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Default: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB (750/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.12-devel (git-1bb59b3) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Low: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB (750/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.12-devel (git-1bb59b3) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 High: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB (750/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.12-devel (git-1bb59b3) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 DynPM: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB (750/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.12-devel (git-1bb59b3) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Catalyst: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4800 512MB (750/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: fglrx 8.88.7 Catalyst 11.8, OpenGL: 1.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Timed Idle CPU Frequency Monitor Megahertz < Lower Is Better Default .. MIN: 1600 AVG: 1600 MAX: 1600 High ..... MIN: 1600 AVG: 1600 MAX: 1600 DynPM .... MIN: 1600 AVG: 1600 MAX: 1600 Catalyst . MIN: 1600 AVG: 1600 MAX: 1600 Timed Idle CPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Default .. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 0.0 MAX: 0.5 High ..... MIN: 0.0 AVG: 0.1 MAX: 0.5 Catalyst . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 0.0 MAX: 0.4 Timed Idle GPU Frequency Monitor Megahertz < Lower Is Better Default .. MIN: 750 AVG: 750 MAX: 750 High ..... MIN: 750 AVG: 750 MAX: 750 Catalyst . MIN: 550 AVG: 550 MAX: 550 Timed Idle GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Default .. MIN: 54 AVG: 66 MAX: 76 High ..... MIN: 79 AVG: 80 MAX: 80 Catalyst . MIN: 64 AVG: 65 MAX: 67 Timed Idle GPU Voltage Monitor mV < Lower Is Better Default . MIN: 1263 AVG: 1263 MAX: 1263 High .... MIN: 1263 AVG: 1263 MAX: 1263 1080p H.264 Video Playback Video Decoding: X-Video Percent Default .. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 7.1 MAX: 14.1 Low ...... MIN: 0.0 AVG: 6.9 MAX: 14.9 High ..... MIN: 0.0 AVG: 7.0 MAX: 13.7 Catalyst . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 11.3 MAX: 17.6 1080p H.264 Video Playback CPU Frequency Monitor Megahertz < Lower Is Better Default .. MIN: 1600 AVG: 2278 MAX: 3301 Low ...... MIN: 1600 AVG: 1774 MAX: 3301 High ..... MIN: 1600 AVG: 1878 MAX: 3301 DynPM .... MIN: 1600 AVG: 1722 MAX: 3301 Catalyst . MIN: 1600 AVG: 2163 MAX: 3301 1080p H.264 Video Playback CPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Default .. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 7.3 MAX: 14.1 Low ...... MIN: 0.0 AVG: 6.9 MAX: 12.8 High ..... MIN: 0.0 AVG: 7.2 MAX: 13.4 DynPM .... MIN: 0.0 AVG: 7.3 MAX: 12.5 Catalyst . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 11.1 MAX: 16.6 1080p H.264 Video Playback GPU Frequency Monitor Megahertz < Lower Is Better Default .. MIN: 750 AVG: 750 MAX: 750 Low ...... MIN: 550 AVG: 550 MAX: 550 High ..... MIN: 750 AVG: 750 MAX: 750 DynPM .... MIN: 550 AVG: 550 MAX: 550 Catalyst . MIN: 550 AVG: 559 MAX: 750 1080p H.264 Video Playback GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Default .. MIN: 77 AVG: 79 MAX: 80 Low ...... MIN: 76 AVG: 76 MAX: 78 High ..... MIN: 79 AVG: 80 MAX: 81 DynPM .... MIN: 76 AVG: 76 MAX: 77 Catalyst . MIN: 64 AVG: 65 MAX: 66 1080p H.264 Video Playback GPU Usage Monitor Fences/s < Lower Is Better Default . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 46.2 MAX: 49.0 Low ..... MIN: 48.0 AVG: 48.2 MAX: 66.0 High .... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 46.2 MAX: 48.0 DynPM ... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 46.7 MAX: 49.0 1080p H.264 Video Playback GPU Voltage Monitor mV < Lower Is Better Default . MIN: 1263 AVG: 1263 MAX: 1263 Low ..... MIN: 1203 AVG: 1203 MAX: 1203 High .... MIN: 1263 AVG: 1263 MAX: 1263 DynPM ... MIN: 1203 AVG: 1203 MAX: 1203 OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Default .. 171.93 |============================================================ Low ...... 139.37 |================================================= High ..... 172.13 |============================================================ DynPM .... 170.80 |============================================================ Catalyst . 109.67 |====================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 CPU Frequency Monitor Megahertz < Lower Is Better Default .. MIN: 1600 AVG: 1600 MAX: 1600 Low ...... MIN: 1600 AVG: 1600 MAX: 1600 High ..... MIN: 1600 AVG: 1600 MAX: 1600 DynPM .... MIN: 1600 AVG: 1600 MAX: 1600 Catalyst . MIN: 1600 AVG: 2493 MAX: 3301 OpenArena 0.8.5 CPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Default .. MIN: 0.3 AVG: 24.1 MAX: 27.8 Low ...... MIN: 4.5 AVG: 23.8 MAX: 26.9 High ..... MIN: 0.5 AVG: 24.1 MAX: 27.6 DynPM .... MIN: 0.0 AVG: 24.3 MAX: 27.9 Catalyst . