i7 Builds - Specs and Results

[guitardom]

Originally Posted by Chyno

Ok. After messing Around with bios, XP and PT8

I ran another "Stressful" test

Hyper-Thread OFF
PT8 (W/O CS3)
24k
64bit
5 mins
20 channels w/ 5 inserts of Dverb(PT8)

Successful test for the full 5mins only @ 52%

Note:
Test was only done with 20 Channels.

24k and 64 bit?????

this cannot be correct. do you mean 24 bit and 44.1k - 48k - something in here somwhere.

something is fouled somewhere, and i am not sure where to start. i am wondering if the os hard drive could be an issue.

your ram timings are set at 8-8-8-20. is that the recomended for you ram?? if not change them.

maybe try changing your cpu performance back to extreme.

[jonnn]

Hi everyone. This is my first post on these forums in a loooooooong time. But I just wanted to say thanks to everyone working on the i7 quad thread. I had mine built by ascendtech.com (not sure if I recommend them yet) and received it a couple weeks ago. It was built mostly to guitardom's specs. Anyway, it's already immeasureably better than my laptop before it, but it's not perfect yet. I've had two blue screens of death and numerous access violation errors in PT 8cs3. My dverb test wasn't all that great at first either. I was only getting like 150 dverbs (PT8) at 64 buffer setting. But that was on my internal drive (I got two in the computer). When I tried doing the test on my firewire drive, I got up to 239 dverbs at 64 buffer.

I'm not overclocking, but it's set to "turbo" in the bios.

Here are my sandra specs, I hope you guys can point me in the right direction.

Thanks,

jonnn

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<<< Computer Overview >>>
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< System >
Model: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. EX58-UD3R
Workgroup: WORKGROUP
Host Name: jlesher
User: Jon Lesher

< Processor >
Model: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU @ 9200 @
2.67GHz
Speed: 2.8GHz
Cores per Processor: 4 Unit(s)
Threads per Core: 2 Unit(s)
Type: Quad-Core
Integrated Data Cache: 4x 32kB, Synchronous, Write-Thru, 8-way, 64
byte line size, 2 threads sharing
L2 On-board Cache: 4x 256kB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 8-way, 64
byte line size, 2 threads sharing
L3 On-board Cache: 8MB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 16-way, Exclusive,
64 byte line size, 8 threads sharing

< System >
Mainboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. EX58-UD3R
BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. F3 (12/30/
2008)
Bus(es): X-Bus PCI PCIe IMB USB FireWire/1394 i2c/
SMBus
Multi-Processor (MP) Support: No
Multi-Processor Advanced PIC (:Yes
Total Memory: 3GB DDR3

< Chipset >
Model: Giga-Byte X58 I/O Hub
Front Side Bus Speed: 2x 2.4GHz (4.79GHz)

< Chipset >
Model: Giga-Byte Core CPU Generic Non-Core Registers
Front Side Bus Speed: 2x 2.4GHz (4.79GHz)
Total Memory: 6GB DDR3
Memory Bus Speed: 2x 532MHz (1GHz)

< Memory Module(s) >
Memory Module: Super Talent SUPERTALENT 2GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-
10700U DDR3-1334 (8-8-8-24 4-32-10-5)
Memory Module: Super Talent SUPERTALENT 2GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-
10700U DDR3-1334 (8-8-8-24 4-32-10-5)
Memory Module: Super Talent SUPERTALENT 2GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-
10700U DDR3-1334 (8-8-8-24 4-32-10-5)

< Video System >
Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT (16 SP 1.7GHz, 512MB
DDR2 2x400MHz, PCIe 1.00 x16)

< Graphics Processor >
Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT (16SP 918MHz, 512MB
2x400MHz)

< Storage Devices >
WL750GSA1672 750.2GB (SATA300,:699GB (C:)
WL1000GSA1672 1TB (SATA300, NC:932GB (F:)
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH15F (SATA150:N/A (D:)
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH15F (SATA150:N/A (E:)

< Logical Storage Devices >
Hard Disk (C:): 699GB (NTFS) @ WL750GSA1672 750.2GB (SATA300,
NCQ, 16MB Cache)
Audio (F:): 932GB (NTFS) @ WL1000GSA1672 1TB (SATA300,
NCQ, 32MB Cache)
Optical Drive (D:): N/A @ HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH15F (SATA150, DVD+-RW,
CD-RW, 2MB Cache)
Optical Drive (E:): N/A @ HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH15F (SATA150, DVD+-RW,
CD-RW, 2MB Cache)
3.5" 1.44MB (A:): N/A

