Benchmark Tug of War
Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 3:57 pm
I got an idea, might be fun in a geeky sort of way.
A computer benchmark tug of war.
How this will work:
1. Evenly divide users into teams, doesn't matter how many as long as both teams have the same number of people, so this would be the first stage...getting everyone (that will participate) into teams.
2. Must use the same benchmarking software, I've always used SiSoft Sandra, but anyone that knows of one that might better suit the purpose, please let me know.
3. Let the games begin.
I'm still toying around about how to score and how to determine the winner, I suppose the most sensible way would be the cumulative of benchmarks for each team based on category, such as:
- CPU Arithmetic
- CPU Multimedia
- Memory Bandwidth
- Hard Disk Index
- GPGPU Processing
Also keep in mind this is just an idea, if certain tests don't run on someone's PC due to hardware we'll decide a substitute to make up for it. We can also discuss handicaps and perhaps alternative software Sandra can occasionally be a pain. Also, they claim that benchmarking hardware can cause it to fail. If you're not comfortable with this, don't risk it. I would also suggest using Speedfan to monitor temps, fans, and disk health, and this includes those who arent interested in participating.
In addition to the benchmark tug-of-war, we can also do folding@home, team cricketmx (have we done this before? deja vu)
Almost forgot, RULES!
1. One computer benchmark per user (you can't benchmark all 5 computer in your home and combine them as one - unless handicaps come into play)
2. All computers must be benchmarked by the same version of software, example Sandra 2005 will report much higher indexes in some tests compared to the current version.
I think that covers enough for now, I will edit this post to make changes to the rules and gameplay so keep your eye on it as things progress
Let the games begin!
NOTE: If anyone is interested in joining a cricketmx folding@home team use this team number when configuring: 187647
http://folding.stanford.edu
A computer benchmark tug of war.
How this will work:
1. Evenly divide users into teams, doesn't matter how many as long as both teams have the same number of people, so this would be the first stage...getting everyone (that will participate) into teams.
2. Must use the same benchmarking software, I've always used SiSoft Sandra, but anyone that knows of one that might better suit the purpose, please let me know.
3. Let the games begin.
I'm still toying around about how to score and how to determine the winner, I suppose the most sensible way would be the cumulative of benchmarks for each team based on category, such as:
- CPU Arithmetic
- CPU Multimedia
- Memory Bandwidth
- Hard Disk Index
- GPGPU Processing
Also keep in mind this is just an idea, if certain tests don't run on someone's PC due to hardware we'll decide a substitute to make up for it. We can also discuss handicaps and perhaps alternative software Sandra can occasionally be a pain. Also, they claim that benchmarking hardware can cause it to fail. If you're not comfortable with this, don't risk it. I would also suggest using Speedfan to monitor temps, fans, and disk health, and this includes those who arent interested in participating.
In addition to the benchmark tug-of-war, we can also do folding@home, team cricketmx (have we done this before? deja vu)
Almost forgot, RULES!
1. One computer benchmark per user (you can't benchmark all 5 computer in your home and combine them as one - unless handicaps come into play)
2. All computers must be benchmarked by the same version of software, example Sandra 2005 will report much higher indexes in some tests compared to the current version.
I think that covers enough for now, I will edit this post to make changes to the rules and gameplay so keep your eye on it as things progress
Let the games begin!
NOTE: If anyone is interested in joining a cricketmx folding@home team use this team number when configuring: 187647
http://folding.stanford.edu
