AMD 3800 - Processor - 1 x Athlon 64 Evaluation Manual Download

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Publication #: 30579

Revision: 3.74

Issue Date: March 2007

Mark W. Welker

Johann Pais

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

One AMD Place

Sunnyvale, CA 94088

AMD Processor

Performance

Evaluation Guide

Summary of Contents for 3800 - Processor - 1 x Athlon 64

Page 1: ...Publication 30579 Revision 3 74 Issue Date March 2007 Mark W Welker Johann Pais Advanced Micro Devices Inc One AMD Place Sunnyvale CA 94088 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide ...

Page 2: ...he right to discontinue or make changes to its products at any time without notice Trademarks AMD the AMD Arrow logo AMD Athlon and combinations thereof Cool n Quiet and 3DNow are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc HyperTransport is a licensed trademark of the HyperTransport Technology Consortium Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks and Windows Vista is a trademark of Microsoft Co...

Page 3: ...ology 18 Benchmark Description 18 Benchmarking System Configuration 21 Test System Configurations 21 Windows Vista Installation 22 BIOS Configuration 22 RAID Configuration 24 Operating System Configuration 24 Windows XP Professional Installation 27 BIOS Configuration 27 RAID Configuration 28 Operating System Configuration 29 Driver Installation 31 Video Card Setup 32 Benchmark Installation and Tes...

Page 4: ... 36 Windows XP Professional 32 Bit Applications 37 3DMark06 37 Cakewalk Sonar 37 CINEBENCH 38 Crafty 38 Dr DivX 38 High Performance Gaming and Multimedia Experience City of Villains and Windows Media Encoder 9 38 POV Ray 39 Vegas 39 Benchmarking Results 40 Overall Performance 40 Windows Vista 64 Bit Applications 41 Windows Vista 32 Bit Applications 44 Windows XP Professional 32 Bit Applications 49...

Page 5: ...e 10 Overall Performance Windows Vista 32 Bit Applications 44 Figure 11 3DMark 06 Performance 45 Figure 12 Cakewalk Sonar Performance 45 Figure 13 CINEBENCH Performance 46 Figure 14 Crafty Performance 46 Figure 15 Dr DivX Performance 47 Figure 16 POV Ray Performance 47 Figure 17 Vegas Performance 48 Figure 18 Overall Performance Windows XP Professional 32 Bit Applications 49 Figure 19 3DMark06 Per...

Page 6: ...idth 13 Table 2 Effect of Memory Bandwidth on Performance 15 Table 3 Effect of Memory Latency on Performance 15 Table 4 Benchmark Application Sets 20 Table 5 AMD Athlon 64 Single Socket Dual Core Processor System 21 Table 6 AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture 22 Table 7 Performance Summary 55 ...

Page 7: ...ntent Creation Winstone 2004 Version 1 01 iTunes Version 6 0 4 Protected High Definition Viewing Scenario 3DMark 05 Build 1 2 0 Hardware and Software City of Villains Version 10 2 Serious Sam II Half Life 2 Version 1 0 1 0 Quake 4 Version 1 04 Unreal Tournament 2004 Version 3369 Tom Clancy s Splinter Cell Chaos Theory Version 1 2b Far Cry Version 1 3 1 Doom 3 Version 1 1 Updated the following benc...

Page 8: ...55 updated to version 3369 Added the following benchmarks iTunes version 6 0 4 Cakewalk Sonar version 5 Protected High Definition Viewing Scenario 3DMark06 build 1 0 2 hardware and software Serious Sam II City of Villains version 10 2 Quake 4 version 1 04 replaces Quake 3 Updated application information in Chapter 3 Changed the recommended system configurations in Chapter 4 Updated procedures in C...

Page 9: ...on 3 4 GHz and the Pentium 4 3 4 GHz processors Removed obsolete processor information Added the following tests to the Performance Analysis test suite Table 64 Panorama Factory Ver 3 1 64 Bit Benchmark on page 69 Table 65 Crafty Ver 19 12 64 Bit Benchmark on page 69 Table 64 Panorama Factory Ver 3 1 Benchmark Results on page 72 Table 65 Crafty Ver 19 12 64 Bit Benchmark Results on page 72 Note Th...

