarks use 8 cores, only one of them was faster on the 8150 when compared to the i5-2500k.

Guess which one they'd rather talk about?

 

[grkM3]

encoded 1442 frames, 204.98 fps, 3911.63 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 202.24 fps, 3911.63 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 202.24 fps, 3911.63 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 201.82 fps, 3911.63 kb/s

Pass 2
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encoded 1442 frames, 51.64 fps, 3959.10 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 50.96 fps, 3959.44 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 50.84 fps, 3959.69 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 51.15 fps, 3959.57 kb/s

2600k@5ghz with hyper on,as expected single thread will suffer a bit from the cores trying to go full load and windows 8 should help with hyper a bit with better spread across the core.

there is zero reason for anyone with a 2600k to upgrade to ivy bridge

2600k @ 5.1 without hyper

Pass 1
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encoded 1442 frames, 219.25 fps, 3912.26 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 219.48 fps, 3912.26 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 219.48 fps, 3912.26 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 220.52 fps, 3912.26 kb/s

Pass 2
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encoded 1442 frames, 43.61 fps, 3961.01 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 43.70 fps, 3961.65 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 43.83 fps, 3961.17 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 43.72 fps, 3961.73 kb/s

 

[blckgrffn]

Like Cinebench was to the Phenom II x6, x264 is to Bulldozer.

*snip*

All four of those benchmarks use 8 cores, only one of them was faster on the 8150 when compared to the i5-2500k.

Guess which one they'd rather talk about?

Wrong thread? All those pictures make it a little difficult to compare the benchmarks people are sharing without massive scrolling.

Thanks to the folks who took the time to run the bench and post it with the variety of CPUs & clock speeds

 

[Don Karnage]

x264 HD BENCHMARK 4.0 RESULTS

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Results for x264.exe r1913
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Pass 1
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encoded 1442 frames, 207.75 fps, 3912.26 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 207.06 fps, 3912.26 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 207.84 fps, 3912.26 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 208.26 fps, 3912.26 kb/s

Pass 2
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encoded 1442 frames, 41.72 fps, 3961.53 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 41.74 fps, 3961.40 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 41.83 fps, 3961.79 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 41.35 fps, 3961.85 kb/s


At 4.5Ghz. CPU usage topped at 94% and temps were in the 50C's. Couldn't possibly be throttling

Updated :

x264 HD BENCHMARK 4.0 RESULTS

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Results for x264.exe r1913
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Pass 1
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encoded 1442 frames, 210.57 fps, 3912.26 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 209.59 fps, 3912.26 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 209.59 fps, 3912.26 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 210.08 fps, 3912.26 kb/s

Pass 2
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encoded 1442 frames, 42.15 fps, 3961.65 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 42.13 fps, 3961.12 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 41.38 fps, 3961.36 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 42.09 fps, 3961.32 kb/s


System Details
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Name Intel Processor
Codename
Specification Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz
Core Stepping
Core Speed 3401.3 MHz

Northbridge Intel ID0150 rev. 09
Southbridge Intel ID1E44 rev. 04

Memory Type
Memory Size 8090 MBytes

Windows Version Microsoft Windows 7 (6.1) Service Pack 1 (Build 7601)

Number of processors 1
Number of threads 4
Number of threads 4 (max 16)
L2 cache 4 x 256 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, EM64T, VT-x, AES, AVX
Package

Temperature 0 37°C (98°F) [0x25] (TMPIN0)
Temperature 1 28°C (82°F) [0x1C] (TMPIN1)
Temperature 0 28°C (82°F) [0xBC2] (TZ00)
Temperature 1 30°C (85°F) [0xBD6] (TZ01)
Temperature 2 37°C (98°F) [0xC1E] (THRM)

 

[Smoblikat]

Was doing a burn in at stock settings. Now I'm doing 4.5GHz @ 1.304V and lowering the voltages till I find the lowest limit that is possible at 4.5GHz. Tried at 1.35V earlier and passed Prime, LinX and IBT.

My SB runs way cooler than that, and im on a 50$ air cooler.

 

[Don Karnage]

My SB runs way cooler than that, and im on a 50$ air cooler.

Problem is SB isn't the same design as IB.

3D Transistors
Increased IPC

All contribute to more heat. If IB was an exact die shrink of SB it would run cooler

 

[dma0991]

My SB runs way cooler than that, and im on a 50$ air cooler.

I wonder if you could still count on your air cooler IF Haswell also shows similar temp issues. You could either keep your SB and your air cooler till the end of time or actually find ways to overcome the heat issue. Plus you haven't considered my 30C+ ambient temps during the day.