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No idea how good/bad this is (I'm more of a 3dm11 fan), but I'm hoping it's ok. :)

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Very nice looking great to me! Most I can get for now without AC in CPU is 30,700k but for gpu 27~k so very nice run for a total of 28,878... and wonderful gpu score of 29K great Job Jimbo... you need to run that cpu just a little faster and you'll be in 30k cpu range with could bring your total score almost to 30k... since cpu brings the total score up when paired with a gpu score higher or in similar range... try 45/45/45/45 with 0flex and 168 amp/1344 primary plane... then in windows run a few wprimes to check temps before the vantage run... and use throttle stop to raise those watts up from 99 to as high as 168... and see highest you can set without having overheat or throttle issues. At 0flex if you don't over heat... it is enough volts to maintain 45x through wprime... if you overheat too much you will be drawing more power and the cpu could crash at 0 flex if overheating too much as it would then require a flex or two to be added... but stick with the 0flex and stay cool since using less volts keeps you cooler in itself. If you want let me know what you cpu settings were for that run and I'll let you know if I think you should raise something...

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My weaksauce scores:

There is no weak benches here they are all as great as their creators. They are very nice for a untouched system. Very nice temps btw. Not bad at all you should get used to using gpuz and cpuz for benching in the backrounds of the pics so you can always use them on hwbot... atleast i am trying to get used to it hard to remember sometimes. Looking great Brian... enjoying hope your enjoying Battlefield.

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104.4 X 47 = 4906Mhz 180amps/tdc 36flex (+149mv~ or +.149v) 175 watts tdp wprime 32m 8thread 5.095sec

Man that 2920xm is a beast. I just did a new run:

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Man that 2920xm is a beast. I just did a new run:

thanks thats with core states off like Stam does but he uses intel ppm trick that's some nice clocks nice... great job on getting those runs... my 1170 gaming clock i am lowering to 1125... i have it running on furmark to check stability. How bout 7k-8k+ in 3dmark 11.... Jimbo's got some mean benches on his 6990M's.

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So I got my 2920xm in and it seems like its a pretty decent sample. It hits 4.5 GHz stable pretty well in Vantage and Wprime. Anyway, I'm still learning the ins and outs of 2920xm overclocking but for now, here's a preview of what I'm getting:

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So I got my 2920xm in and it seems like its a pretty decent sample. It hits 4.5 GHz stable pretty well in Vantage and Wprime. Anyway, I'm still learning the ins and outs of 2920xm overclocking but for now, here's a preview of what I'm getting:

me wants my sample!!! :D

never had to OC a laptop CPU before, time to learn.

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So I got my 2920xm in and it seems like its a pretty decent sample. It hits 4.5 GHz stable pretty well in Vantage and Wprime. Anyway, I'm still learning the ins and outs of 2920xm overclocking but for now, here's a preview of what I'm getting:

pretty much everyone can do 4.5ghz on 8threads.... so now you have that down you should see what ranges it can handle ill be providing a cheat sheet and yours may handle same or better or handle same or worse but at same time these chips can require more or less voltage for same overclock... the less the better since your temps will improve. hang in there i need still 2days to complete this cheat sheet....

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My new Q1N8 2920xm (D2 stepping) has arrived! Actually scales up the voltage passed 1.35v unlike the Q1CE 2920xm. So for all intents and purposes, it is an OEM except for the ES tag that shows up in CPU-Z. My 24/7 settings are 0 flex, 810 priplane, 95 long/max short, 88/95W in TS and 41x on multipliers. Finishes Wprime 1024MB 8 threads in a respectable 191s.

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I'm running my 2960xm currently @

44x 945pri 0-flex 99w/56s long & 85w short cstate c7-enable. CPU throttles as soon as a wprime load is put on it. Games run ok and CPU doesn't throttle as far as I can tell. I have oem thermals also. I what to push a little higher what settings do u recommend now? Also should I be using throttlestop? I haven't uses since my m17xr2

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I'm running my 2960xm currently @

44x 945pri 0-flex 99w/56s long & 85w short cstate c7-enable. CPU throttles as soon as a wprime load is put on it. Games run ok and CPU doesn't throttle as far as I can tell. I have oem thermals also. I what to push a little higher what settings do u recommend now? Also should I be using throttlestop? I haven't uses since my m17xr2

You're going to see throttling at 4.5 GHz unless you have a super chilled room and/or air conditioning blowing on the notebook to keep the temps down. Otherwise I'd recommend using a notebook cooler or Laptop Lift rubber feet (like I do) and setting it to 4.1 GHz for 24/7 use. It hits about 91-92C max under 100% load and doesn't throttle. My settings are noted above although I'm still tweaking them a bit.

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Just for the record, ThrottleStop is still useful for the M18x. It lets you push the maximum TDP power limit up past 99 watts to 130 watts and beyond. What you do with all that extra heat is up to you to figure out. :)

The 130 watt setting helps benchers get a little more out of their XM CPUs but probably isn't needed for 24/7 use.

CPU doesn't throttle as far as I can tell.

ThrottleStop also continues to be a great monitoring tool and can create a log of your CPU's performance while gaming. No need to be wondering what's going on when you can have some cold hard numbers to look at. It will give you some insight into what multiplier your laptop is really running at while gaming.

BTW, nice computer porn Brian!

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Just for the record, ThrottleStop is still useful for the M18x. It lets you push the maximum TDP power limit up past 99 watts to 130 watts and beyond. What you do with all that extra heat is up to you to figure out. :)

The 130 watt setting helps benchers get a little more out of their XM CPUs but probably isn't needed for 24/7 use.

