updated to post #926



Instant Movement to Benchmark Results




Abstract
Ordinary CPU Benchmarks is not appropriate for pcsx2, because some technologies in CPU are useless for pcsx2 but useful for general PC tasks. So that we desire a CPU Benchmark specifically designed for pcsx2.

We don't need any external benchmark tools. pcsx2 itself is already the goody, the number of FPS shown in GSdx can be pretended as score.



Notion
A place in a game of pcsx2 should be awful CPU-intensive as well as CPU becomes bottleneck to the mass of people. In such place the FPS is valuable as benchmark scores.

The whereabouts I picked is the well-known slow Final Fantasy X-2 FMVs. Why not other games? I believe there may other games are more cpu-intensive than FFX-2 FMVs in the world. But FFX-2 is famous owed to the reputation of its ancestor Final Fantasy X, I would think everybody possessed it.

The scene used for benchmark is in the first FMV after pressing New Game, especially where a few ferries in front of stadium, because frames in there are moving slow we can take screenshot almost on same position.


Your CPU almost won't become bottleneck in PCSX2 Games if you can play FFX-2 FMVs in full speed without speedhacks or any other tricks.



Preparation
For standardization, from this day forth, we are using the same Operating System and the same version of PCSX2 in this benchmark.


Operating System: Windows 7 x86 or x64, Vista SP2 x86, Windows XP SP3, I've confirmed at least there are no differences in the game speed among these Operating Systems at this point on this benchmark.
Note: Disable Aero Theme as it may decrease speed.


Pcsx2 and Plugins: Official beta 1888 and plugins on March 11th 2010. But the plugin package lacks DEV9null, you can extract a DEV9null from the installer of beta 1888 by 7-zip.

Before you ask, I tell you Why this benchmark persists with PCSX2 0.9.6 1888 as newer version of PCSX2 available. Wrote:This benchmark was created on Apirl 12 2010 when the latest version of PCSX2 is 0.9.6 1888

This benchmark is aiming at CPU Performance under PCSX2, any version of PCSX2 is adequate, it's not necessary to use up-to-date version of PCSX2, despite new version of PCSX2 typically have more FPS.

What the hell if we redo all existing benchmark results with the latest version of PCSX2 ONCE A NEW VERSION OF PCSX2 RELEASED!

Note: We are using the same version of pcsx2, cuz the results may vary in various revisions of pcsx2 that each one uses ought to be different.

Delete the inis folder if existed in pcsx2's main directory, then you can configure pcsx2 from beginning. This ensures all settings are default.

All settings are default except for those I mentioned below, you should know there are no speedhacks or any other tricks by default settings. Now let's configure pcsx2 from beginning.

GSdx: Of course, choose the version of highest instruction that your CPU can reach, among SSE2 SSSE3 and SSE4.1

GSdx settings:

• Renderer: Direct3D10 (Software), Direct3D9 (Software) if on Windows XP SP3.
• Interlacing: Blend bff (slight blur, 1/2 fps) for suppress the vibration displaying in FMV, no speed impact.
• Aspect Ratio: Either option you wish, this doesn't affect speed.

Note: Here I leave SW rend. threads unchanged with 1. I know GSdx in Software mode can exploit more than 2 cores to give you additional speed boost, but it's GSdx not pcsx2 itself can take advantage of more than 2 cores by now. It will be unfair to Dual-Core users if increased the number of software render threads.

Lilypad: Assign keys to buttons in Pad 1.

Linuz Iso CDVD: Select the FFX-2 ISO in your custom path.

Plugin list to be confirmed: GSdx, SPU2-X, Lilypad, Linuz Iso CDVD, DEV9null, USBnull, FWnull.

Pcsx2 itself: Config -> Cpu, changes Frame Limiting to Normal. Disables frame limiting, hopefully you can go higher above normal speed.

Now you're done, click File -> Run CD/DVD to start bechmark.

IMPORTANT! Please report the AVERAGE FPS you get after you have done the procedure 3 times. So for example, if the first time you got 55.12 FPS, the second time 51.24 FPS and the third time 57.36 FPS, your FINAL FPS should be (55.12+51.24+57.36)/3=54.57 FPS.


Blueprint
Participants post their FPS in circumstance at stock speed and overclocking (only if you are willing to overclock). And I shall update the database at the end of this essay regularly.

Note: The result at stock speed is also priceless, because not all people on earth are tending to overclock. they might purchase a cpu holding very high frequency at stock speed.

Participants can participate in this benchmark once again after building a new PC, changing CPU, or achieving a higher peak in overclocking at the same CPU.


