DISCLAIMER: The purpose of this thread is to use Dolphin and luabench as a general CPU benchmark that can used to determine a CPU architecture's relative capabilities in emulation-based workloads; it is not intended to benchmark Dolphin itself and should not be viewed as an example of absolute performance in Dolphin (which typically is several times slower).
Submit your benchmark results here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1gOj1MHvM0BB_ZknxTnO5wrK3D6waqNGnyPP_oRej4f8
Current results:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1k12sv1NXGGuSOY0NhsuONtRCte51GHKdgA7ciL76mBs
Delroth, the creator of the previous Dolphin benchmark, has put together a newer benchmark that should be more comparable to real-world performance in Dolphin. With the release of Dolphin 5.0, I figured that now was an appropriate time to put together a new Dolphin Benchmark thread - but this time, taking a page from Overclock.net's Cinebench 15 benchmark thread, the results will automatically update without any input from myself!
When specifically benchmarking the per-GHz and IPC performance between different CPU architectures, please try to run your CPU at 2.0 GHz, 3.0 GHz, or 4.0GHz. In order to make comparing easier, I have and will also mark all 2.0GHz, 3.0GHz, and 4.0GHz runs with inverted colors (white text with a dark background) on the spreadsheet. Thank you for your cooperation.
WARNING: Do not pause the benchmark at any time - doing this will actually hurt your final score!
Also note: Ignore the error [string ''IUB ambiguity codes''] while running the benchmark - this is NORMAL!
Screenshot of said error (Click to show)
[Windows only] "For dummies" edition - not for paranoid users!
(Paranoid users should instead scroll down and read the instructions under "Windows geeks that know what they're doing")
Download the following EXE (note that it's merely a self-extracting 7z archive, meaning you can browse the file contents via any archive manager that supports 7z):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3hUE5vj6-14NHJ6RlREbVZ6eDA
Run the EXE and click "Extract". Open the newly-created "Dolphin 5.0 CPU Benchmark" folder and double-click "Run Benchmark".
Select "Yes" or "No" if you want to send performance analytics to the Dolphin developers, then wait for the benchmark to complete.
Once "Overall time" is displayed, the benchmark is complete; take a screenshot and submit your results via the form above. If this forum thread hasn't had any new posts in a while, then please consider making a post in this thread as well.
Other platforms + Windows geeks that know what they're doing
Go grab a fresh copy of Dolphin 5.0 (not the newest Dolphin dev build; it must be the Dolphin 5.0 stable release version).
Once you've launched the actual program, go into "Config" and set the "Speed Limit" to 'Unlimited'. (optionally you may also want to go into the "Audio" tab and set the "Audio Backend" to 'No audio output')
Also go into the "Graphics" settings, find the "Hacks" tab, enable the "External Frame Buffer (XFB)" and set it to 'Real'. (Windows users may want to change their graphics "Backend" to 'Direct3D 11' which is necessary for many older GPUs and might also be a bit faster)
Now download the following Wii homebrew application and run it in Dolphin; this is the actual CPU benchmark:
http://delroth.net/luabench.dol ~ Mirror download link
Once "Overall time" is displayed, the benchmark is complete; take a screenshot and submit your results via the form above. If this forum thread hasn't had any new posts in a while, then please consider making a post in this thread as well.
Submit your benchmark results here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1gOj1MHvM0BB_ZknxTnO5wrK3D6waqNGnyPP_oRej4f8
Current results:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1k12sv1NXGGuSOY0NhsuONtRCte51GHKdgA7ciL76mBs
Delroth, the creator of the previous Dolphin benchmark, has put together a newer benchmark that should be more comparable to real-world performance in Dolphin. With the release of Dolphin 5.0, I figured that now was an appropriate time to put together a new Dolphin Benchmark thread - but this time, taking a page from Overclock.net's Cinebench 15 benchmark thread, the results will automatically update without any input from myself!
When specifically benchmarking the per-GHz and IPC performance between different CPU architectures, please try to run your CPU at 2.0 GHz, 3.0 GHz, or 4.0GHz. In order to make comparing easier, I have and will also mark all 2.0GHz, 3.0GHz, and 4.0GHz runs with inverted colors (white text with a dark background) on the spreadsheet. Thank you for your cooperation.
WARNING: Do not pause the benchmark at any time - doing this will actually hurt your final score!
Also note: Ignore the error [string ''IUB ambiguity codes''] while running the benchmark - this is NORMAL!
Screenshot of said error (Click to show)
[Windows only] "For dummies" edition - not for paranoid users!
(Paranoid users should instead scroll down and read the instructions under "Windows geeks that know what they're doing")
Download the following EXE (note that it's merely a self-extracting 7z archive, meaning you can browse the file contents via any archive manager that supports 7z):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3hUE5vj6-14NHJ6RlREbVZ6eDA
Run the EXE and click "Extract". Open the newly-created "Dolphin 5.0 CPU Benchmark" folder and double-click "Run Benchmark".
Select "Yes" or "No" if you want to send performance analytics to the Dolphin developers, then wait for the benchmark to complete.
Once "Overall time" is displayed, the benchmark is complete; take a screenshot and submit your results via the form above. If this forum thread hasn't had any new posts in a while, then please consider making a post in this thread as well.
Other platforms + Windows geeks that know what they're doing
Go grab a fresh copy of Dolphin 5.0 (not the newest Dolphin dev build; it must be the Dolphin 5.0 stable release version).
Once you've launched the actual program, go into "Config" and set the "Speed Limit" to 'Unlimited'. (optionally you may also want to go into the "Audio" tab and set the "Audio Backend" to 'No audio output')
Also go into the "Graphics" settings, find the "Hacks" tab, enable the "External Frame Buffer (XFB)" and set it to 'Real'. (Windows users may want to change their graphics "Backend" to 'Direct3D 11' which is necessary for many older GPUs and might also be a bit faster)
Now download the following Wii homebrew application and run it in Dolphin; this is the actual CPU benchmark:
http://delroth.net/luabench.dol ~ Mirror download link
Once "Overall time" is displayed, the benchmark is complete; take a screenshot and submit your results via the form above. If this forum thread hasn't had any new posts in a while, then please consider making a post in this thread as well.