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Test System and Unigine Heaven v4.0
How We Configured Our Test Systems: We tested the graphics cards in this article on an ASUS X99 Deluxe motherboard powered by an Intel Core i7-5960X octal-core processor and 16GB of Corsair DDR4 RAM. The first thing we did when configuring the test system was enter the system UEFI and set all values to their "high performance" default settings and disable any integrated peripherals that wouldn't be put to use. The memory's X.M.P. profile was enabled to ensure optimal memory performance and the solid state drive was then formatted and Windows 10 Professional x64 was installed. When the installation was complete, we fully updated the OS and installed all of the drivers, games, and benchmark tools necessary to complete our tests.
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| Hardware Used: Intel Core i7-5960X (3GHz, Octa-Core) Asus X99 Deluxe (Intel X99 Chipset) Radeon R7 270 Radeon R9 285 GeForce GTX 760 GeForce GTX 960 GeForce GTX 950 (Asus and EVGA) 16GB Corsair DDR4-2133 OCZ Vertex 4 Integrated Audio Integrated Network | Relevant Software: Windows 10 Pro x64 AMD Catalyst v15.17.1 Beta NVIDIA GeForce Drivers v355.65 Benchmarks Used: Unigine Heaven v4 3DMark "Fire Strike" Thief MIddle-Earth: Shadow Of Mordor Metro Last Light Redux FRAPS |
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Unigine's Heaven Benchmark v4.0 is built around the Unigine game engine. Unigine is a cross-platform, real-time 3D engine, with support for DirectX 9, DirectX 10, DirectX 11 and OpenGL. The Heaven benchmark--when run in DX11 mode--also makes comprehensive use of tessellation technology and advanced SSAO (screen-space ambient occlusion). It also features volumetric cumulonimbus clouds generated by a physically accurate algorithm and a dynamic sky with light scattering.
Unigine Heaven