The data you should report in:

Game region: NTSC or PAL. I'll separate the data into two parts of NTSC and PAL. Because normal speed in NTSC game is 60 FPS but in PAL game is 50 FPS.

FPS: Full fps shown in window title, e.g. 45.67 FPS. There are deviation but I suppose it will be less than 1 FPS that can be ignored.

Game serial: e.g. SLUS 20672. the FPS is different between the US version of FFX-2 and Final Fantasy X-2 International + Last Mission (SLPM 65478), they are both NTSC games though.
Open the game's iso with 7-zip, then you'll see something like SLUS_206.72 as game serial.

Full name of CPU: e.g. Intel Core 2 Duo E7200. Because we may got confused with abbreviation, e.g. there are two species of E6300, Pentium Dual-Core and Core 2 Duo. Go check CPU-Z if you are uncertain.

CPU Frequency in GHz whether or not overclocked: e.g. 2.53 GHz Stock, 3.8 GHz OC.

• You better disable Turbo Boost if your CPU supports it (typically Core i5 and Core i7, it's called Turbo Core in AMD Phenom II X6), so it won't give you a FAKE result on current clock speed which will be automatically overclocked by Turbo Boost during benchmark. However Sandy Bridge is an exception you gotta enable Turbo Boost first before you can overclock it.
  　
• Specifically clarify you turned on Turbo Boost if insist, but don't expect it too much better than manual overclocking.
  　
• Unless the result at Stock speed of same model's or series' CPU as yours had existed in DATABASE already,
  you must at least submit your achievement at Stock speed(not overclocked) without Turbo Boost.
  I interpret Stock as matching default cpu frequency EXACTLY! e.g. 3.3 GHz Stock or 3.3 GHz Stock (Turbo Boost OFF) for an i5-2500K running at its default speed without Turbo Boost.
  　
• Viewpoint on enable/disable Turbo Boost:
  

  (05-12-2011 05:42 PM)ilovejedd Wrote:  I think both results should be included and clearly labelled as such. The one with Turbo Boost disabled to give us a gauge on performance scaling with clock rate. The one with Turbo Boost enabled to show performance at stock configuration for those who don't want to overclock or buy non-overclockable OEM computers.

CPU-Z Validation (Optional): hands out additional information about your computer hardware.

Demonstration of records, the suffix is your user name in forum, before the link of CPU-Z Validation if submitted.
58.61 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 - 3.8 GHz OC - pcsx2fan - CPU-Z
40.10 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 - 2.53 GHz Stock - pcsx2fan



No shame on low-end PC
Not only a general benchmark, as well as a benchmark especially for yourself. You will submit your data again after building your new PC to compare the difference from results to see how grand you gained from a new computer. Low scores are also helpful to complete the benchmark charts like general cpu benchmarks always have low scores.



Tips for overclocking specific CPU

• AMD Phenom II X2: No speed changes with AMD Phenom II X2 if unlocked to 4 cores.
• Intel Core i3 5x0:
  

  Butz_san Wrote:  For the people using core i3, disable HT in the bios would give you -10-15° in the temperatures, so if you were having 73°, you would get 63 or even less, it's just a hint for those i3 overclockers

• Hyper-threading: Enable Hyper Threading(HT) may or may not help improve FPS, experiment it yourself to see if you can get more FPS.
• RAM Overclocking: Overclocking RAM(DDR2-800, DDR3-1333, etc.) may or may not help improve FPS, experiment it yourself to see if you can get more FPS.
  

The last affair before benchmark
You should close running programs as many as possible. As every running program is occupying cpu power, causes less cpu power left to this benchmark in which CPU is always bottleneck and you'll get less FPS. Such as from Firefox which damage FPS a bit, to Antivirus which consuming more cpu power and losing more FPS.




DATABASE sorts records in descending order by FPS
The highest version of GSdx in use in database

• SSE4.1:
  • Intel: E7xxx, E8xxx, Q8xxx, Q9xxx, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7. P7450, T9600, T6500
  • AMD: A4-5300, A8-5600K, A10-5800K, FX-4100, FX-4300, FX-6100, FX-6300, FX-8120, FX-8320, FX-8350
    
• SSSE3: Q6xxx, Intel Pentium Dual-Core, Intel Celeron Dual-Core, E6750, T5200; AMD E-350
• SSE2: Other AMD CPUs, Intel Pentium 4

NTSC

Final Fantasy X-2 (NTSC-US)
Thanks for all your effort overclocking your AMD CPUs as maximum as possible. However we have only 10 AMD CPUs that can exceed 60 fps, they are