Page 10: ... GZIP on page 61 December 2003 3 25 Removed Revision bars December 2003 3 24 On Page 15 removed references to WinACE because it is no longer tested Within Operating System Configuration on page 27 added instructions to skip steps 12 and 13 because they do not apply if Microsoft Windows is not yet installed Instead skip to step 14 On page 30 added notations that ASUS and MSI drivers are applicable ...

Page 11: ...for those interested in evaluating the performance of AMD64 technology with particular emphasis on members of the hardware review community Life of Document This document provides information about the performance of these processors AMD Athlon 64 FX 62 dual core processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 70 dual core processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 72 dual core processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 74 dual core processor This d...

Page 12: ...s space that supports up to 1 TB of installed RAM shattering the 4 GB RAM barrier on current x86 systems Sixteen 64 bit general purpose integer registers four times as much general purpose register space for applications and device drivers as traditional x86 architectures Sixteen 128 bit XMM registers for enhanced multimedia performance double the register space of current SSE SSE2 SSE3 implementa...

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Page 14: ... second level L2 on die caches 128 KB of L1 cache and 1 MB of L2 cache allow the AMD Athlon 64 processor to excel at performing matrix calculations on arrays Benchmarks that use intensive large matrix calculations benefit from having the entire matrix available in the L2 cache Processor core clock for clock improvements Larger translation look aside buffers TLB with reduced latencies A global hist...

Page 15: ...nal worlds into memory for a fully immersive experience Home video enthusiasts can easily edit video recordings with professional quality results The 64 bit space is designed to bring home the digital experience The first true on die dual core x86 PC processor Inter core communication at CPU speed Direct access to memory controller and HyperTransport technology link HyperTransport Tunnel IEEE 1394...

Page 16: ... Connect Architecture The platform enhances the personal computing experience by exploiting the full potential of the latest multi threaded applications running under Windows Vista Currently shipping motherboards include the following features Twelve SATA RAID interfaces Two Gigabit Ethernet GbE interfaces Ten USB 2 0 interfaces Two IEEE 1394 interfaces UAA HD Audio External CODEC SP PP PS2 connec...

Page 17: ...ications 64 bit Windows Vista running 64 bit applications 64 bit Windows Vista running 32 bit applications 32 bit Windows XP Professional running 32 bit applications For some applications both a 64 bit version and a 32 bit version are run The descriptions that follow indicate which versions are used Table 4 summarizes the sets of applications MAXON Computer GmbH CINEBENCH 9 5 Multiprocessor video ...

Page 18: ... America Vegas Version 7 0 Video file conversion Tested as a 32 bit application running under Windows Vista and a 32 bit application running under Windows XP Professional High Performance Gaming and Multimedia Experience operating scenario NCsoft Corporation City of Villains Version 10 2 and Microsoft Inc Windows Media Encoder Version 9 00 00 2980 High performance online gaming1 and video encoding...

Page 19: ... Ray 3 7beta 14 Windows Vista 32 bit Applications 3DMark 06 1 02 CPU Cakewalk Sonar 5 CINEBENCH 9 5 Crafty 19 19 four thread version Dr DivX 2 0 DivX Codec 6 4 POV Ray 3 7beta 14 Vegas 7 0 Windows XP Professional 32 bit Applications 3DMark06 1 02 CPU Cakewalk Sonar 5 CINEBENCH 9 5 Crafty 19 19 4 thread version Dr DivX 2 0 DivX Codec 6 4 High Performance Gaming and Multimedia Experience Panorama Fa...

Page 20: ... Table 5 AMD Athlon 64 Single Socket Dual Core Processor System Component Manufacturer Model Description Processor AMD AMD Athlon 64 FX 62 Dual Core Processor 2 8 GHz clock frequency Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional Windows Vista Version 2002 Service Pack 2 RC2 Motherboard ASUS M2N32 SLI Deluxe NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP SATA Driver 5 10 2600 652 BIOS ASUS Crashfree BIOS 3 Version...

