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Cinebench R15 Benchmark Thread

Download: http://http.maxon.net/pub/benchmarks/CINEBENCH_R15.zip Only support 64bit System 3930K@3.5GHZ + 16GB DDR3 2133MHZ
Threadripper BUILDERS post

Feel free to comment, but primarily I would love for all of those building a Threadripper system to post their build information, and get feedback on it. I ordered the below today: (some are preorder) $127.99 1 x SAMSUNG 960 EVO M.2 250GB NVMe PCI-Express 3.0 x4 Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-V6E250BW $513.97 2…
Speculation: i9-9900K is Intel’s last hurrah in gaming

Independent test results for Intel’s 8-core i9-9900K are just around the corner, and the general consensus and expectations are that it will put Intel further in the lead with the « world’s best gaming processor ». However, like most technology analysts and avid followers of x86 CPU architecture, I expect 7nm Zen 2 to bring substantial improvements…
[Ashraf] 10nm « Lakefield » SoC with Intel big + little cores

http://aeassa.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/exclusive-intel-lakefield-soc-details.html Sounds like an interesting product! I hope that Intel combines it with enough GPU EUs to make it a decent choice for mobile gaming.
Speculation: Spring refresh for Ryzen

As I’ve posted elsewhere, I think AMD fell short of their frequency targets for the Ryzen 3000 series. A later launch than expected, statements relating to frequency challenges, Max Boost redefinition, boost issues, 3900X shortages, and now the 3950X delay from September to November, do all corroborate this. I guess they aimed for 5 GHz,…
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AMD build with ECC support

I haven’t paid much attention to computer cpus for quite a few years now. I’m running an intel 3770k right now. I’m looking to do a new build and I would like to probably go with AMD but I really want to have ECC memory. I’m hearing conflicting information on AMD’s support for ECC memory.…
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【Maxon】Cinebench R20 Benchmark Thread

Download: https://www.techpowerup.com/download/maxon-cinebench/ Only support 64bit System https://www.anandtech.com/show/14053/maxon-releases-cinebench-r20-benchmark The new benchmark implements a number of new features available for x86 processors. This includes newer AVX instructions, implemented through Intel’s Embree raytracing technology, applicable on both AMD and Intel processors. The new benchmark focuses purely on CPU performance, and solves one of the issues with the R15…
Speculation: Zen 4 (EPYC 4 « Genoa », Ryzen 5000)

Except for the details about the improvements in the microarchitecture, we now know pretty well what to expect with Zen 3. The leaked presentation by AMD Senior Manager Martin Hilgeman shows that EPYC 3 « Milan » will, as promised and expected, reuse the current platform (SP3), and the system architecture and packaging looks to be the…