1. AMD FX-6300 @ 5.2 (2 Modules) / 4.8 GHz OC 76.31 FPS / 70.64 FPS
2. AMD FX-8350 @ 4.7 / 4.1 GHz OC 72.07 FPS / 61.11 FPS
3. AMD FX-4300 @ 4.62 GHz OC 69.22 FPS
4. AMD FX-6100 @ 5.0 / 4.86 / 4.8 (2 Modules) / 4.5 GHz OC 65.04 FPS / 63.83 FPS / 62.79 FPS / 60.08 FPS
5. AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE @ 4.3 / 4.2 GHz OC 63.24 FPS / 61.30 FPS
6. AMD FX-8120 @ 4.7 / 4.6 GHz OC (2 Modules) 62.02 FPS / 60.72 FPS
7. AMD FX-8320 @ 4.0 GHz OC 61.94 FPS
8. AMD A8-5600K @ 4.0 GHz OC (Turbo disabled, DDR3 1866, iGPU) 60.94 FPS
9. AMD Phenom II X6 1090T @ 4.2 GHz OC 60.84 FPS
10. AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition @ 4.3 GHz OC 60.04 FPS
    

Let's look forward to the successor to Bulldozer. Anyway, feel free to challenge 60 FPS today.

Quote:102.24 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 2500K - 5.2 GHz OC - unr3al - CPU-Z
100.95 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 3570K - 5.0 GHz OC (DDR3 1600) - Teufel9000 - CPU-Z
100.00 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 2500K - 5.0 GHz OC - Rezard - CPU-Z
99.79 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 3570K - 5.0 GHz OC - Teufel9000 - CPU-Z
96.97 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 2500K - 4.9 GHz OC - Rezard - CPU-Z
94.68 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 3570K - 4.8 GHz OC - Teufel9000 - CPU-Z
94.40 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 2500K - 4.8 GHz OC - cyber
93.84 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 2500K - 4.7 GHz OC - Rezard
90.15 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 3570K - 4.5 GHz OC - Teufel9000 - CPU-Z
90.14 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i7 2600K - 4.7 GHz OC - Hambone07si (non-member in this forum)
86.72 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 3570K - 4.2 GHz OC (DDR3 1600) - rama
86.25 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i7 2600K - 4.4 GHz OC - Hambone07si (non-member in this forum)
82.05 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 650 - 4.6 GHz OC - Kyo3000 - CPU-Z
81.42 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i7 920 - 4.4 GHz OC - Unr3al
81.22 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 2500K - 4.0 GHz OC - Rezard
80.81 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i7 980X - 4.4 GHz OC - Hambone07si (non-member in this forum)
78.82 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 650 - 4.4 GHz OC - Kyo3000 - CPU-Z
78.40 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 2500K - 4.0 GHz OC - cyber
77.86 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i7 870 - 4.2 GHz OC (HT off) - hallmark - CPU-Z
77.67 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i7 920 - 4.2 GHz OC - Unr3al - CPU-Z
76.31 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD FX-6300 - 5.2 GHz OC (2 Modules) - ||dav1de|| - CPU-Z
75.29 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i7 920 - 4.0 GHz OC - Unr3al - CPU-Z
74.59 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 3570K - 3.4 GHz Stock (3.7 GHz w/TB) - Shadow Lady - CPU-Z
73.23 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 650 - 4.2 GHz OC - Kyo3000 - CPU-Z
72.80 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i7 920 - 4.0 GHz OC - gamerX1990 - CPU-Z
72.07 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD FX-8350 - 4.7 GHz OC - Sovereign
71.59 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 661 - 4.2 GHz OC (Turbo Boost OFF) - fariz_ - CPU-Z
71.11 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 2400 - 3.7 GHz OC - Rezard - CPU-Z
70.95 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 3570K - 3.4 GHz Stock (Turbo Boost OFF) - Shadow Lady - CPU-Z
70.64 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD FX-6300 - 4.8 GHz OC - ||dav1de|| - CPU-Z
70.11 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i3 550 - 4.1 GHz OC - abdo123 - CPU-Z