Page 21: ...tup defaults b Press OK c Press ESC to return to the Main menu Table 6 AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture Component Manufacturer Model Description Processor 2 AMD AMD Athlon 64 FX 70 Dual Core Processor 2 4 GHz clock frequency AMD Athlon 64 FX 72 Dual Core Processor 2 6 GHz clock frequency AMD Athlon 64 FX 74 Dual Core Processor 2 8 GHz clock frequency Operating Syst...

Page 22: ... the Chipset menu i Select the Memory Controller menu ii Set Memclock Mode to Manual iii Set Memclock Value to 800 MHz iv Set CAS Latency CL to 4 0 v Set TRCD to 4 CLK vi Set TRP to 4 CLK vii Set TRAS to 12 CLK viii Set Node Interleaving to Disabled ix Press ESC to return to the Chipset menu d Select the SouthBridge Configuration menu i Disable OnChip LAN2 ii Press ESC to return to the Chipset men...

Page 23: ... type Y to clear disk data Operating System Configuration 1 Delete all existing partitions 2 Create two new NTFS partitions of equal size logical drives C and D 3 Install Windows Vista in C 4 Restart the computer when installation is complete 5 Disable the sidebar by right clicking the vacant area adjacent to the right edge of the screen then selecting Close sidebar 6 Right click the corresponding...

Page 24: ...e the Power Settings window g Click OK on the Screen Saver Settings window h Click Display settings i the Display Settings window opens ii Use the slide control to select 1280 by 1024 pixels iii Click OK i Close the Personalization window 11 Enable best performance and disable system restore as follows a Click Start then click Control Panel b Click System Maintenance c Click System i Click Advance...

Page 25: ... Change the way Security Center alerts me on the left panel then select Don t notify and don t display ii Close the Security Center window e Click Turn automatic updating on or off f A window opens i Select Never check for updates ii Click OK g Click Turn firewall on or off h A window opens i Select Off ii Click OK i Close the control panel window ...

Page 26: ...return to the Main menu 4 Select the Main menu a Set Date and Time i Select the IDE Configuration menu ii Enable OnChip RAID1 Function iii Enable SATA 1 through SATA 6 b Press ESC to return to the Main menu 5 Select the Advanced menu a Select the JumperFree Configuration menu i Set AI Overclocking to Manual ii Press ESC to return to the Advanced menu b Select the CPU Configuration menu i Disable S...

Page 27: ... 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 k...

Page 28: ...llation is complete press Enter to continue 12 Eject the floppy disk then restart the computer 13 Delete all existing partitions 14 Create two new NTFS partitions of equal size logical drives C and D 15 Install Windows XP Professional in C 16 Click Yes to verify installation of serial all ATA drivers 17 Click Next to continue with Regional and Language Options 18 Type in your name and organization...

Page 29: ...dating I want to update my computer manually 49 Click Apply 50 Click System Restore and select Turn off System Restore on all drives 51 Click Apply 52 Click Yes to verify Turn Off System Restore 53 Right click My Computer icon on the desktop 54 Select Properties and click the Advanced tab 55 Click Settings under Performance 56 Select Adjust for best performance 57 Click Apply 58 Right click the ta...

Page 30: ...tarts j Double click the tscsetup exe installer file k Click Next l Click Finish 2 Install the October 2006 version of Microsoft DirectX End User Runtime as follows a Download the installer file directx_oct2006_redist exe from http www microsoft com downloads details aspx FamilyID 013C0F78 3C9B 44DC B8BE 46783BCAC3CB displaylang en b Double click the installer file c Select I accept the agreement ...

Page 31: ...ck Yes to acknowledge the NVIDIA ISE SW drivers window f Click No to Forceware Network Access Manager g Click Finish the system restarts 5 Install the audio drivers as follows a Place the installation disk supplied with the motherboard in the CD drive b Navigate to the audio driver setup exe c Double click the setup exe file d Click Next e Click Finish to complete the installation Video Card Setup...

