Just came across this and quickly benchmarked my current build - as-is right now, with no optimisation or overclocking whatsoever (running rock stable), incl overhead for remote access as running headless...
score:
2489451 - petricor - i7 8700k - GTX 1080 - (3806.5*3270)/5.0
validation link: https://valid.x86.fr/vtuftp
benchmarks:
https://valid.x86.fr/7tx1l5
build (slightly ahead of my log.. am a few posts behind!):
Damn that would put you in second place. The score gets very unfair with an i9 because even though the multi-threaded score is higher the performance doesn't really scale that well in any non-benchmark practical application. Plus the fact that the CPU score can be so much higher than the GPU doesn't do the whole number justice because GPU power of a 1080ti (750$) for example, say a score of 4300 is equivalent to a 8700k (400$) at 5GHZ (In terms of score) when it should really be equivalent to the score of an i9 (900$) which is closer in price to a 1080ti or maybe a titan x (1200$).OK just had my first take at overclocking my build - using the cookie cutter "33%" ASUS ROG CPU template pushing it near 5 ghz (just under - suspect there is more headroom!) , +197Mhz on the GPU core and +439Mhz on the GPU mem clock, no voltage change whatsoever to CPU/GPU - running stable so far with the GPU stabilising at 80 deg at 25 ambient running Heaven, in horizontal case position with all panels on. This time with a screen connected directly rather than remoting the image, taking overhead off the system...
Long story short: it gets me to a rather unexpected 3,380,913 points
my new line:
3380913 - petricor - i7 8700k - GTX 1080 - (4349x3887)/5.0
Validation link: https://valid.x86.fr/7tx1l5
benchmarks:
OK just had my first take at overclocking my build - using the cookie cutter "33%" ASUS ROG CPU template pushing it near 5 ghz (just under - suspect there is more headroom!) , +197Mhz on the GPU core and +439Mhz on the GPU mem clock, no voltage change whatsoever to CPU/GPU - running stable so far with the GPU stabilising at 80 deg at 25 ambient running Heaven, in horizontal case position with all panels on. This time with a screen connected directly rather than remoting the image, taking overhead off the system...
Long story short: it gets me to a rather unexpected 3,380,913 points
my new line:
3380913 - petricor - i7 8700k - GTX 1080 - (4349x3887)/5.0
Validation link: https://valid.x86.fr/7tx1l5
benchmarks:
It's actually quite fair from the standpoint of case design. CPU-Z scales almost linearly with number of cores, as does heat output and power draw. If you have a system that can handle double the heat, it should be capable of scoring twice as high. Price and popularity aren't being measured here. There are ways to take advantage of the relatively low power draw and heat and translate that into low volume to compensate, like @confusis setup.
Yeah. And as @Arie said, there are applications that do. For video encoding, a high core count is almost a must, and Adobe Media Encoder and Handbrake both make use of AVX instructions as well. Professional use cases can demand a lot more CPU horsepower than gaming.
This is just nuts. Even in a full-size desktop, my 2 year-old 6700K would have no hope of clocking that high, and yet here we are with a PC the size of a small book, and half the CPU TDP. Quite amazing how quickly things progress.
Also adds to the fun - technically it should be possible to beat the “extreme” series cpus using the PPL formula as there is a natual limit to how compact one can go looking at the power and thermal footprint of those beasts- they come with a whole host of challenges of their own... with a 1080ti in a brickless 5l build the figures should pan out well over 4m, so the crown is up for grabs - all a question of doing it
A mixture of research into previous builds, planning, and a lot of trial-and-error: I didn’t really know whether my power solution would fire up at all before building it (it was an untested idea and turned out to be pretty robust) - have a look at my log (link in my benchmark post), I just posted an update on airflow which is particularly relevant to the GPU
I'll go for broke and say 2950X, LOL (it's the hot topic for the next few days, right? o_o)I wonder what this could be...
Thanks, took a look and it's very informative. How much did you pay for your meanwell unit? I see them on mouser for 70 CAD/ 50 USD