69.72 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 2500K - 3.3 GHz Stock (Turbo Boost ON) - Rezard
69.22 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD FX-4300 - 4.62 GHz OC - DaTankAC
68.97 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i3 540 - 4.0 GHz OC - pbellh - CPU-Z
68.38 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 2500K - 3.3 GHz Stock (Turbo Boost ON) - cyber
67.94 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i7 920 - 3.6 GHz OC - Master_DX
67.65 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 661 - 3.9 GHz OC (Turbo Boost OFF) - fariz_ - CPU-Z
67.37 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i7 930 - 3.5 GHz OC (TB & HT) - hyakki - CPU-Z
67.23 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i3 530 - 4.3 GHz OC - jmuuss - CPU-Z
66.12 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 2500K - 3.3 GHz Stock (Turbo Boost OFF) - Rezard
65.17 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i3 530 - 4.2 GHz OC - Butz_san
65.04 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD FX-6100 - 5.0 GHz OC - ||dav1de||
64.26 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i3 530 - 3.75 GHz OC - jmuuss - CPU-Z
63.83 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD FX-6100 - 4.86 GHz OC - ||dav1de|| - CPU-Z
63.49 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 - 4.12 GHz OC - rama
63.24 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Pentium Dual-Core E6800 - 4.2 GHz OC - Bonobi - CPU-Z
63.24 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE - 4.3 GHz OC - Rezard - CPU-Z
63.12 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i3 2100 - 3.1 GHz Stock - Shadow Lady - CPU-Z
63.12 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 - 3.8 GHz OC, DDR3 1333 MHz - Bonobi - CPU-Z
62.79 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD FX-6100 - 4.8 GHz OC (2 Modules) - ||dav1de||
62.23 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i3 530 - 4.0 GHz OC - Butz_san
62.02 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD FX-8120 - 4.7 GHz OC (2 Modules, Turbo Boost OFF) - azerty16 - CPU-Z
61.94 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD FX-8320 - 4.0 GHz OC - ulastara
61.54 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i7 870 - 2.93 GHz Stock (HT On, Turbo On, Affinity 4,5,6,7) - hallmark
61.30 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE - 4.2 GHz OC - Rezard
61.11 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD FX-8350 - 4.0 GHz Stock (4.1 GHz w/TB) - azerty16 - CPU-Z
61.07 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i3 530 - 3.5 GHz OC - ilovejedd
60.94 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD A8-5600K - 4.0 GHz OC (Turbo disabled, DDR3 1866, iGPU) - DaTankAC
60.92 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 2300 - 2.8 GHz Stock (Turbo Boost ON) - Trotterwatch
60.84 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i7 2720QM - 2.2 GHz Stock (3.0 GHz w/TB) - Hippolytus - CPU-Z
60.84 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 2400 - 3.1 GHz Stock (Turbo Boost OFF) - Rezard - CPU-Z
60.84 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 650 - 3.6 GHz OC (Turbo Boost OFF) - ilovejedd
60.84 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD Phenom II X6 1090T - 4.2 GHz OC - UnrealChrisG - CPU-Z
60.72 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD FX-8120 - 4.6 GHz OC (2 Modules, Turbo Boost OFF) - azerty16 - CPU-Z
60.38 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Pentium Dual-Core E6800 - 3.8 GHz OC (DDR3 1333) - Bonobi - CPU-Z
60.26 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 2500K - 3.0 GHz (Underclock) - Rezard
60.15 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Pentium Dual Core E5700 - 4.0 GHz OC - Secret Dragoon - CPU-Z
60.08 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD FX-6100 - 4.5 GHz OC - ||dav1de|| - CPU-Z
60.04 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition - 4.3 GHz OC - lilmario321 - CPU-Z

