HOC Half-Life 2 Benchmark v1.0 Results

[OneWord]

Ok let me start off a proper thread which might turn in to a more structured place to post your HL2 Benchmark scores.

Ok first off you'll need:

HOC Half-Life 2 Benchmark v 1.2

Read everything in the post so you know what you to have to get the benchmark running.

Ok my results are as follows, using 67.03 with driver settings:

Image Settings High Quality

AA & AF Settings Application Controlled

Vertical Sync Off [if that matters]

PC was OC'd / Configured with the settings in my profile on the right. My HL2 is completely up-to-date with all patches and fixes as well.

Rest of Benchmark settings are listed below:


Resolution: 1280×1024
Demo: HardwareOC - d3c171
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 4×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 512 MB
Score = 45.3 FPS

Resolution: 1280×1024
Demo: HardwareOC - d3c171
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 8×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 512 MB
Score = 45.9 FPS

Resolution: 1280×1024
Demo: HardwareOC - Coast
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 8×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 512 MB
Score = 49.4 FPS

Resolution: 1280×1024
Demo: Guru3D - demo4
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 4×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 512 MB
Score = 92.2 FPS

Resolution: 1280×1024
Demo: Guru3D - demo4
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 8×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 512 MB
Score = 92.2 FPS

Resolution: 1280×1024
Demo: Guru3D - demo5
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 4×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 512 MB
Score = 87.8 FPS

Resolution: 1280×1024
Demo: Guru3D - demo6
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 4×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 512 MB
Score = 98.3 FPS

Well thats all the available demo's in the benchmark tool. But you can see there seems to be no differencee between selecting 4xAA and 8xAA. This could be for a number of reasons, perhaps cos i have a Nvidia card and 8xAA isn't selectable in game. So i decided to force 4xAA & 8xsAA to see what difference's there might be. Here are the results:

Forced 4xAA Via Driver Control Panel

Resolution: 1280×1024
Demo: HardwareOC - d3c171
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 4×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 512 MB
Score = 43.6 FPS

Well you can see letting HL2 handle 4xAA offers a slight performance gain.

Forced 8xsAA Via Driver Control Panel

Resolution: 1280×1024
Demo: HardwareOC - d3c171
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 8×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 512 MB
Score = 30.9 FPS

Big difference in result here so i'm guessing the benchmark tool is unable to force 8xAA when you select it. Perhaps needs to be fixed?

So thats it, hope everyone else can share their results here. I'm pretty pleased with mine overall as theres no apparent difference in performance between 8xAF & 16xAF.

Thanks for reading

P.S Does HL2 crash the first time you run the benchmark? I've had to do a Ctrl + Alt + Del and close HL2.exe and hit the Run button again in the benchmark tool for HL2 to run properly. This only happens for the first time a demo is run.

[Reality|Bites]

I have a problem where it tells me it has a problem changing the video resolution. I can't get it to run.

[OneWord]

Hmm i never saw any error like that. Perhaps a patch is needed quite soon then.

[Major Melchett]

Heres my results.
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Global image quality via drivers = High Quality.
AA/AF = Application controlled.
Vsync = Off.
Drivers = 65.73's
See Sig for specs.
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Resolution: 1280×1024
Demo: HardwareOC - d3c171
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 4×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 256mb
Score = 52.4 FPS

Resolution: 1280×1024
Demo: HardwareOC - Coast
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 4×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 256mb
Score = 63.9 FPS

Resolution: 1280×1024
Demo: Guru3D - demo4
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 4×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 256mb
Score = 117.0 FPS

Resolution: 1280×1024
Demo: Guru3D - demo5
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 4×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 256mb
Score = 95.2 FPS

Resolution: 1280×1024
Demo: Guru3D - demo6
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 4×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 256mb
Score = 98.5 FPS

[funkymonkey]

welli just benchmarked using guru3d demo 4 as of now.
Here is my score.
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Resolution: 1024×768
Demo: Guru3D - demo4
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 8×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 64 MB - default
Score = 128.8 FPS
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Muahahah A64 and 6800GT power
Will post more results after benchmarking.

[OneWord]

LOL my PC is so behind Need my new CPU!

