Spectre BIOS Update - Before and After - 11 Benchmark Comparisons - i5 7500 (info in description)
*Time stamps, comparison results, settings, general information and links found below
- Time Stamps -
0:00 to 5:00 (3DMark Time Spy benchmark)
5:05 to 5:20 (Results comparison for 3DMark Time Spy)
5:22 to 9:56 (3DMark Fire Strike benchmark)
9:58 to 10:09 (Results comparison for 3DMark Fire Strike)
10:10 to 14:53 (3DMark Sky Diver benchmark)
14:55 to 15:14 (Results comparison for 3DMark Sky Diver)
15:15 to 15:50 (Cinebench R15 OGL benchmark)
15:52 to 16:03 (Results comparison for Cinebench R15)
16:05 to 20:20 (Unigine Heaven benchmark)
20:22 to 23:26 (Unigine Valley benchmark)
23:28 to 26:23 (Unigine Superposition benchmark)
26:24 to 26:35 (Results comparison for Unigine Superposition)
26:36 to 26:51 (Results comparison for PCMark 10)
26:54 (Results comparison for PassMark Overall benchmark)
27:02 to 27:20 (Results comparison for PassMark CPU benchmark)
27:21 to end (Multiple Results comparison for GeekBench CPU benchmark)
- Comparison results pictures (left = before ; right = after) -
3DMark Time Spy: https://i.imgur.com/eDp5YKt.jpg
3DMark Fire Strike: https://i.imgur.com/akBfRai.jpg
3DMark Sky Diver: https://i.imgur.com/kZsHIkz.jpg
Cinebench R15: https://i.imgur.com/TDRa3SV.jpg
Unigine Superposition: https://i.imgur.com/IGzHdRY.jpg
PCMark 10: https://i.imgur.com/OtpzLZO.jpg
PassMark Overall: https://i.imgur.com/KE3zpvW.jpg
PassMark CPU: https://i.imgur.com/PiEFVzE.jpg
GeekBench (all): https://imgur.com/a/0qMYE
- Settings for benchmarks -
*All benchmarks were run at the same settings
*3DMark benchmarks did not allow for settings to be changed
Unigine Heaven: https://i.imgur.com/1lfZSN1.jpg
Unigine Valley: https://i.imgur.com/9dT47oS.jpg
- General information -
*These tests were done while the Meltdown update was already applied for both the before and after. This is just a test for the Spectre update.
*The conditions of these tests were replicated exactly. The computer was idle and was stressed equally before these two tests, in order to make sure that the testing conditions would be as identical as possible.
*No settings in the BIOS were altered before or after the update. Only the update was applied.
*The tests were ran twice each, except for PCMark10
*The tests were ran on a Crucial MX300 256GB SSD
- Links -
3DMark: https://www.futuremark.com/benchmarks/3dmark
Cinebench R15: https://www.maxon.net/en/products/cinebench/
Unigine Heaven: https://benchmark.unigine.com/heaven
Unigine Valley: https://benchmark.unigine.com/valley
Unigine Superposition: https://benchmark.unigine.com/superposition
PCMark 10: https://www.futuremark.com/benchmarks/pcmark10
Passmark: https://www.passmark.com/download/pt_download.htm
GeekBench: https://www.geekbench.com/
- Specifications -
Drivers version: 390.77
Specs:
CPU: i5 7500 @ 3.4Ghz
GPU: GTX 1060 G1 [6GB] @ Core clock: 1595Mhz / Memory: 2002Mhz
RAM: 8GB [2x4GB] @ DDR4 2400Mhz
PSU: 520W - SeaSonic S12II 520 Bronze
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-B250M-DS3H (rev. 1.0)
HDD: WD Blue 1TB
OS: Windows 10 64bit
Links to the PC parts:
*CPU*
i5 7500: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117730
*GPU*
GIGABYTE GTX 1060 G1 [6GB]: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125881
*RAM*
G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4 2400Mhz : https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231886
*PSU*
SeaSonic S12II 520 Bronze 520W: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151094
*Motherboard*
GIGABYTE GA-B250M-DS3H (rev. 1.0): https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128980
*HDD*
WD Blue 1TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive
https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236339