－－－－－－－－－－　 The Boundary of 60 FPS　－－－－－－－－－－

59.70 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD A8-5600K - 4.0 GHz OC (Turbo disabled, DDR3 1866, discrete video card) - DaTankAC
59.70 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5400 - 4.0 GHz OC - Shadow Lady
59.59 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 - 3.8 GHz OC - antespo - CPU-Z
59.48 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i7 860 - 2.8 GHz Stock (Turbo Boost ON, CPU affinity: 2 & 3) - ilovejedd
59.26 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD Phenom II X4 955 - 3.96 GHz OC - Ryner Lute
59.13 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i3 530 - 3.67 GHz OC - Butz_san
58.72 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i7 870 - 2.93 GHz Stock (HT On, Turbo On) - hallmark
58.61 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 760 - 2.8 GHz Stock (Turbo Boost ON, CPU affinity: 2 & 3) - ilovejedd
58.61 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 - 3.8 GHz OC - pcsx2fan - CPU-Z
58.50 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i7 870 - 2.93 GHz Stock (HT Off, Turbo On) - hallmark
58.50 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE - 4.0 GHz OC - Rezard
58.18 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Pentium Dual-Core E6800 - 3.8 GHz OC, DDR3 1066 MHz - Bonobi - CPU-Z
58.08 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 650 - 3.2 GHz Stock (HT off, Turbo Boost ON) - Rezard - CPU-Z
57.87 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i7 860 - 2.8 GHz Stock (Turbo Boost ON) - ilovejedd
57.66 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD Phenom II X4 955 - 3.8 GHz OC -Ryner Lute
57.25 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 2400 - 3.1 GHz Stock (Turbo OFF, DDR3 666) - Bositman - CPU-Z
57.04 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i3 530 - 3.3 GHz OC - ilovejedd
56.94 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 760 - 2.8 GHz Stock (Turbo Boost ON) - ilovejedd
56.94 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD FX-6300 - 3.5 GHz Stock (Turbo Core ON) - ||dav1de||
56.84 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i3 2100 - 3.1 GHz Stock (HT on, DDR3 666 dual channel) - Bositman - CPU-Z
56.64 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD Athlon II X2 250 - 3.8 GHz OC - denimu
56.44 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 650 - 3.2 GHz Stock (Turbo Boost ON) - ilovejedd
56.14 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD FX-4100 - 4.4 GHz OC (DDR3 1600 MHz) - lexm1
56.04 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD A6-3670K - 3.6 Ghz OC - Rezard
55.46 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD FX-4100 - 4.2 GHz OC (DDR3 1600 MHz) - lexm1
55.36 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD A8-5600K - 3.6 GHz Stock (Turbo disabled, DDR3 1866, iGPU) - DaTankAC
55.36 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD FX-8120 - 4.1 GHz OC (Turbo Boost OFF) - azerty16 - CPU-Z
54.98 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 - 3.52 GHz OC - cyber
54.89 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5400 - 3.6 GHz OC - Shadow Lady
54.57 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD A4-5300 - 4.34 GHz OC - Croquette - CPU-Z
54.42 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 650 - 3.2 GHz Stock (HT on, Turbo Boost ON) - Rezard - CPU-Z
54.32 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD A8-5600K - 3.6 GHz Stock (Turbo disabled, DDR3 1866, discrete video card) - DaTankAC
54.24 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 650 - 3.2 GHz Stock (Turbo Boost OFF) - ilovejedd
54.05 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition - 3.6 GHz OC -denimu
53.87 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 - 3.33 GHz OC - Pedrosilvaa - CPU-Z
53.78 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5700 - 3.6 GHz OC - Secret Dragoon - CPU-Z
53.36 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD FX-6300 - 3.5 GHz Stock (Turbo Core OFF) - ||dav1de||
53.33 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD Phenom II X6 1055T - 3.33 GHz OC - ilovejedd (Turbo Core on) - CPU-Z
53.24 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD Athlon II x4 640 - 3.6 GHz OC - Spikexp - CPU-Z
53.16 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i7 870 - 2.93 GHz Stock (HT Off, Turbo Off) - hallmark
52.89 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i7 870 - 2.93 GHz Stock (HT On, Turbo Off) - hallmark
52.89 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i3 550 - 3.2 Ghz Stock - abdo123
52.55 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 650 - 3.2 GHz Stock (HT On, Turbo On) - Kyo3000
52.55 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 - 3.33 GHz Stock - ilovejedd
52.29 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD Athlon II X2 250 - 3.6 GHz OC - denimu
52.03 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5700 - 3.5 GHz OC - Secret Dragoon - CPU-Z
51.95 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i7 860 - 2.8 GHz Stock (Turbo Boost OFF) - ilovejedd
51.86 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 - 3.21 GHz OC - Pedrosilvaa
51.70 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 760 - 2.8 GHz Stock (Turbo Boost OFF) - ilovejedd
51.28 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Pentium Dual Core E5700 - 3.7 GHz OC (DDR2 888) - Secret Dragoon - CPU-Z
51.04 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5300 - 3.5 GHz OC - Shadow Lady
50.96 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Pentium Dual-Core E6800 - 3.33 GHz Stock - Bonobi - CPU-Z
50.47 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i3 530 - 2.93 GHz Stock - ilovejedd
50.31 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 2500K - 2.5 GHz (Underclock) - Rezard
50.16 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD Athlon II X2 245 - 3.6 GHz OC - CKL
50.00 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD A6-3670K - 3.2 Ghz OC - Rezard
50.00 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD A8-5600K - 3.6 GHz Stock (Turbo disabled, DDR3 1600) - DaTankAC
49.54 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Pentium Dual Core E5700 - 3.7 GHz OC (DDR2 800) - Secret Dragoon - CPU-Z
49.46 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 - 3.10 GHz OC - Pedrosilvaa
49.46 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 - 3.16 GHz OC - pcsx2fan - CPU-Z
