XS HWBot Team

[SteveRo]

And if that wasnt enough I score 25k in pcmark05 last night on a x3 and 5770 but couldnt submit because the 05install gave me a corrupt submission file. I cant win! yeah the 5850 is a bummer. I think Im gonna wait for the 6900 series to arrive. if they are really supposed to come out before jan I can wait a month. can you belive its already november!!? what the november contest supposed to be?

x1, 2x, 3x, 4x core - pcmv.
We will all want to give thanksgiving just to have successful runs!
This will take a lot of patience, especially the 1x core runs.
Pcmv 1x core runs take ... a ... long ... tiiiiiiime.

[trans am]

x1, 2x, 3x, 4x core - pcmv.
We will all want to give thanksgiving just to have successful runs!
This will take a lot of patience, especially the 1x core runs.
Pcmv 1x core runs take ... a ... long ... tiiiiiiime.

steve I ran the test on a x3 with 4 cores unlocked.

is that why its corrupted? I just assumed it had to do with the actual pcmark install being bad.

[SteveRo]

Mr Transam - I wouldn't know for sure but I would doubt that would keep you from getting a score.

[trans am]

I got a score and I have that pcmark file saved but its useless without that orb link. for the record this is pretty amazing for a 5770 on a x3.

[trans am]

guys i just bought the pcvantage so I can participate in this months contest. Ive never ran pcvantage. How long should it actually take? I dont have much ln2 left.

[SteveRo]

For your four core, if everything is set up ahead of time and nothing goes wrong - you can get a run in, connect to internet to get your score and take your screen shot in 20 minutes.
That said, seldom have I been satisfied with my first run.

edit - hey, nice pcm05 score by the way, good job!

[G.Foyle]

Duh, I forgot clarkdales were dual cores shame, I'd like to see a fight between a 6 GHz E8600 and a 6,5 GHz Phenom II

[Don_Dan]

Okay, we lost more than 100 points today, anyone know why?
Edit: Looks like most of the other team lost about the same amount as well.
Edit2: Turrican has confirmed it's a database issue...


@trans am: Sorry to hear about your loss!

[trans am]

yikes I was doing some pcmvantage runs on my 24/7 rig and kept seeing 1hr for test completion. Duh you only have to select the 1st one "pcmark vantage suite" now its showing as 25min eta. FYI for those that have no clue about this bench like me.
just need that 1st one checked for a score. this is a very time consuming bench and you will need to be patient. if you are on ln2 or dice be prepared to spend a lot of money this month. Im grateful that I dont have to buy any hardware this month as its pretty backwards compatible hdwr wise but the ln2 costs are going to be up there this month. guys on raid cards and fancy video cards please do not make the same mistake I did. I know its a long run and you can be pounding beers during the bench and get sloppy. make sure to power your boards down with a full discharge meaning hit the psu swith off or even unplug completely and then hold your power switch for a good five seconds before doing any board heating with the hairdryer or pci/pcie slot swaps. massman was nice enough to keep this one pretty cheap. lets not kill hdwr by dumb mistakes.
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so I just ran the suite and I get no results message. wtf is happening here? this is the same install as the pcmark 05 one I couldnt submit earlier. note I ran them with the lan connected. should I take the lan off? did I shut off something in the services.msc that I shouldnt have? Im about to reinstall everything and start over. this is horsecrap! If I am on 64 bit os on the pcm vantage runs should I select run 64bit shortcut or jsut keep the regular 32 bit? any help guys lemme know. the ln2 is on the line.

********edit AGAIN FIXED*************

okay i dont know what I did but I restarted and unlugged the lan and ran it as 64 bit on win7 64 and was able to get a score. I have the 3 core top spot as of now using the 5770 and the cpu at 4.1ghz. ram is slacked looser than madonna fyi.
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?pcmv=382099

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[Aerou]

Hi guys, I joined the flotilla.

First noob question - to the HWbot challenges standings or "position" points add to the team or just the points for the results themselves?

Sorry I can't help with PCM Vantage, never ran it myself. But since I'd like to compete in this month's challenge, despite having just one Vertex 2 drive, I will sure have a lot of questions.

[trans am]

Hi guys, I joined the flotilla.

First noob question - to the HWbot challenges standings or "position" points add to the team or just the points for the results themselves?

Sorry I can't help with PCM Vantage, never ran it myself. But since I'd like to compete in this month's challenge, despite having just one Vertex 2 drive, I will sure have a lot of questions.

ahoj Aerou!
Vítejte v klubu.

toto kritérium je velmi závislý na pevném disku. Budete si muset nainstalovat operační systém na samostatném disku. instalovat pcmarkvantage na stejném disku. "C"
když otevřete PCMark přejít na pokročilé možnosti a vyberte vertex2 jako pohon pro testy HDD. Steve strýc mě naučil to a její velmi důležitou lekci. odpojte lan během měřítko a opětovně zapojit při jeho dokončení.
: Přípitek:: toast2: nazdrovi!


This guy is czech and i have a very high respect for czechs and koreans.
if you guys dont know me my mom is half german and , english and korean ...
my dad is czech, norwegian and german. I try the best to speak every language of my heritage. its not easy. thats why when namegt posts something amazing (usually every time he makes a submission I tell him in korean language." this is the 1st time ive seen a fellow czech/xs member in with us so I told him welcome to the club and steve ro is my uncle and he loves to bench pcmark. I also kindly asked him to say hi to his family from the old country for me and that my actual name is alvin hajek but in the states we say hayek because in czech the j is prounced as a "Y". now all I need is a german and a norwegian in here and I can call it a day.

