It definitely took a while to fully secure our first in-house benchmark application, but now the HWBOT Unigine Heaven benchmark has reached its final version. The main difference with the previous version is the removal of the down-clocking bug. For those who don’t know, or can’t remember, here’s a short explanation of the down-clocking bug:
Although some people would regard down-clocking the BCLK in the OS as a genuine benchmark tweak, it’s definitely not. The main issue is that down-clocking is not really speeding up the benchmark; it’s just making it run for a longer period, which effectively means changing the benchmark.
The Unigine score is a derivative of the average FPS. The FPS, in this case, is equal to the amount of rendered frames during the benchmarking period divided by a predefined 260 seconds, which is the standard benchmark length. Adjusting the BCLK frequency in OS makes the benchmark run for a longer or shorter period, depending on whether you clock up or down. For example, if you down-clock the BCLK by 10%, the benchmarking period will extend by 10%; in this case 260 x 1.1 = 286s.
The problem lies in the fact that Unigine did not take into account that the benchmark length may vary. So, regardless of how long the benchmark took, the total amount of rendered frames will always be divided by 260. The longer the benchmarking period, the more frames you can render … so down-clocking increases the score.
HWBOT Unigine Heaven V1.0.3 can be considered as the final version. If no major bugs or flaws can be found in the next 7 days, we will enable points for the Xtreme Preset (DX11). Note that we have also disabled support for older versions of the application.
Download: http://91.121.148.119/downloads/hwbot_unigine_heaven_v103/
so we have to rebench with the v1.0.3 to get points ?
No, all previous scores are still accountable for points. Of course, when we notice that one of the previous scores was bugged, we'll remove it.
Great news! likely i didn't know of this "tweak" :p
Ok thx.
Only points for DX11/Extreme? That means I need a new monitor :(
couldn´t see that any one got points ???
1680x1050 required then, i guess? too bad for those still using old 17/19" screens. Good for benchmark results though ... less CPU dependant
This would mean I need win7, a new monitor and new VGA-cards- so that´s great news for me:P- but time moves on and I wish lots of fun with the unigine:D
same here, new monitor sucks...:(
24" costs <$200, for people spending $1000+ on CPUs like you, monitor costs is the least of your worries ;p
Nice to see a free 3D benchmark.
Or just buy a really nice 24" or 27" and use it for benching and work/play.
Haha same monitor problem. 980X and everything but 17" CRT =)
Hehe, got crap Hardware here but a Syncmaster 275T xD *winfail*
Its a pretty bench but doesn't seem to scale with CPU speed... Maybe that nice though since because 3dmark and AM3 can be really CPU limited. :D
The app keeps locking up for me in stage 7 (3D goes black, interface in unresponsive), I have to end the "Heaven" process to close it out.....even while not OC'ed
BZ Win7 x64 build
GBT X58A-UD7 Rev 2.0
i7 920 at various speeds
MSI GTX 580 at various speeds
263.09 drivers
This only occurs with the DX9 preset....not the DX11 preset :shrug:
It's because you're using BZ's OS :p. Have you tried XP or a 32-bit version? Other drivers?
No, 17" TFT...;)
I have the same issue here...
This thing runs in XP? Did not know that.
and what about the DX9 basic scores, are there also coming points on ?
yeah, but i don't think the dx11 mode will run under win xp. ;)
i don't think so, because we have already a few dx9 benchmarks.....
About v1.03...
Are the changes in the HWB wrapper, or a change in the program itself?
Do we need to DL Unigine again?
Only the wrapper is sufficient.
Thanks :)
can someone verify that DX9 wont be getting points please? want to start making a list of what i need to run :P
if dx9 gets points it would be a bench people without 980's can almost evenly compete
Hey guys, I just downloaded the 1.03 (2.1) from HWBot and i can't start the DX9 preset on my GTX260. I just get a black screen with the Unigine logo at the bottom. There was an error telling me i should put my soundcard (X-FI Titanium) in gamemode cause of some OpenCL things. But doing so and disconnect the card from the board didn't help, the error though occurs. Any tips? Q9550 GTX260@675/1250 4GB Ram Rampage Formula X-Fi Titanium PS: I would be very pleased about seeing the DX9 preset with points, if not there would be two new DX11 only benches (-> 3D Mark 11) and that's not very fair. Just because of this, there IS a DX9 render path, why not using it?
you really need a faster server :)
DX9 & DX11 both of them have points? every version can be used? for DX9 & DX11 have separate points or no....together? whats resolation?
DX9 & DX11 both of them have points? every version can be used? for DX9 & DX11 have separate points or no....together? whats resolation?
its been 7 days, any word when/if it will be implemented?
ok, so why only dx11? why did you guys even put it (dx9) in in the first place?
So you can bench old cards with heaven too.
+111111
add points to DX9 if you truly want it to be considered an alternative bench to FM ;)
FYI - HWBOT Unigine Heaven DX11 enabled for HWBOINTS!
yeah, still kind of waiting on the main reason why dx9 is not supported.
we have to many dx9 test really doesn't fly well..drop one of the old test and then add this one.
side note:
or is it because pushing your CPU to 10 ghz doesnt help ones score here, maybe? :D:D
The all the people who now have serious boints in the other DX9 benches will complain :D
rotflmao!
i knew there was a valid answer somewhere.:D
ok, next complaint..i want my second place..i see a bunch of physx runs in there..:D
PhysX has no effect in the benchmark.
funny you should mention that...because we had quite a few of our members flagged for it. and they had to rerun their benchmarks in that category. last one on that list d1esel with 3 gtx470's. his marks got deleted for it.
now we all knew it had nothing to do with it, but still..his scores got deleted for it and was told to "read the rules"
PhysX is specifically forbidden on the rules page for Heaven: http://hwbot.org/rankings/benchmark/unigine_heaven_-_xtreme_preset_%28dx11%29/rules
the rules will be edited, there is no physx impact on this benchmark ;)
Thx for providing a link to a very fast server. I expected it would take some minutes, but I downloaded the whole full version at 9.2 MB/s. :)
no points for dx9?
no and it's not planned afaik
Broken link
Can anyone enlighten me what was the cause of this problem? I don't remember how to solve it. Currently running GTX980 with 3770K on fresh unaltered Win7. Heaven DX9 always stuck at 7th scene. VGA is on stock clocks. Audio is enabled in services.
Not enough voodoo.
Some possible reasons I can think of: Not enough minerals. Require more vespene gas. You must construct additional pylons.
Damn, can't remember
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