49.16 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i7 920 - 2.66 GHz Stock - Unr3al - CPU-Z
49.08 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i7 920 - 2.66 GHz Stock - Master_DX
48.41 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 - 3.00 GHz Stock - antespo
48.34 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD Phenom II X4 945 - 3.3 GHz OC - Abelus
48.27 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 - 3.0 GHz Stock (DDR3 1066) - Secret Dragoon - CPU-Z
48.05 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD Phenom II X6 1055T - 3.33 GHz OC - ilovejedd (Turbo Core off) - CPU-Z
47.69 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD Phenom II X4 955 - 3.2 GHz Stock- Ryner Lute
47.06 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 - 3.00 GHz Stock - rama
46.95 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD FX-6100 - 3.3 GHz Stock (Turbo Core ON) - ||dav1de||
46.78 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition - 3.2 GHz stock - lilmario321
46.44 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition - 3.2 GHz Stock -denimu
46.44 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Celeron E3300 - 3.33 GHz OC - ilovejedd - CPU-Z
46.38 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 - 2.83 GHz Stock - Pedrosilvaa
46.24 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Pentium Dual Core E5700 - 3.7 GHz OC (DDR2 666) - Secret Dragoon - CPU-Z
46.14 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 - 3.00 GHz OC - prafull
46.00 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD A4-5300 - 3.74 GHz OC - Croquette - CPU-Z
45.98 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 460M - 2.53 GHz Stock (Turbo Boost OFF) - frost - CPU-Z
45.74 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD FX-6100 - 3.3 GHz Stock (Turbo Core OFF) - ||dav1de||
45.26 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 - 3.0 GHz Stock (DDR2 800) - Secret Dragoon - CPU-Z
45.07 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5700 - 3.0 GHz Stock - Secret Dragoon - CPU-Z
44.69 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD FX-4100 - 3.6 GHz Stock (Turbo Boost OFF, DDR3 1600 MHz) - lexm1
44.38 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD Athlon II X2 250 - 3.0 GHz Stock - denimu
44.20 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD Athlon II X4 640 - 3.0 GHz Stock - Spikexp - CPU-Z
43.78 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD Phenom II X4 945 - 3021 MHz Stock- Abelus
43.30 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD Phenom II X6 1055T - 2.80 GHz Stock (Turbo Core on) - ilovejedd
43.18 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core 2 Duo T9600 - 2.80 GHz Stock - Rezard - CPU-Z
42.67 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD FX-8120 - 3.1 GHz Stock (Turbo Boost OFF) - azerty16 - CPU-Z
42.44 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD A6-3670K - 2.7 Ghz Stock - Rezard
42.16 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD A8-3500M - 2.90 GHz OC - gamerX1990
42.11 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 - 3.0 GHz Stock (DDR2 666) - Secret Dragoon - CPU-Z
41.78 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 - 2.66 GHz Stock - prafull
40.97 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Pentium Dual-Core E6300 - 2.80 GHz - ilovejedd
40.46 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD Athlon II X2 245 - 2.9 GHz Stock - CKL
40.30 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 2500K - 2.0 GHz (Underclock) - Rezard
40.20 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD Phenom II X6 1055T - 2.80 GHz Stock (Turbo Core off) - ilovejedd
40.10 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 - 2.53 GHz Stock - pcsx2fan
40.05 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 - 2.50 GHz Stock - Chase_Payne
39.69 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5400 - 2.7 GHz Stock - Shadow Lady
39.02 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2160 - 2.75 GHz OC (920MHz DDR2) - Shadow Lady
36.83 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i5 430M - 2.26 GHz (Stock) - Livy
36.66 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5300 - 2.6 GHz Stock - Shadow Lady
36.12 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2160 - 2.75 GHz OC (800MHz DDR2) - Shadow Lady
36.00 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD A8-3500M - 2.4 GHz OC - gamerX1990 - CPU-Z
35.20 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Celeron Dual-Core E3300 - 2.5 GHz Stock - ilovejedd
33.48 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core 2 Duo T6500 - 2.1 GHz Stock - prafull
33.40 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ - 3.06 Ghz OC - Rezard - CPU-Z
29.80 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD Phenom II N930 - 2.0 Ghz (Stock) - Livy
29.20 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ - 2.7 Ghz Stock - Rezard - CPU-Z
28.37 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD A4-3300M - 1.9 GHz Stock (2.5 GHz turbo on) - xj78
27.30 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ - 2.7 GHz Stock- Abelus
26.19 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 - 1.6 GHz Underclocking - pcsx2fan
24.54 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2160 - 1.8 GHz Stock - Shadow Lady
23.38 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core 2 Duo T5200 - 1.5 GHz Stock - prafull
23.05 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD A8-3500M - 1.5 GHz Stock - gamerX1990
22.96 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD Athlon II M300 - 2.0 Ghz (Stock) - Livy
21.23 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD Athlon X2 QL-64 - 2.1 GHz Stock - Rezard - CPU-Z
20.03 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ - 2.2 GHz Stock - abdo123 - CPU-Z
13.48 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz - 3.0 GHz OC (DDR 333, HT ON) - pcsx2fan - CPU-Z
13.01 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD E-350 - 1.6 GHz Stock - Rezard
12.31 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD Sempron II M120 - 2.1 GHz Stock - Rezard - CPU-Z
12.01 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD A8-3500M - 0.8 GHz Underclock (battery speed) - gamerX1990
11.27 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz - 2.4 GHz Stock (DDR 333, HT ON) - pcsx2fan - CPU-Z
9.44 FPS - SLUS 20672 - AMD Sempron 3200+ - 1.8 GHz Stock - ilovejedd