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 36.3 MAX: 43.3 OpenArena 0.8.5 GPU Frequency Monitor Megahertz < Lower Is Better Default .. MIN: 750 AVG: 750 MAX: 750 Low ...... MIN: 550 AVG: 550 MAX: 550 High ..... MIN: 750 AVG: 750 MAX: 750 DynPM .... MIN: 750 AVG: 750 MAX: 750 Catalyst . MIN: 550 AVG: 729 MAX: 750 OpenArena 0.8.5 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Default .. MIN: 78 AVG: 80 MAX: 81 Low ...... MIN: 77 AVG: 78 MAX: 79 High ..... MIN: 79 AVG: 80 MAX: 81 DynPM .... MIN: 79 AVG: 79 MAX: 80 Catalyst . MIN: 66 AVG: 68 MAX: 70 OpenArena 0.8.5 GPU Usage Monitor Fences/s < Lower Is Better Default . MIN: 20 AVG: 760 MAX: 990 Low ..... MIN: 1 AVG: 635 MAX: 784 High .... MIN: 20 AVG: 756 MAX: 990 DynPM ... MIN: 17 AVG: 756 MAX: 1028 OpenArena 0.8.5 GPU Voltage Monitor mV < Lower Is Better Default . MIN: 1263 AVG: 1263 MAX: 1263 Low ..... MIN: 1203 AVG: 1203 MAX: 1203 High .... MIN: 1263 AVG: 1263 MAX: 1263 DynPM ... MIN: 1203 AVG: 1254 MAX: 1263 Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Default .. 30.53 |============================================================= Low ...... 29.13 |========================================================== High ..... 30.70 |============================================================= DynPM .... 30.60 |============================================================= Catalyst . 30.60 |============================================================= Warsow 0.61 CPU Frequency Monitor Megahertz < Lower Is Better Default .. MIN: 1600 AVG: 1600 MAX: 1600 Low ...... MIN: 1600 AVG: 1615 MAX: 3301 High ..... MIN: 1600 AVG: 1615 MAX: 3301 DynPM .... MIN: 1600 AVG: 1600 MAX: 1600 Catalyst . MIN: 1600 AVG: 1600 MAX: 1600 Warsow 0.61 CPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Default .. MIN: 2.5 AVG: 6.3 MAX: 27.0 Low ...... MIN: 2.5 AVG: 5.9 MAX: 25.6 High ..... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 6.2 MAX: 26.9 DynPM .... MIN: 2.3 AVG: 6.3 MAX: 29.1 Catalyst . 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MIN: 1203 AVG: 1262 MAX: 1263 Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Default .. 53.80 |================ Low ...... 41.83 |============ High ..... 54.03 |================ DynPM .... 53.80 |================ Catalyst . 206.60 |============================================================ Doom 3 1.3.1 CPU Frequency Monitor Megahertz < Lower Is Better Default .. MIN: 1600 AVG: 1750 MAX: 3301 Low ...... MIN: 1600 AVG: 1679 MAX: 3301 High ..... MIN: 1600 AVG: 1652 MAX: 3301 DynPM .... MIN: 1600 AVG: 1650 MAX: 3301 Catalyst . MIN: 1600 AVG: 3026 MAX: 3301 Doom 3 1.3.1 CPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Default .. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 20.2 MAX: 26.0 Low ...... MIN: 1.8 AVG: 17.1 MAX: 25.7 High ..... MIN: 0.0 AVG: 20.6 MAX: 25.9 DynPM .... MIN: 0.0 AVG: 19.6 MAX: 25.7 Catalyst . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 44.6 MAX: 57.7 Doom 3 1.3.1 GPU Frequency Monitor Megahertz < Lower Is Better Default .. MIN: 750 AVG: 750 MAX: 750 Low ...... 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MIN: 1600 AVG: 1698 MAX: 3301 DynPM .... MIN: 1600 AVG: 1643 MAX: 3301 Catalyst . MIN: 1600 AVG: 2099 MAX: 3301 CPU Usage Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Percent Default .. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 8.0 MAX: 27.8 Low ...... MIN: 0.0 AVG: 9.1 MAX: 26.9 High ..... MIN: 0.0 AVG: 8.1 MAX: 27.6 DynPM .... MIN: 0.0 AVG: 8.0 MAX: 29.1 Catalyst . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 13.0 MAX: 57.7 GPU Frequency Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Megahertz Default .. MIN: 750 AVG: 750 MAX: 750 Low ...... MIN: 550 AVG: 550 MAX: 550 High ..... MIN: 750 AVG: 750 MAX: 750 DynPM .... MIN: 550 AVG: 652 MAX: 750 Catalyst . MIN: 550 AVG: 590 MAX: 750 GPU Temperature Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Celsius Default .. MIN: 53 AVG: 78 MAX: 81 Low ...... MIN: 75 AVG: 77 MAX: 79 High ..... MIN: 79 AVG: 80 MAX: 81 DynPM .... MIN: 76 AVG: 78 MAX: 81 Catalyst . MIN: 64 AVG: 66 MAX: 76 GPU Usage Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Fences/s Default . MIN: 2 AVG: 200 MAX: 1573 Low ..... MIN: 1 AVG: 208 MAX: 3316 High .... MIN: 2 AVG: 203 MAX: 4230 DynPM ... MIN: 1 AVG: 192 MAX: 2889 GPU Voltage Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring mV Default . MIN: 1263 AVG: 1263 MAX: 1263 Low ..... MIN: 1203 AVG: 1203 MAX: 1203 High .... MIN: 1263 AVG: 1263 MAX: 1263 DynPM ... MIN: 1203 AVG: 1233 MAX: 1263 Timed Idle GPU Frequency Monitor Megahertz < Lower Is Better DynPM . MIN: 550 AVG: 550 MAX: 550 Timed Idle GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better DynPM . MIN: 76 AVG: 76 MAX: 77 Timed Idle GPU Usage Monitor Fences/s < Lower Is Better DynPM . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 1.0 MAX: 1.0 Timed Idle GPU Voltage Monitor mV < Lower Is Better DynPM . MIN: 1203 AVG: 1203 MAX: 1203