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AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 d. Select the SouthBridge Configuration menu. i. Disable OnChip LAN2. ii. Press ESC to return to the Chipset menu. e. Press ESC to return to the Advanced menu. f. Select the Onboard Device Configuration menu. i. Disable Serial Port1 Addr. ii. Disable Parallel Port Addr. iii. Disable OnBoard VT6308 1394. iv. Disable OnBoard Sil3531 eSATA. v. Press ESC to return to the Advanced menu. g. Select the PCIPnP menu. i. Set Plug and Play O/S to Yes. ii. Press ESC to return to the Advanced menu. h. Select the Power menu. i. Set ACPI Version Features to v2.0. ii. Press ESC to return to the Advanced menu. i. Press Esc to return to the Main menu. 6. Select the Boot menu. a. Select the Boot Settings Configuration menu. b. Set Full Screen Logo to Disable. 7. Press F10 to save and exit. 8. Press OK. RAID Configuration 1. Power up the computer. 2. Press the F10 key to enter the RAID Settings screen. 3. Press the right-arrow cursor control key twice to move both disk drives into the Array Disks pane. 4. Change RAID-mode to Striping. 5. Press the TAB key until Striping block is selected. 6. Change the block size value to 64K. 7. Press the F7 key. 8. At the prompt, type "Y" to clear disk data. 28 Benchmarking System Configuration

Section	Page
Revision History	7
About This Document	11
Audience	11
Life of Document	11
AMD64 Single Socket Processor Architecture	12
Table 1. Memory Bandwidth	12
Figure 1. Dual-Core Processor Architecture	13
Table 2. Effect of Memory Bandwidth on Performance	14
Table 3. Effect of Memory Latency on Performance	14
Figure 2. HyperTransport™ Technology Block Diagram	15
AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture	16
Figure 3. AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture	16
Benchmarking Methodology	17
Benchmark Description	17
Table 4. Benchmark Application Sets	19
Benchmarking System Configuration	20
Test System Configurations	20
Table 5. AMD Athlon™ 64 Single Socket Dual-Core Processor System	20
Table 6. AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture	21
Windows Vista™ Installation	21
BIOS Configuration	21
RAID Configuration	23
Operating System Configuration	23
Windows® XP Professional Installation	26
BIOS Configuration	26
RAID Configuration	27
Operating System Configuration	28
Driver Installation	30
Video Card Setup	31
Benchmark Installation and Testing	32
Windows Vista™, 64-Bit Applications	33
CINEBENCH	33
Crafty	33
Panorama Factory	33
POV-Ray	33
Windows Vista™, 32-Bit Applications	34
3DMark™06	34
Cakewalk Sonar	34
CINEBENCH	35
Crafty	35
Dr. DivX	35
POV-Ray	35
Vegas	35
Windows® XP Professional, 32-Bit Applications	36
3DMark™06	36
Cakewalk Sonar	36
CINEBENCH	37
Crafty	37
Dr. DivX	37
High Performance Gaming and Multimedia Experience (City of Villains and Windows® Media Encoder 9)	37
POV-Ray	38
Vegas	38
Benchmarking Results	39
Overall Performance	39
Figure 4. Overall Performance	39
Windows Vista™, 64-Bit Applications	40
Figure 5. Overall Performance, Windows Vista™, 64-Bit Applications	40
Figure 6. CINEBENCH Performance	41
Figure 7. Crafty Performance¶	41
Figure 8. Panorama Factory Performance	42
Figure 9. POV-Ray Performance	42
Windows Vista™, 32-Bit Applications	43
Figure 10. Overall Performance, Windows Vista™, 32-Bit Applications	43
Figure 11. 3DMark™06 Performance¶	44
Figure 12. Cakewalk Sonar Performance	44
Figure 13. CINEBENCH Performance	45
Figure 14. Crafty Performance¶	45
Figure 15. Dr. DivX Performance	46
Figure 16. POV-Ray Performance	46
Figure 17. Vegas Performance	47
Windows® XP Professional, 32-Bit Applications	48
Figure 18. Overall Performance, Windows® XP Professional, 32-Bit Applications	48
Figure 19. 3DMark™06 Performance¶	49
Figure 20. Cakewalk Sonar Performance	49
Figure 21. CINEBENCH Performance	50
Figure 22. Crafty Performance¶	50
Figure 23. Dr. DivX Performance	51
Figure 24. High Performance Gaming and Multimedia Performance¶,·	51
Figure 25. Panorama Factory Performance	52
Figure 26. POV-Ray Performance	52
Figure 27. Vegas Performance	53

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AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide

30579

Rev. 3.74

March 2007

Benchmarking System Configuration

d. Select the

SouthBridge Configuration

menu.

i. Disable

OnChip LAN2

ii. Press

ESC

to return to the

Chipset

menu.

e. Press

ESC

to return to the

Advanced

menu.

f. Select the

Onboard Device Configuration

menu.

i. Disable

Serial Port1 Addr

ii. Disable

Parallel Port Addr

iii. Disable

OnBoard VT6308 1394

iv. Disable

OnBoard Sil3531 eSATA

v. Press

ESC

to return to the

Advanced

menu.

g. Select the

PCIPnP

menu.

i. Set

Plug and Play O/S

Yes

ii. Press

ESC

to return to the

Advanced

menu.

h. Select the

Power

menu.

i. Set

ACPI Version Features

v2.0

ii. Press

ESC

to return to the

Advanced

menu.

i. Press

Esc

to return to the

Main

menu.

Select the

Boot

menu.

a. Select the

Boot Settings Configuration

menu.

b. Set

Full Screen Logo

Disable

Press

F10

to save and exit.

Press

RAID Configuration

Power up the computer.

Press the

F10

key to enter the

RAID Settings

screen.

Press the right-arrow cursor control key twice to move both disk drives into the

Array Disks

pane.

Change

RAID-mode

Striping

Press the

TAB

key until

Striping block

is selected.

Change the block size value to

64K

Press the

key.

At the prompt, type “Y” to clear disk data.