The Intel Core i9-7980XE and Core i9-7960X CPU Review Part 1: Workstation
by Ian Cutress on September 25, 2017 3:01 AM ESTBenchmarking Performance: PCMark 10
PCMark 10 is the 2017 update to the family favorite, PCMark 8. PCMark 8 has been part of our test bed since the latest update in Q1. For the most part it runs well, although for some processors it doesn’t recognize, some tests will not complete, leading to holes in our benchmark data (there’s also an odd directory quirk in one test that causes issues). The newest version, PCMark 10, is the answer.
The new test is adapted for more 2016/2017 workflows. With the advent of office applications that perform deeper compute tasks, or the wave of online gamers and streamers, the idea behind PCMark 10 is to give a better ‘single number’ result that can provide a comparable metric between systems. Single metrics never tell the whole story, so we’re glad that Futuremark provides a very detailed breakdown of what goes on.
Ganesh’s article on PCMark 10 goes into more detail than I will here, but the ‘Extended Benchmark’ runs through four different sets of tests: Essential, Productivity, Creation and Gaming. Each of these have sub-test results as well, including startup performance, web performance, video conferencing, photo/video editing, spreadsheets, rendering, and physics, which you can find in Bench.
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mmrezaie - Monday, September 25, 2017 - link
unofficially threadripper supports ECC. Do you have the plan to look into it?p.s. I sent an email to Anandtech support about abusive ads directing to some questionable websites. I am in EU and I see these ads for a long time now.
Ryan Smith - Monday, September 25, 2017 - link
"p.s. I sent an email to Anandtech support about abusive ads directing to some questionable websites. I am in EU and I see these ads for a long time now."Er, we don't have a support email address. So I'm not sure who you sent that to.
Anyhow, we're always trying to squash malvertising. It comes in on programmatic ads, which does make the process tricky. But if you can get it to reliably and repeatedly trigger, please contact me. If we can get network logs collected, then we can isolate the source and get said ads pulled.
mmrezaie - Monday, September 25, 2017 - link
I sent it to advertisement link I found in the "contact us" page. Sorry by saying support. That's what we call it in our organization. thanks for the reply.snowmyr - Monday, September 25, 2017 - link
Check that link again and you'll see that it's not really an anandtech email address and might not get forwarded to the right people.mmrezaie - Monday, September 25, 2017 - link
I sent it to advertisement link I found in the "contact us" page. Sorry by saying support. That's what we call it in our organization. thanks for the reply.AdditionalPylons - Monday, September 25, 2017 - link
Just sent you a tweet with a screenshot, Ryan. I've been very annoyed with these clickbait ads for avery long time as well.
hughc - Monday, September 25, 2017 - link
Wasn't sure what you were referring to. I have AdBlock whitelisting the domain, so I see all the display advertising.I'm also using ClickbaitKiller. Disabled it, and now I can see the unit in question - very happy to hide this trash.
thesavvymage - Monday, September 25, 2017 - link
I get inappropriate ads as well. I'm not sure where I can send a screenshot, but the one I have on this page under the article is "This Is Better Than Adderall, According to US College Students. Try It!"Like what? This is a professional tech site and ads like that have no business being on here. Banner ads for tech companies? Good. Side ads for relevant products? Good. This BS thats always underneath every article? Absolutely unacceptable.
Gothmoth - Monday, September 25, 2017 - link
do you really think anandtech cares how they make money.. maybe when anad was still here.i see these ads too, a website who cares about it´s reputation would distance itself from such crap.. but not anandtech.
ddriver - Monday, September 25, 2017 - link
"maybe when anad was still here" LOL, if he didn't care about money, he'd not sell the site to money makers for money. That's the N1 business model, and the sole motivation for doing anything - get it to get popular, then sell it out, and all its users with it.