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Benchmarking Advice

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Commander Suzdal

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I finally took the plunge and ordered the parts (motherboard, CPU, RAM) for my leap from Q9550 Yorkfield to i5-6600 Skylake. I want to run some tests on my current system that I can rerun after the upgrade to get a picture of my gains.

What handful of free benchmark programs would you recommend for a nice before/after picture of system performance, including gaming? I want to see how much of the untapped potential of my 670 GTX 4 GB I am unleashing.

I could go the [H]ard route of only real-world testing, but I don't have any games that really stress my current system, let alone the upgrade one. I'm doing this to prepare for moving on to some newer titles. So it would be nice to have some simple numeric measures to compare by and fight off that insidious buyer's remorse... :cool:
 
Follow our outline on the motherboard reviews to find out if you board is performing as it should. Motherboard benchmarks are all about finding out what is wrong, rather than what is right. As for gaming, Heaven at 1080P will give you some overview. As for gaming benchmarks, pick a couple you play with a built in benchmark and use those at the settings you play at.
 
You can also download 3DMark trial from Steam to run on your current system and then on the new system. Just search for 3DMark on Steam. No need to pay for it.
 
Skillz said:
You can also download 3DMark trial from Steam to run on your current system and then on the new system. Just search for 3DMark on Steam. No need to pay for it.
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I actually downloaded SiSoft Sandra, Unigine Heaven, and 3DMark from Guru3D. Never thought of checking Steam! :)

Now I have my weak, pathetic scores saved for my current setup. Haven't even received my shipping notice yet for the new goodies. I hate waiting. It's just about the one thing that Inigo Montoya and I have in common :D

Of course, newer versions of 3DMark spit you out to the Web for your scores and won't let you save the results unless you upgrade to the paid version. I just used the Snipping Tool to save an image of the scores from the web page.
 
That's not true. I've never paid for 3DMark and all my previous results are saved on their site. Just gotta register, but I think it's automatically linked to your steam account if you use that to play it.
 
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