Final Fantasy X-2 International + Last Mission (NTSC-J)

Quote:53.16 FPS - SLPM 65478 - AMD Athlon II X2 245 - 3.6 GHz OC - CKL
41.78 FPS - SLPM 65478 - AMD Athlon II X2 245 - 2.9 GHz Stock - CKL
29.52 FPS - SLPM 65478 - AMD A4-3300M - 1.9 GHz Stock (2.5 GHz turbo on) - xj78

Final Fantasy X-2 non-International-Last-Mission (NTSC-J)

Quote:65.31 FPS - SLPS 25250 - Intel Core i7 2760QM 2.4 GHz Stock (3.2 GHz w/TB) - synce
50.87 FPS - SLPS 25250 - Intel Core i7 2630QM 2.0 GHz Stock (2.6 GHz w/TB) - synce - CPU-Z
28.47 FPS - SLPS 25250 - AMD A4-3300M - 1.9 GHz Stock (2.5 GHz turbo on) - xj78

PAL

Quote:79.60 FPS - SLES 51815 - Intel Core i7 3770K - 3.5 GHz Stock - abdulhkeem
70.02 FPS - SLES 51815 - Intel Core i7 Extreme 980x - 4 GHz OC - ChronicNL - CPU-Z
67.80 FPS - SLES 51815 - AMD FX-8350 - 4.7 GHz OC - Sovereign
65.80 FPS - SLES 51815 - Intel Core i7 920 - 3.8 GHz OC - Refraction - CPU-Z
63.62 FPS - SLES 51815 - Intel Core i7 Extreme 980x - 3.33 GHz Stock - ChronicNL
57.55 FPS - SLES 51815 - Intel Core i5 2400 - 3.1 GHz Stock - NHS2008 - CPU-Z
57.04 FPS - SLES 51815 - Intel Core i7 870 - 2.93 GHz Stock - hallmark
56.44 FPS - SLES 51815 - Intel Core 2 Duo E8300 - 4.0 GHz OC - boogerthe2nd - CPU-Z
55.33 FPS - SLES 51815 - AMD A10-5800K - 3.8 GHz Stock (4.0 GHz w/TB) - Runadumb - CPU-Z
54.70 FPS - SLES 51815 - Intel Core i3 2100 - 3.1 GHz Stock - NHS2008 - CPU-Z
52.37 FPS - SLES 51815 - Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 - 3.6 GHz OC - bositman - CPU-Z
52.12 FPS - SLES 51815 - AMD Phenom II X4 955 - 3.8 GHz OC - sakraycore
51.53 FPS - SLES 51815 - Intel Pentium Dual-Core E6700 - 3.78 GHz OC - thatwasonce
50.55 FPS - SLES 51815 - Intel Core 2 Duo E8300 - 3.6 GHz OC - boogerthe2nd - CPU-Z
48.05 FPS - SLES 51815 - Intel Core i7 2630QM - 2.0 GHz Stock (2.6 GHz w/TB) - Sewje
46.44 FPS - SLES 51815 - Intel Core i7 2630QM - 2.0 GHz Stock (2.5(?) GHz w/TB) - thatwasonce
44.32 FPS - SLES 51815 - AMD Phenom II X4 955 - 3.2 GHz Stock - sakraycore
43.01 FPS - SLES 51815 - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 3.0 GHz OC - iakoboss7 - CPU-Z
42.05 FPS - SLES 51815 - Intel Core 2 Duo E8300 - 2.83 GHz Stock - boogerthe2nd - CPU-Z
34.48 FPS - SLES 51815 - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 Ghz Stock - iakoboss7 - CPU-Z
30.45 FPS - SLES 51815 - Intel Core 2 Duo P7450 - 2.13 GHz Stock - boogerthe2nd - CPU-Z
12.56 FPS - SLES 51815 - AMD Turion X2 ZM-86 - 2.4 GHz Stock - mo654

durable PC since 2008
CPU : E7200 @ 2.53 GHz 1.04 V / OC 3.7 GHz 1.36 V (390*9.5, 4GB DDR2 780)
GPU : 8600GT (GDDR3, 256 MB) / OC (750 / 900)
BOARD : GA-EP31-DS3L (rev 1.0)
PSU : 300 W
OS : Windows 7 Home Basic x86