< Peripherals >
LPC Hub Controller 1: Giga-Byte LPC Interface Controller
LPC Legacy Controller 1: ITE IT8720F
Audio Device: Giga-Byte HD Audio Controller
Serial Port(s): 1
Disk Controller: Giga-Byte 4 port SATA IDE Controller
Disk Controller: Giga-Byte 2 port SATA IDE Controller
Disk Controller: Giga-Byte JMB36X PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID
Controller
USB Controller 1: Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #4
USB Controller 2: Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #5
USB Controller 3: Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #6
USB Controller 4: Giga-Byte USB EHCI Controller #2
USB Controller 5: Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #1
USB Controller 6: Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #2
USB Controller 7: Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #3
USB Controller 8: Giga-Byte USB EHCI Controller #1
FireWire/1394 Controller 1: Giga-Byte TSB43AB23 1394a-2000 OHCI PHY/link-
layer Controller
SMBus/i2c Controller 1: Intel 801xx/63xx SMBus

< Network Services >

< Power Management >
Mains (AC) Line Status: On-Line

< Operating System >
Windows System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.01.2600
(Service Pack 2)
Platform Compliance: x86

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[guitardom]

Originally Posted by jonnn

Hi everyone. This is my first post on these forums in a loooooooong time. But I just wanted to say thanks to everyone working on the i7 quad thread. I had mine built by ascendtech.com (not sure if I recommend them yet) and received it a couple weeks ago. It was built mostly to guitardom's specs. Anyway, it's already immeasureably better than my laptop before it, but it's not perfect yet. I've had two blue screens of death and numerous access violation errors in PT 8cs3. My dverb test wasn't all that great at first either. I was only getting like 150 dverbs (PT8) at 64 buffer setting. But that was on my internal drive (I got two in the computer). When I tried doing the test on my firewire drive, I got up to 239 dverbs at 64 buffer.

I'm not overclocking, but it's set to "turbo" in the bios.

Here are my sandra specs, I hope you guys can point me in the right direction.

Thanks,

jonnn

***** Start of Report *****
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<<< Computer Overview >>>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

< System >
Model: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. EX58-UD3R
Workgroup: WORKGROUP
Host Name: jlesher
User: Jon Lesher

< Processor >
Model: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU @ 9200 @
2.67GHz
Speed: 2.8GHz
Cores per Processor: 4 Unit(s)
Threads per Core: 2 Unit(s)
Type: Quad-Core
Integrated Data Cache: 4x 32kB, Synchronous, Write-Thru, 8-way, 64
byte line size, 2 threads sharing
L2 On-board Cache: 4x 256kB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 8-way, 64
byte line size, 2 threads sharing
L3 On-board Cache: 8MB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 16-way, Exclusive,
64 byte line size, 8 threads sharing

< System >
Mainboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. EX58-UD3R
BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. F3 (12/30/
2008)
Bus(es): X-Bus PCI PCIe IMB USB FireWire/1394 i2c/
SMBus
Multi-Processor (MP) Support: No
Multi-Processor Advanced PIC (:Yes
Total Memory: 3GB DDR3

< Chipset >
Model: Giga-Byte X58 I/O Hub
Front Side Bus Speed: 2x 2.4GHz (4.79GHz)

< Chipset >
Model: Giga-Byte Core CPU Generic Non-Core Registers
Front Side Bus Speed: 2x 2.4GHz (4.79GHz)
Total Memory: 6GB DDR3
Memory Bus Speed: 2x 532MHz (1GHz)

< Memory Module(s) >
Memory Module: Super Talent SUPERTALENT 2GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-
10700U DDR3-1334 (8-8-8-24 4-32-10-5)
Memory Module: Super Talent SUPERTALENT 2GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-
10700U DDR3-1334 (8-8-8-24 4-32-10-5)
Memory Module: Super Talent SUPERTALENT 2GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-
10700U DDR3-1334 (8-8-8-24 4-32-10-5)

< Video System >
Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT (16 SP 1.7GHz, 512MB
DDR2 2x400MHz, PCIe 1.00 x16)

< Graphics Processor >
Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT (16SP 918MHz, 512MB
2x400MHz)

