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Re: MAME benchmarks on the $70 Intel Pentium G3258
04/03/16 11:42 PM


> I finally got around to upgrading the PC in my MAME cabinet.
>
> The new build is using an Intel Pentium G3258 "Anniversary Edition" CPU.
> http://ark.intel.com/products/82723/Intel-Pentium-Processor-G3258-3M-Cache-3_20-GHz
>
> You can get this CPU for approximately $70 online:
> http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646g3258
>
> It's a dual core CPU with 3M of cache and the default speed is 3.2GHz. However, this
> particular CPU has an unlocked multiplier like the Core "K" CPUs. Most people who try
> find that it will easily overclock to 4GHz or more with just a small increase in core
> voltage.
>
> I was able to overclock mine to 4.5GHz after bumping the core voltage up to 1.275v.
> I'm using an old aftermarket CPU cooler (Scythe Ninja Mini Rev. B) but there are
> reports of successful overclocks of 4.0 to 4.2 GHz using the stock cooler.
>
> My system also has 8GB of DDR3 1600 CL9 memory if it matters.
>
> These aren't the exact parts I'm using (different motherboard) but the three items
> below would form the core of a good budget MAME system...
>
> http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vc7K23
> $65.99 - Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor
> $44.89 - MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
> $32.99 - G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
> $143.87 TOTAL
>
> People have had good results overclocking this CPU on the MSI H81M-P33 motherboard...
> https://www.google.com/search?q=MSI+H81M-P33+G3258+overclock
>
> I have a batch script (attached) that runs "mame64 bench -90" on each game three
> times and I've averaged the three results together for the table below. The Core
> i7-6700K column is for reference, taken from John IV's benchmark page:
> http://www.mameui.info/Bench.htm
>
> I used the stock 64-bit MAME executable downloaded from the MAMEDev site for my
> benchmarks.
>
>
> MAME 0.172 Core Pentium
> i7-6700K g3258 Percent
> Game Driver @ 4.48GHz @ 4.5GHz Difference
> --------------------------------------------------------
> blitz seattle 335 234 -30%
> crusnusa midvunit 414 401 -3%
> cubeqst cubeqst 437 405 -7%
> cyvern supernova 1191 1064 -11%
> dkong dkong 5329 4957 -7%
> drivedge itech32 440 411 -7%
> gauntleg vegas 491 319 -35%
> gnbarich psikyosh 2175 1993 -8%
> gradius4 hornet 276 203 -26%
> gtfore06 iteagle 227 186 -18%
> harddriv harddriv 720 665 -8%
> kof98 neogeo_noslot 1494 1380 -8%
> mario mario 1848 1779 -4%
> mk4 zeus 305 297 -3%
> pacman pacman 19428 18745 -4%
> pinkswts cv1k 592 438 -26%
> pong pong 303 314 4%
> propcycl namcos22 196 132 -33%
> radikalb gaelco3d 290 280 -3%
> roadblst roadblst 1147 1090 -5%
> robotron williams 8141 7541 -7%
> rvschool zn 512 450 -12%
> scud model3 93 91 -2%
> sf2 cps1 3348 3091 -8%
> sfa2 cps2 2867 2651 -8%
> sfiii cps3 1730 1604 -7%
> slrasslt gticlub 334 294 -12%
> starblad namcos21 265 233 -12%
> starsldr aleck64 85 73 -14%
> tekken namcos11 743 645 -13%
> tekken3 namcos12 310 289 -7%
> vfkids stv 251 218 -13%
> --------------------------------------------------------
> Scores 1760 1640 -7%

interesting to note that the biggest differences are on the drivers that are actually threaded, so MAME clearly does benefit from the extra cores of the i7 in such cases.

it's interesting because a lot of people still say that more than 2 cores is a waste for MAME, but if you're running those threaded drivers it actually appears to be quite significant.







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* MAME benchmarks on the $70 Intel Pentium G3258 krick 04/03/16 10:51 PM
. * Re: MAME benchmarks on the $70 Intel Pentium G3258 Haze  04/03/16 11:42 PM
. * Re: MAME benchmarks on the $70 Intel Pentium G3258 R. Belmont  04/05/16 05:19 PM
. * Re: MAME benchmarks on the $70 Intel Pentium G3258 inte  04/04/16 06:26 PM
. * Re: MAME benchmarks on the $70 Intel Pentium G3258 Haze  04/04/16 07:22 PM
. * Re: MAME benchmarks on the $70 Intel Pentium G3258 krick  04/05/16 05:18 AM
. * Re: MAME benchmarks on the $70 Intel Pentium G3258 John IV  04/05/16 06:23 PM
. * Re: MAME benchmarks on the $70 Intel Pentium G3258 krick  04/05/16 09:50 PM
. * Re: MAME benchmarks on the $70 Intel Pentium G3258 John IV  04/06/16 04:29 AM
. * Re: MAME benchmarks on the $70 Intel Pentium G3258 krick  04/06/16 04:42 AM
. * Re: MAME benchmarks on the $70 Intel Pentium G3258 John IV  04/07/16 12:21 AM
. * Re: MAME benchmarks on the $70 Intel Pentium G3258 haynor666  04/16/16 12:08 PM
. * Re: MAME benchmarks on the $70 Intel Pentium G3258 haynor666  04/12/16 10:37 PM
. * Re: MAME benchmarks on the $70 Intel Pentium G3258 inte  04/04/16 07:32 PM
. * Re: MAME benchmarks on the $70 Intel Pentium G3258 krick  04/04/16 04:09 AM
. * Re: MAME benchmarks on the $70 Intel Pentium G3258 John IV  04/04/16 05:00 AM
. * Re: MAME benchmarks on the $70 Intel Pentium G3258 krick  04/04/16 12:30 AM
. * Re: MAME benchmarks on the $70 Intel Pentium G3258 MooglyGuy  04/04/16 01:55 PM
. * Re: MAME benchmarks on the $70 Intel Pentium G3258 Jakobud  04/04/16 05:53 PM
. * Re: MAME benchmarks on the $70 Intel Pentium G3258 John IV  04/04/16 06:06 PM
. * Re: MAME benchmarks on the $70 Intel Pentium G3258 John IV  04/04/16 02:05 AM
. * Re: MAME benchmarks on the $70 Intel Pentium G3258 krick  04/04/16 03:54 AM
. * Re: MAME benchmarks on the $70 Intel Pentium G3258 John IV  04/03/16 11:31 PM

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