Whoooooo!! its helpful..i am also playing final fanatsy x-2 and noticed that,,

NTSC:

67.94 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core i7 920 - 3.6GHz OC - Master_DX

Will post results of stock later on.........

@Master_DX

Excited to see you can play the FMV at full speed. but the pcsx2 you were using is 0.9.7, this infringe the contest regulations in the section of Preparation. Read carefully:

Quote:Pcsx2 and Plugins: Official beta 1888 and plugins on March 11th 2010. But the plugin package lacks DEV9null, you can extract a DEV9null from the installer of beta 1888 by 7-zip.

We are using the same version of pcsx2, cuz the results may vary in various revisions of pcsx2 that each one uses ought to be different.

You can participate again with the required version of pcsx2.

durable PC since 2008
CPU : E7200 @ 2.53 GHz 1.04 V / OC 3.7 GHz 1.36 V (390*9.5, 4GB DDR2 780)
GPU : 8600GT (GDDR3, 256 MB) / OC (750 / 900)
BOARD : GA-EP31-DS3L (rev 1.0)
PSU : 300 W
OS : Windows 7 Home Basic x86

(04-12-2010 07:51 PM)pcsx2fan Wrote:  @Master_DX

Excited to see you can play the FMV at full speed. but the pcsx2 you were using is 0.9.7, this infringe the contest regulations in the section of Preparation. Read carefully:

Quote:Pcsx2 and Plugins: Official beta 1888 and plugins on March 11th 2010. But the plugin package lacks DEV9null, you can extract a DEV9null from the installer of beta 1888 by 7-zip.

We are using the same version of pcsx2, cuz the results may vary in various revisions of pcsx2 that each one uses ought to be different.

You can participate again with the required version of pcsx2.

Sorry about that, I guess I glanced at it too quick. I edited my post above with the right results, turns out I got better performance using pcsx2 r1888

Will post the non-OC results tomorrow, too tired to mess around with it now.

Wow that is a huge boost the i7 has over the Core 2 Duo, bigger than I thought.

(04-13-2010 04:53 AM)bkwegoharder Wrote:  Wow that is a huge boost the i7 has over the Core 2 Duo, bigger than I thought.

I don't think it's enough to justify the price premium, though.

It'll be nice to see results for Clarkdale, the Core i3-530 in particular. Iirc, the E7200 had 1ku pricing of $113 when it was first released - exactly the price point the i3-530 is occupying now. It'll be interesting how new "budget" tech compares to the old one. I'd run the benchmark but I need to find my FFX-2 disc. Hopefully, it hasn't been converted into a coaster.

pcsx2fan:
You should really have selected a scene with (heavy) VU work ><.
This FMV scene is nice, but the majority of users will want to know how their pc performs in game, not in a video.

63.49 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 - 4.12 GHz OC - rama
47.06 FPS - SLUS 20672 - Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 - 3.00 GHz Stock - rama

Edit:
Updated with stock values. Ugh, slow.

@rama:
That's a brilliant idea. but I think it's difficult to come true. First off, this gotta be a game almost everyone own, then that game will spontaneously become a natural test suite. Or the team may make a test suite in a form of ISO or ELF file or something to instead?

I saw the result you submitted with interlacing set to none, I've considered your result as genuine since it doesn't affect speed. Blend bff (slight blur, 1/2 fps) is used to suppress the vibration displaying in FMV.

Don't forget to post your result at stock speed. The result at stock speed is also priceless, because not all people on earth are tending to overclock. they might purchase a cpu holding very high frequency at stock speed.

durable PC since 2008
CPU : E7200 @ 2.53 GHz 1.04 V / OC 3.7 GHz 1.36 V (390*9.5, 4GB DDR2 780)
GPU : 8600GT (GDDR3, 256 MB) / OC (750 / 900)
BOARD : GA-EP31-DS3L (rev 1.0)
PSU : 300 W
OS : Windows 7 Home Basic x86

Ok, yea. The interlace setting doesn't make a difference for fps

We've discussed this idea before actually, but there wasn't a good (and free) homebrew available.