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    PCMark05 , keep or remove from hwbot.

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    Could we perhaps agree on:

     

     

     

    + make system pictures mandatory for everyone. Top scores should show storage subsystem, but we will not block scores -just- because the storage subsystem is not in it. Blocking scores because a lack of picture verification is only necessary when the score is suspicious.

     

    I think this would be a good addition to the rules - it should help.

    PCMark05 Tweaking Thread

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    If we are giving it all away I might as well help a little - for xpstart up limiting - many ways - all involve making just enough read contention on the test drive -

     

    1. use a h/w raid controller with its own cat5 and change controller settings to slow down the read rate

    2. use an external thumb drive and do a copy operation to the test drive during the test - most folks use this

    3. use crystal disk mark during test

    4. this is the one i use almost exclusively now but there is a learning curve - iometer executed from a saved config file via a .bat :)

     

    Steve.

    PCMark05 , keep or remove from hwbot.

    in Benchmark software

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    I wonder how that works - I was thinking ramcache was something you messed with after entering the OS:p

     

    maybe the HDD rule should be that you should be able to install windows on the drives used. You can't install windows on a setup with only RAM available as storage. (and if that is possible at a later time, I say we allow it - then the RAM would work exactly like a regular harddrive).

     

    Intel Rapid Storage Technology is a basic form of disk cache that uses system dram for write combining. Many SSDs have there own dram inside. Raid controllers have controller dram, some have a lot. Some of the new pcie direct connect drives have this capability built into the storage driver (ability to use system ram as cache). The amount of system dram that can be used by these drivers will go nowhere but up. Good for system speed but a dilema for benchmarking.

    PCMark05 , keep or remove from hwbot.

    in Benchmark software

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    So 4.5 months after we change the rules we want to remove the boints? Pffft. We had a chance to remove the benchmark, and we didn't - this is too early to start talking about that sort of stuff if you ask me. Plus, I don't see any real issues - ramcache shouldn't be allowed if we look at the current rules (you can't boot from ram cache, I guess)

     

    Yes, you can boot from a drive assisted by ramcache - that's the problem.

     

    edit - actually only part of the problem <rolls eyes>.

    PCMark05 , keep or remove from hwbot.

    in Benchmark software

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    I think yes - add no ramcache to the rules but it's probably a temporary fix.

     

    Longer term - either a wrapper or replace.

     

    Anvil (XS) would be best to describe what needs to be in the wrapper - or maybe just the latest version of anvil's Storage Benchmark in the screenshot - it provides a lot of info about the storage used.

     

    Replace is tough - pcmark7 is awful as it currently is, pcmv is way skewed to storage - much more than pcm05. But skewed towards storage sounds great to me!

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