Page 32: ...ned on a distribution disk provided by AMD and executed by a script created by AMD Each application is subject to the licensing terms contained therein and each application on the distribution disk is provided subject to its respective licensing terms It is the responsibility of the person running the tests to comply with the licensing terms for the applications on the disk and to obtain licensed ...

Page 33: ...ark from the panel on the left 4 Click Run 5 Benchmark results are shown next to the Run button when testing is complete Crafty Install and Run the Benchmark 1 Transfer the contents of the install folder on the distribution disk to the HDD c 2 Execute crafty_bench_0 01 exe 3 Benchmark results are written to the results folder when testing is complete Panorama Factory Install and Run the Benchmark ...

Page 34: ...stination Location screen opens Click Next 6 Another screen opens Click Install 7 The Open AL screen opens Click OK 8 The DirectX screen opens Click OK 9 Another screen opens Click Install to continue 10 The Registration Code screen opens Enter the code and click OK 11 When prompted click Finish Run the Hardware Benchmark 1 Double click the 3DMark06 shortcut on the desktop 2 The Tip of the day win...

Page 35: ...d Run the Benchmark 1 Transfer the contents of the install folder on the distribution disk to the HDD c 2 Execute divX_bench beta04 exe with the appropriate switch 3 Benchmark results are written to divX_results csv when testing is complete POV Ray Install and Run the Benchmark 1 Transfer the contents of the install folder on the distribution disk to the HDD c 2 Execute povray bench_0 01 exe with ...

Page 36: ...he Destination Location screen opens Click Next 6 Another screen opens Click Install 7 The Open AL screen opens Click OK 8 The DirectX screen opens Click OK 9 Another screen opens Click Install to continue 10 The Registration Code screen opens Enter the code and click OK 11 When prompted click Finish Run the Hardware Benchmark 1 Double click the 3DMark06 shortcut on the desktop 2 The Tip of the da...

Page 37: ...ark 1 Transfer the contents of the install folder on the distribution disk to the HDD c 2 Execute divX_bench beta04 exe 3 Benchmark results are written to divX_results csv when testing is complete High Performance Gaming and Multimedia Experience City of Villains and Windows Media Encoder 9 Install the Benchmark 1 Transfer the contents of the install folder on the distribution disk to the HDD c 2 ...

Page 38: ...xe 3 Benchmark results are written to results csv when testing is complete POV Ray Install and Run the Benchmark 1 Transfer the contents of the install folder on the distribution disk to the HDD c 2 Execute povray bench_0 01 exe 3 Benchmark results are written to the results folder Vegas Note This program must not be confused with Sony Vegas Movie Studio 7 Install the Benchmark 1 Obtain a licensed...

Page 39: ...An overall performance graph presents all the performance data Each set of benchmarks has an overall performance graph and graphs for each test in the set Table 7 summarizes all the performance data Please contact AMD if you have questions about AMD processor performance Overall Performance Figure 4 Overall Performance 100 0 150 4 161 5 172 2 50 70 90 110 130 150 170 190 AMD Athlon 64 FX 62 Dual C...

Page 40: ... Vista 64 Bit Applications Figure 5 Overall Performance Windows Vista 64 Bit Applications 100 0 154 5 167 7 181 1 50 70 90 110 130 150 170 190 AMD Athlon 64 FX 62 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 70 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 72 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 74 Dual Core Processor ...

Page 41: ...lative processor performance 100 0 160 3 168 6 182 7 50 70 90 110 130 150 170 190 AMD Athlon 64 FX 62 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 70 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 72 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 74 Dual Core Processor 100 0 176 6 190 9 207 0 50 70 90 110 130 150 170 190 210 AMD Athlon 64 FX 62 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 70 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 72 D...

Page 42: ...0 100 110 120 130 140 AMD Athlon 64 FX 62 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 70 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 72 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 74 Dual Core Processor 100 0 176 6 190 6 205 8 50 70 90 110 130 150 170 190 210 AMD Athlon 64 FX 62 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 70 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 72 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 74 Dual Core Processor ...