< Storage Devices >
WL750GSA1672 750.2GB (SATA300,:699GB (C:)
WL1000GSA1672 1TB (SATA300, NC:932GB (F:)
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH15F (SATA150:N/A (D:)
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH15F (SATA150:N/A (E:)

< Logical Storage Devices >
Hard Disk (C:): 699GB (NTFS) @ WL750GSA1672 750.2GB (SATA300,
NCQ, 16MB Cache)
Audio (F:): 932GB (NTFS) @ WL1000GSA1672 1TB (SATA300,
NCQ, 32MB Cache)
Optical Drive (D:): N/A @ HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH15F (SATA150, DVD+-RW,
CD-RW, 2MB Cache)
Optical Drive (E:): N/A @ HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH15F (SATA150, DVD+-RW,
CD-RW, 2MB Cache)
3.5" 1.44MB (A:): N/A

< Peripherals >
LPC Hub Controller 1: Giga-Byte LPC Interface Controller
LPC Legacy Controller 1: ITE IT8720F
Audio Device: Giga-Byte HD Audio Controller
Serial Port(s): 1
Disk Controller: Giga-Byte 4 port SATA IDE Controller
Disk Controller: Giga-Byte 2 port SATA IDE Controller
Disk Controller: Giga-Byte JMB36X PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID
Controller
USB Controller 1: Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #4
USB Controller 2: Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #5
USB Controller 3: Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #6
USB Controller 4: Giga-Byte USB EHCI Controller #2
USB Controller 5: Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #1
USB Controller 6: Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #2
USB Controller 7: Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #3
USB Controller 8: Giga-Byte USB EHCI Controller #1
FireWire/1394 Controller 1: Giga-Byte TSB43AB23 1394a-2000 OHCI PHY/link-
layer Controller
SMBus/i2c Controller 1: Intel 801xx/63xx SMBus

< Network Services >

< Power Management >
Mains (AC) Line Status: On-Line

< Operating System >
Windows System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.01.2600
(Service Pack 2)
Platform Compliance: x86

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UPDATE YOUR BIOS!!!! you are quite a ways behind. you should be at F6, you are on F3.

as posted before... in your playback engine try dropping your disk buffer to level 1 and in your prefs drop your open ended record allocation to 10 min.

ALSO:: could you try disabling BOTH of your cd/dvd drives in your device manager or bios either way and try testing again.

trash your databases/preferences/ app data via digi tech support utility or my app trasher. use the search function to find them. then restart the machine and try again.

[philip888]

Originally Posted by philip888

I am having no performance issues but wondered how dropping your end record allocation time would help and is it something that is necessary.

I guess I am trying to find out what type of behavior would warrant changing this variable?


Thanks

Asking the above question again.

[guitardom]

Originally Posted by philip888

Asking the above question again.

you must have missed it, i posted the answer a few posts back. it dictates possible hard drive problems and improves their performance. details on the said post

[philip888]

Thanks

[Chyno]

Originally Posted by guitardom

24k and 64 bit?????

this cannot be correct. do you mean 24 bit and 44.1k - 48k - something in here somwhere.

something is fouled somewhere, and i am not sure where to start. i am wondering if the os hard drive could be an issue.

your ram timings are set at 8-8-8-20. is that the recomended for you ram?? if not change them.

maybe try changing your cpu performance back to extreme.

lol. yes that is what i meant.
trust me it was A LONG night last night.

my bios set ram defualt timing to 8-8-8-20

My ram Specs timing is 8-8-8-24
i havnt tweaked them tho.dont know how too.

i did change my cpu back to extreme tho.

[guitardom]

Originally Posted by philip888

Thanks

no problem, easy to get lost in here....................

[guitardom]

Originally Posted by Chyno

lol. yes that is what i meant.
trust me it was A LONG night last night.

my bios set ram defualt timing to 8-8-8-20

My ram Specs timing is 8-8-8-24
i havnt tweaked them tho.dont know how too.

i did change my cpu back to extreme tho.

you can just go into the bios and type in the settings where they go, it should be obvious to you, then F10 i believe to save and exit.

so was it 44.1 or 48 or somthing else for the sample rate????

[guitardom]

i am running all 32mb cache hard drives in my system.

does anyone have a well running machine with comparable dverb numbers that is running a 16 mb cache OS drive and just a 32mb cache for tracking?????

not sure if this could be a problem for a few. have a few users with problems that are running this setup.