I was doing a side by side comparison with uncle steve and he is kicking my ass in the HDD benches. steve I am doing what you do but I am running my lsi at the same settings in the 05 runs. i think this calls for write through.


@ steve get in here asap or call me. Tell mrs. Ro you will be right back and you need to use the computer for a second and you will get in the bed in 5 min. guys, steve wakes up very early and he is probably already in bed so this is probably useless. steve has to wake up around 5am east coast time and that is why sometimes you see him make submissions at 4am before work. its not because hes been benching straight for 10 hrs. its because he just woke up and wants to make his submissions before he goes to work. meanwhile Im going to be at 4am and have to get to work at 9:30. so when steve is submitting I am going to bed. when I am eating breakfast steve has already had lunch. we're both in the same time zone and the same team/country fyi. have a good day at work steve. im going to bed.
green is TA and red is steven

[trans am]

Hi guys, I joined the flotilla.

First noob question - to the HWbot challenges standings or "position" points add to the team or just the points for the results themselves?

Sorry I can't help with PCM Vantage, never ran it myself. But since I'd like to compete in this month's challenge, despite having just one Vertex 2 drive, I will sure have a lot of questions.

Aerou, jen ty nejlepší bodů z týmu se bude zobrazovat jako příspěvek. Jen uložení nejlepší, co mají a předložit později po soutěži, pokud dont počítat.

i said only the best points from the team member with the highest score will count as this is a team effort. but save your results for later and you can always submit for personal points if you dont have the top spot for the team.

this contest is for those with heavy hdd setups. the guys on raid cards and raid ssd or memdrives are going to have the heavy scores. I have been on massman for months trying to get a dedicated hdd bench for hwbot. he always says to run the pc marks as they are the hdd benches for us. if you have a great hdd raid setup and always wanted to participate in hwbot challenges this is what you've been waiting for.

[Aerou]

Mr. Hájek, I can't believe. I already love it here

Just so I understand the HDD part correctly - have two drives, one for system and PCM Vantage, but for the HDD tests, select in advanced options the separate, clean Vertex 2 drive?

BTW I have an old Dell Perc 6/i controller. Could it be useful for this comp?

[chew*]

Welcome to the team

[trans am]

Mr. Hájek, I can't believe. I already love it here

Just so I understand the HDD part correctly - have two drives, one for system and PCM Vantage, but for the HDD tests, select in advanced options the separate, clean Vertex 2 drive?

BTW I have an old Dell Perc 6/i controller. Could it be useful for this comp?

exactly. the dell might not work well with the ssds so just run off the onboard. try it but I think the onboard will be better since its newer.

i benched again and got 15541 in 3 core. check it out. http://hwbot.org/community/submissio...40_15541_marks

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?pcmv=382157

[SteveRo]

Good morning all, Couldn't sleep.
Transam sir, excellent work! Take a screen shot of your pcmv results "details" and post that screenshot in your hwbot submission.
It is easy to get to from your "all results" screen on the orb.
I think this is a reqt for all submissions.

[Computurd]

almighty then. battle stations!

[SteveRo]

Alright CT! Glad you will play!
Everyone - we don't need to worry about our 4x core - score.
CT should be able to post a very good one.

[SteveRo]

Good morning again Mr Transam,
The pcmv run of mine that you are looking at above was 6xAcardR0, ich10R, 4k stripe, wbc enabled
Areca and 5870 do not like to coexist on this mobo for some odd reason.
Not sure if it is a P55 limitation or just this mobo implementation of it, bios?, ...
Might be insufficient pcie bandwidth.

[G.Foyle]

Hi Aerou
And excellent work trans_am. Guys, please try to get a Sempron system - with your storage setups you'll pwn this month's competition.

[SteveRo]

Mr Foyle, I was going to try with a celeron 440 setup (already have this) but yes I agree Sempron would be better.
Which sempron and which mobo would you recommend for this?

edit - Which sempron mobo's have 2x 16x pcie if any?
One for 5860 the other for raid controller.

[chew*]

Mr Foyle, I was going to try with a celeron 440 setup (already have this) but yes I agree Sempron would be better.
Which sempron and which mobo would you recommend for this?

edit - Which sempron mobo's have 2x 16x pcie if any?
One for 5860 the other for raid controller.

Steve I would try an ch4 extreme for a ddr III board........

If that is not the price range you want I would say look at the boards used in sempy wprime rankings. The giga's do high htt at the cost of using ddr II.

You wan't to avoid the biostar that I use, its a tad tricky to work with and is known to eat cpu's like it did this last competition ( ate 2 of mine and 1 of transams).

I can't be much use this comp, no more semprons and don't have necessary storage devices, although I do have some chip for 3 core class that I think i could get stable at 6 gig if someone wanted to toss there storage setup on it.

[trans am]

Good morning again Mr Transam,
The pcmv run of mine that you are looking at above was 6xAcardR0, ich10R, 4k stripe, wbc enabled
Areca and 5870 do not like to coexist on this mobo for some odd reason.
Not sure if it is a P55 limitation or just this mobo implementation of it, bios?, ...
Might be insufficient pcie bandwidth.

im using the Asus M4A89GTD Pro/USB3 it has 2 x16 but runs them at x8/x8, and dedicated x4.
the board is great and I am loving it so far. This is the cheaper alternative to the crosshair but you dont get x16/x16.
just go on newegg and look for open box deals on boards with 790fx/890fx chipsets.

[G.Foyle]

You don't need 16x + 16x - VGA will do fine with just x8 (tested in last months compo).

[Don_Dan]

Hey Aerou, thanks for the post, and welcome to the team!

almighty then. battle stations!

Thanks for joining the competition!