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Review: Scan 3XS Performance GTX

by Parm Mann on 23 March 2012, 16:00 4.0

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Test methodology

Comparison Systems

System name Chillblast Fusion Flash Chillblast Fusion Whisper Mini CyberPower Infinity Xtreme XT Dell Alienware Aurora R4 Scan 3XS Cyclone SLI Scan 3XS Performance GTX Scan 3XS Velocity SLI
Processor Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.8GHz Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.2GHz Intel Core i7-3820 @ 4.56GHz Intel Core i7-3930K @ 4.1GHz Intel Core i7-2600K @ 4.7GHz Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.7GHz Intel Core i7-3930K @ 4.5GHz
Cooler Corsair Air Series A70 GELID Tranquillo Asetek 510LC Alienware Liquid Cooling Be Quiet! Dark Rock PRO BK016 Cogage Arrow Corsair Hydro Series H100
Motherboard ASUS P8Z68-V LE ASUS P8Z68-M PRO Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3 Alienware mATX X79 Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4 Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 MSI X79A-GD65-8D
Memory Corsair XMS3 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3 Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 Kingston HyperX 8GB (4 x 2GB) DDR3 Hynix 16GB (4 x 2GB) DDR3 Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3
Memory speed 9-9-9-24-2T @ 1,600MHz 9-9-9-24-2T @ 1,600MHz 9-9-9-24-1T @ 1,600MHz 11-11-11-28-1T @ 1,600MHz 9-9-9-24-2T @ 1,600MHz 9-9-9-24-2T @ 1,600MHz 9-9-9-24-2T @ 1,600MHz
Graphics card(s) VTX3D Radeon HD 6970 2GB Gainward GeForce GTX 560 Ti Phantom 1GB PowerColor Radeon HD 7950 3GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB EVGA GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB (x2 in SLI) EVGA GeForce GTX 680 2GB ASUS GTX 560 Ti TOP 1GB (x2 in SLI)
Sound card Onboard high-definition audio Onboard high-definition audio Onboard high-definition audio Onboard high-definition audio Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Onboard high-definition audio ASUS Xonar DX 7.1
Disk drive(s) 120GB Corsair Force 3 SSD
1TB Samsung HD103SJ HDD
1TB Samsung HD103SJ HDD 64GB Kingston V+200 SSD
1TB Samsung HD103SJ HDD
256GB Samsung PM810 SSD
1TB Seagate Barracuda HDD
120GB Corsair Force GT SSD (x2 in RAID 0)
1TB Western Digital Caviar Black HDD
2TB Western Digital Caviar Green HDD (x2 in RAID 1)
2TB Seagate Barracuda HDD 120GB Corsair Force GT SSD
1TB WD 10002FAEX HDD
Optical drive(s) Samsung Blu-ray drive Samsung Blu-ray drive Lite-On IHES112-115 Blu-ray drive PLDS DH-24ABS DVD-RW LG BH10LS30 Blu-ray writer Pioneer DVD-RW LG CH10LS20 Blu-ray writer
PSU Corsair CX600 (600W) BeQuiet Straight Power CM (680W) CyberPower PSU (950W) Alienware PSU (875W) Corsair AX850 (850W) Corsair Gaming Series GS600 (600W) Corsair TX850M (850W)
Chassis Fractal Design Define R3 Fractal Design Define Mini CoolerMaster Storm Enforcer Alienware Aurora ALX Corsair Special Edition White Graphite 600T Corsair Carbide Series 300R Corsair Carbide Series 500R White
Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Standard Warranty Two years collect-and-return Two years collect-and-return Three years limited (three-year labour, one-year parts, one-month collect and return) One year next day in-home service Two years collect-and-return Two years collect-and-return Two years collect-and-return

Benchmarks

Geekbench A cross-platform benchmark used to measure memory and processor performance.
Cinebench Using Cinebench's multi-CPU render, this cross-platform benchmark stresses as many cores as possible.
Aliens vs. Predator 1,920x1,080 resolution, 2xAA, 16xAF, very high quality.
Just Cause 2 1,920x1,080 resolution, 4xAA, 16x AF, very high quality.
3DMark Vantage Run at the 'high' preset.
Temperature Noted for CPU idling, under Prime95 all-core load, and for GPU playing Aliens vs. Predator.
Power consumption Noted for system idling, under Prime95 all-core load, and for GPU playing Aliens vs. Predator.
Noise A PCE-318 noise level meter is placed at the front of the chassis. Noted for system idling, under Prime95 all-core load, and for GPU playing Aliens vs. Predator.