64 seconds.
I didn't close all my programs, like firewalls, scanners, sound etc.
Are you suppose to hit the stop watch as soon as you hit the start button, or wait for the test to make it's first move? It just sits there for a few seconds. I started it immediately as I pressed the start button.
CPU: AMD x2 64 4800
RAM: Corsair Extreme 4GB (Overclocked to 200Mhz)
Video: 7800GTX
Mian Board: Asus A8N Premium SLI
OS: Vista 64
PSCS4
This system was built by me in July of 2005. At that time the CPU, RAM, and Video was the hottest you could buy.
Your new system is over three times are fast as mine with this test. 18 seconds is smokin' for that. Makes me want to upgrade, but in real world use, I'm not sitting around waiting for things to happen, unless I'm doing same radical rendering like that test does, which isn't often. All the same, it would save me time during days that heavily I process and design.
There is another test thatn likes to circulate also. It's based on radial blur. Apple likes to use it to show how much faster Macs are than PCs. The problem is that when you run a test like this one, Macs get hit hard compared to PCs, but taht was back in the days before Mac went to Intel CPUs.
In any event, it would be fun to see what you system clocks on the radial blur test.
Instructions:
1. Down load the file:
[attachment=9919:20056453...46016_rs.jpg]
2. Open it in PS.
3. Choose Filter, Blur, Radial Blur:
Amount 100%
Blur Method: Spin
Quality: Best
4. Set your PS image window to "Timing." This will automatically time it for you. When the blur is done, read the time in the bottom left of the image window.
I did it in:
1st test: 56 sec. on a fresh PC and PS start.
2nd Test: 34 sec. Closed the image, reopen it. Ran test. .
3rd test: 29 sec. Closed PS, restarted PS, reopened image. Ran test.
This is the exact same speed I got running CS and Win XP back in 2005.