[funkymonkey]

hey guys dont run this benchmark at AA set to 8X on nvidia cards. Its not using AA when set to 8XAA from utility.
I found out this as i benchmarked it at 4XAA and I got 127.5FPS. So i got confused. How come 8XSAA is faster.
So i looked closely and found out AA is not on at all when 8X is selected.
I confirmed this by taking screenshot.
Benchmark at 4XAA.
here are new results
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Resolution: 1280×1024
Demo: Guru3D - demo4
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 4×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 64 MB - default
Score = 127.5 FPS

[Reality|Bites]

Which drivers are you all using?

Maybe the 70.03 drivers have a problem running this benchmark with me?

[Major Melchett]

Originally posted by funkymonkey
hey guys dont run this benchmark at AA set to 8X on nvidia cards. Its not using AA when set to 8XAA from utility.
I found out this as i benchmarked it at 4XAA and I got 127.5FPS. So i got confused. How come 8XSAA is faster.
So i looked closely and found out AA is not on at all when 8X is selected.
I confirmed this by taking screenshot.
Benchmark at 4XAA.
here are new results
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Resolution: 1280×1024
Demo: Guru3D - demo4
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 4×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 64 MB - default
Score = 127.5 FPS

just wondering, did you do it with 1280x1024 or 1024x768?, because on your first run with the 8xaa you say you did it with 1024x768 and scored 128.8, but on your second post you used 1280x1024 with 4xaa & 16xaf and scored 127.5, that doesnt seem right.

[funkymonkey]

ok I did the testing for all demos now.
I put the Gt to stock speeds for this run.
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Resolution: 1280×1024
Demo: HardwareOC - Coast
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 4×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 64 MB - default
Score = 66.5 FPS
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Resolution: 1280×1024
Demo: HardwareOC - d3c171
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 4×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 64 MB - default
Score = 51.8 FPS
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Resolution: 1280×1024
Demo: Guru3D - demo4
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 4×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 64 MB - default
Score = 118.6 FPS
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Resolution: 1280×1024
Demo: Guru3D - demo5
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 4×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 64 MB - default
Score = 102.2 FPS
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Resolution: 1280×1024
Demo: Guru3D - demo6
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 4×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 64 MB - default
Score = 90.0 FPS
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[phaT-X]

here's mine...

Resolution: 800×600
Demo: HardwareOC - Coast
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 4×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 128 MB
Score = 97.6 FPS

Resolution: 1024×768
Demo: HardwareOC - Coast
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 4×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 128 MB
Score = 86.1 FPS

Resolution: 1600×1200
Demo: HardwareOC - Coast
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 4×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 128 MB
Score = 45.1 FPS

[macatak]

Originally posted by OneWord
Hmm i never saw any error like that. Perhaps a patch is needed quite soon then.

There is an update for the Utility, look in 'path and information' in the Utility itself

[Bluedog]

Very nice benchmark tool:

Resolution: 1280×1024
Demo: Guru3D - demo4
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 4×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 8×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 512 MB
Score = 121.0 FPS

Resolution: 1280×1024
Demo: Guru3D - demo4
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 4×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 512 MB
Score = 120.3 FPS

My 6800 GT was @ 410/1.10 using the 67.03 drv.

now the GT @ stock 350/1/10:

Resolution: 1280×1024
Demo: Guru3D - demo4
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 4×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 512 MB
Score = 107.6 FPS

just did a quick benchmark-run. the tool is really helpful.
All tests were done with the following settings:

Sys Specs (copy+paste from the another signature):
Asus A7N8X Dlx 1.009beta Uber bios
AMD TBred 2400+ @ 2200 mhz (11x 200fsb) / 1,75v Vcore
SLK800a @ 3000 rpm
2x 256mb + 1x 512mb Corsair XMS3200LL @ 200mhz FSB 6-3-2-2 / 2,8v Vdimm
Gigabyte N68T256DH 6800GT @ 400/1100 (1.4v mod)
IBM 60GB 7200rpm IC35L060AVVA07-0
IBM 120GB 7200rpm IC35L120AVV207-1
Pioneer DVD-106 16x/40x Slot-In
Pioneer DVR-106 4x DVD-RW
Chieftec CS-601 midi-tower with side fan 80mm
3x 80mm case fan enermax adjustable
Antec TruePower 480W TrueBlue
Windows 2000 Pro SP4 w. 6.14 UDP