ThrottleStop also continues to be a great monitoring tool and can create a log of your CPU's performance while gaming. No need to be wondering what's going on when you can have some cold hard numbers to look at. It will give you some insight into what multiplier your laptop is really running at while gaming.

BTW, nice computer porn Brian!

yup that amazing software programs as high as the amps goes so something like 1080 or a bit higher and so watts may be set to the same max... by all means you wont actually draw 1080~ watts or amps :) but it acts as a slider effect higher you put either one the more it will maintain higher or same speeds even at rising temps... but only barring you dont meet your throttle temp. if you have an M18x your stock bios throttles at 85C when all cores have peaked at that for even a millisec... since one or two cores may reach the throttle temp and have no effect. On the unlocked bios via new menus which appear under "Thermal Management" the throttle temp may be set to 90C max :) that's what most of us are doing. But if you are comfortable modifying the bios one can set a higher desired throttle temp perhaps 95,98c since if your pushing those benchmarks that is :) I use TS at windows start and I set max amps in bios and use watts as the limiting variable but its up to you guys as both can be raised some to get the needed effect of maintaining higher speeds. The ones Unclewebb mentioned are good for the majority of overclocks 150-170 watts most at upper overclocks 4.6-4.9ghz quad :o maybe same in amps is fine the 150 amps could be most really needed... i like to bench and use more data and visually watch its handling or use a log if necessary... and if its dropping below the speed i intended and below the throttle temp i raise my watts a small increment till it stops dropping for what i was running. When i re mod bios using the 44/44/43/43 at no overvoltage believe test notes i used 300 amp and 300 watt which doesn't produce 300 watt but may see 130 watts like Unclewebb said almost like last gen desktop cpus :) (did well in those tests via 5 tests of Intel Burn Test @ 2000mb problem size and for that set of multis i ran a set of 20 tests to to check real endurance... no AC or special cooling just the normal notebook cooler at the time to keep air from localizing thread in signature) always ran great and cool for me but would see just a bit higher than the 90c Brian saw at 4.1ghz... hence the need to flash a bios modified to throttle higher... since its seems to use alternate means of throttling :( If you guys do make a modified bios and use a higher throttle temp than 90c and enter the bios menu in the unlocked bios that is under thermal management... the value is reset to 85C since it went over 90c max of the menu numerical limit... if you do accidently exit bios via discard changes and exit option or you have to reflash the new throttle temp modified bios... no need to re modify but have to reflash it...

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TS is by far my favorite monitoring and overclocking tool, that's no secret :D Anyhow, here's a wprime and vantage run I did with the CPU at 4.7 GHz.

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those are great runs Brian congrats. Youve got a nice achievement there. if you ran 4.8ghz you would get to about 160 secs even :) which is world record if you beat 159sec :) so nice job at being right up there :) i cant wait to join ya been trying to determine max cpu speed on mine. I find it easier to test that then super pi as those take the highest flex you will ever need on any of these tests. Super pi 32m first then 1m since needs les voltage and may use high frequencies on 1m. Then ill go through wprime 32m see highest 8thread i can complete i want to try a 5ghz run :o and i also want to try 1024m from 4.8ghz-4.9ghz :) After that they get easier i know vantage has higher load than wprime and also 3dmark11 so i might try 4.7-4.8 vantage and 3dmark11. Get a cpuz up here later and a idle pic on my cooler :o who needs LN1 burrr

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Doesnt seem anyone uses this other than you Brian lately lol joking just been quiet.

:) so here's some progress on my setup i posted about my homemade cooler setup. for this i didnt need it i had to run normal room temp it didnt handle as well cold for getting high frequencies as seemingly room temp did... go figure 70F better than 32F-60F just strange...

the 0C is idling on my cooler at 800mhz a core :)

I got this on 1.43volts :) lowest i seen before for voltage on a 2900 series XM ~5.2 ghz :)

http://forum.techinferno.com/general-notebook-discussions/222-what-do-you-use-cooler-your-notebook-2.html#post18537

where i posted about my cooler

its what i could manage so far out of the 2960XM and took low voltage with room temps and intake air temps around 70F. No fans maxed stock fan control.

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those temps are 20F ~ -5C at lowest read out of the notebook cooler top via thermometer. I figured if careful i can play with the sensor seen on front of unit and when I choose i can go lower than standard 60F down to as low as i mentioned before and in between depending how often and how long the compressor comes on.... :) burrrr i touched top of aluminum laptop... yes top and felt like ICE :) it boots like a champ at those temps except at that cpuz validation speed... 5197mhz i didnt seem to like frigid lol. i can use 52x but this got me into higher ranges than going 99.8x52 and raising baseclock from there. i most likely reached motherboard baseclock limit... may try to see if 50X 104+ will get it up a bit more.

Looking forward to seeing Vantage and Wprime etc...

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this is first 2900XM series i have seen capable of wprime over 5ghz 8thread :)

@Conker @Jimbo

Its not your 3secs 32m Conkers lol or your 149sec 1024m but its not as far as it once was ;) feels good being under 10 secs of your 1024m Jimbo being the cooling you have and the laptop i have AC or not lol :P cheers

Edit: 2/14/2012 i found out i was throttling towards the end of the test the next post is at 4.95ghz running optimally no drop so i believe 5ghz would be ever so close to Jimbo's 149secs :)

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