Page 43: ...Vista 32 Bit Applications Figure 10 Overall Performance Windows Vista 32 Bit Applications 100 0 141 7 150 7 160 0 50 70 90 110 130 150 170 190 AMD Athlon 64 FX 62 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 70 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 72 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 74 Dual Core Processor ...

Page 44: ...ent relative processor performance 100 0 152 4 164 5 175 4 50 70 90 110 130 150 170 AMD Athlon 64 FX 62 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 70 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 72 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 74 Dual Core Processor 100 0 129 2 132 4 133 8 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 AMD Athlon 64 FX 62 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 70 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX ...

Page 45: ...elative processor performance 100 0 160 0 170 6 183 2 50 70 90 110 130 150 170 190 AMD Athlon 64 FX 62 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 70 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 72 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 74 Dual Core Processor 100 0 180 5 190 3 208 3 50 70 90 110 130 150 170 190 210 AMD Athlon 64 FX 62 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 70 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 72 ...

Page 46: ... 100 110 120 130 AMD Athlon 64 FX 62 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 70 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 72 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 74 Dual Core Processor 100 0 179 6 192 9 206 1 50 70 90 110 130 150 170 190 210 AMD Athlon 64 FX 62 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 70 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 72 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 74 Dual Core Processor ...

Page 47: ...007 48 Benchmarking Results Figure 17 Vegas Performance 100 0 102 2 110 4 116 4 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 AMD Athlon 64 FX 62 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 70 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 72 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 74 Dual Core Processor ...

Page 48: ...ional 32 Bit Applications Figure 18 Overall Performance Windows XP Professional 32 Bit Applications 100 0 155 4 166 8 176 1 50 70 90 110 130 150 170 190 AMD Athlon 64 FX 62 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 70 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 72 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 74 Dual Core Processor ...

Page 49: ...t relative processor performance 100 0 149 6 162 0 171 4 50 70 90 110 130 150 170 AMD Athlon 64 FX 62 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 70 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 72 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 74 Dual Core Processor 100 0 130 8 139 9 146 3 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 AMD Athlon 64 FX 62 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 70 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 F...

Page 50: ...nt relative processor performance 100 0 154 8 167 5 177 4 50 70 90 110 130 150 170 AMD Athlon 64 FX 62 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 70 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 72 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 74 Dual Core Processor 100 0 173 2 186 8 197 9 50 70 90 110 130 150 170 190 AMD Athlon 64 FX 62 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 70 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 72 Dual...

Page 51: ... of normalized scores rather than a geometric mean of absolute scores because City of Villains is scored in frames per second while Media Encoder is scored in seconds 100 0 100 8 108 6 116 5 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 AMD Athlon 64 FX 62 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 70 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 72 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 74 Dual Core Processor 100 0 486 7 522 1 550 ...

Page 52: ... 80 90 100 110 120 AMD Athlon 64 FX 62 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 70 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 72 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 74 Dual Core Processor 100 0 180 5 195 5 207 4 50 70 90 110 130 150 170 190 210 AMD Athlon 64 FX 62 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 70 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 72 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 74 Dual Core Processor ...

Page 53: ...007 54 Benchmarking Results Figure 27 Vegas Performance 100 0 107 7 113 2 118 2 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 AMD Athlon 64 FX 62 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 70 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 72 Dual Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX 74 Dual Core Processor ...

Page 54: ...ar 218 4 169 0 165 0 163 2 CINEBENCH 786 0 1257 7 1340 7 1440 0 Crafty 2679881 0 4836622 0 5099036 3 5581378 3 Dr DivX 232 0 210 7 198 0 185 3 POV Ray 689 3 1238 3 1330 0 1421 0 Vegas 310 7 304 0 281 3 267 0 Windows XP Professional 32 bit Applications 3DMark06 2125 0 3180 0 3443 0 3643 0 Cakewalk Sonar 252 8 193 2 180 6 172 8 CINEBENCH 761 0 1177 7 1275 0 1350 3 Crafty 2685908 7 4652978 0 5018303 ...

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