ForceWare: 70.90 VXG modified

Resolution: 1280×1024 (60hz)
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 4×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 512 MB


Demo: HardwareOC – Coast
Score = 54.2 FPS

Demo: HardwareOC - d3c171
Score = 44.7 FPS

Demo: Guru3D - demo4
Score = 97.2 FPS

Demo: Guru3D - demo5
Score = 87.5 FPS

Demo: Guru3D - demo6
Score = 91.7 FPS

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do this scores seem about right? I guess my CPU is holding me back, but would a switch to Barton core (512kb L2-Cache) make a difference?

re-did the benchmark with the 67.03 drivers and I get better results, especially on guru demo 6:

ForceWare: 67.03

Resolution: 1280×1024 (60hz)
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 4×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 512 MB


Demo: HardwareOC – Coast
Score = 53.7 FPS

Demo: HardwareOC - d3c171
Score = 47.7 FPS

Demo: Guru3D - demo4
Score = 97.5 FPS

Demo: Guru3D - demo5
Score = 97.1 FPS

Demo: Guru3D - demo6
Score = 108.8 FPS

[Alexstarfire]

Mine doesn't run at all. I can load the program just fine but when it tries to do the benchmark it just hangs, I don't get it.

[OneWord]

Go ctrl + alt + del and you'll see both programs are not responding End Task on HL2.exe. Then the benchmark.exe is fine. Click run again and everything should run fine.

[Alexstarfire]

No, the same thing happens, but I'll try again. Maybe I'll get lucky and it works on one run.

[Reality|Bites]

Image Settings High Quality

AA & AF Settings Application Controlled

Vertical Sync Off

71.20



Resolution: 1280×1024
Demo: HardwareOC - Coast
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 4×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 8×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 64 MB - default
Score = 68.5 FPS
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Resolution: 1280×1024
Demo: HardwareOC - Coast
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 8×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 4×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 64 MB - default
Score = 68.6 FPS
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Resolution: 1280×1024
Demo: HardwareOC - Coast
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 4×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 64 MB - default
Score = 68.5 FPS
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Resolution: 1280×1024
Demo: HardwareOC - d3c171
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 8×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 4×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 64 MB - default
Score = 62.1 FPS
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Resolution: 1280×1024
Demo: HardwareOC - d3c171
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 4×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 8×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 64 MB - default
Score = 56.6 FPS
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Demo: HardwareOC - d3c171
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 4×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 64 MB - default
Score = 56.3 FPS
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[OneWord]

Geez ppl are whipping my fps on Demo: HardwareOC - d3c171. I only scrape 45fps. Need a new CPU asap!!

whohoo tried the 67.03 VXG modded drivers and got another huge performance increase:

ForceWare: 67.03 VXG Quality

Resolution: 1280×1024 (60hz)
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 4×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 512 MB


Demo: HardwareOC – Coast
Score = 72.4 FPS

Demo: HardwareOC - d3c171
Score = 54.3 FPS

Demo: Guru3D - demo4
Score = 99.2 FPS

Demo: Guru3D - demo5
Score = 109.5 FPS

Demo: Guru3D - demo6
Score = 128.7 FPS

[OneWord]

What were your scores previously?

[Another edit lol]

Didn't link ur above post with ur previous one. I see you've gone up from:

Demo: HardwareOC - d3c171
Score = 44.7 FPS

Thats a kick ass performance increase. Think i'll have to check those drivers out!

[EDIT] updated title of this thread and gave new link to latest version of Benchmark program currently 1.2.

[OneWord]

I downloaded the 67.03 driver from http://www.valancestudios.com/Drivers/ but i don't seem to have a performance boost in HL2 benchmark results. Stilll get 45FPS in d3c171. (Image quality set to Quality).

You use the 67.03 drivers from the above link?

[Reality|Bites]

have you tried the 71.20 drivers yet?

everytime i try to run version 1.2 i get this error
"Unable to create directory" ???
can anyone help me