ArmA-Mark

[mr burns 132]

First of all i´d like to thank Toadlife for this great OFP Mission!

Credits for scripting, the idea, etc. all belongs to him, i only made it ArmA compatible (more or less).

The test is worth a try, especially since many users have problems with ingame performance this could be handy to find the main differences in hardware leading to the huge varieties in playability on many rigs.

Download - ArmA Mark v1.0

(click "Download" on the right and wait some seconds)

Instruction:

Quote[/b] ]Extract the .pbo included in the .zip to your x:\ArmA\Missions folder.

- Start ArmA, go to "Options" and set Quality Preference to whatever you like.

- Select Missions in the main menu and start the benchmark.

- let it run through once, hit escape and then retry (helps for caching and preloading making the test more comparable).

- once it´s done make a screenshot of your results and post them wherever you want (preferably here) - or enter your results to the ArmA Mark database (much appreciated).

Result database can be found here: ArmA Mark Homepage

edit: *Updated to final release*

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- Results below are obsolete -

Here are some example results from users on our german forums:

Quote[/b] ]luemmel´s results

Quote[/b] ]SchwarzAlbe

- Results -

Test One: 44

Test Two: 22.5979

Test Three: 48.1514

Test Four: 15.6189

Test Five: 19.7005

OPF Mark: 3001.37

WinXP SP 2

Gainward PowerPack! Ultra/2400 Golden Sample GLH, GeForce 6800 GT, 256MB

MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum

2x 1024MB Kingston

Quote[/b] ]Tom-e

- Results -

Test One: 64.1457

Test Two: 28.8512

Test Three: 58.4588

Test Four: 21.0637

Test Five: 21.9333

OPF Mark: 3889.06

X˛3800

2GB Ram

X1800XT 512MB

Quote[/b] ]-[uTw]-Bert´s results

Intel E6600@3950Mhz6600@4.0Ghz

Asus P5W64 WS

Corsair XMS2 DIMM Kit 1024MB PC2-8500U

XFX GeForce 8800 GTX

3x Raptor WD1500 am ICH7R

Quote[/b] ]Mr Burns´ results

AMD XP2500+ @2150Mhz

XFX 7800GS AGP

Asus A7N8X

2*512MB Mushkin Special Edition (PC3200) @ CL2,3,2,11

<s>Two test´s aren´t working correctly because of displaced cam scripting positions.</s>

<s>Note: If someone talented in cam scripting want´s to complete the mission and make the missing 2 tests working, don´t ask just do it.

We all would be very happy about it </s>

[aus_twisted 0]

Good idea, I was using the opening cut scene of the campaign using Fraps to benchmark from the start to end testing different video card and CPU clock settings. One thing, shouldn't it be changed from "OFP Mark" to "ArmA Mark" ?

Now I just need to get a 6600E and 8800GTX lol.

[deanosbeano 0]

nice one burns old chap

heres a quick change ,it shows something on every test , first test might be a little hogger , lemme know if ya want it to be more scaled , from easy to hard .

arma mark

[Mr_Tea 0]

Here are my results:

ArmA-Mark results

btw.

AthlonXP 3200+, 2x512MB Ram@Dualchannel, GeForce 7600GS 512MB.

[WhoCares 0]

I like this idea very much - looking at the startup switches of ArmA, it seems like BIS wanted to implement such a benchmark feature as well - too bad it isn't supported (yet?!.  

Oh, and could [utw]-bert post some screenshots with 'maxed' settings, in the Photography thread and/or probably even here: Guru3D GF8800GTX Screenshots (we have to spread the word of this game outside of this forum  - nothing better to do it with such a high-end system  )

[jerryhopper 286]

great stuff!

checking it out asap!

okay, i just wanted to checkout the score, its with my radio broadcast software running in the background.

overall score : 888.202

specs :

xp2800+

1gb ram

x800 512mb video

[feersum.endjinn 6]

3110.36 ArmaMark

http://img11.imagevenue.com/img.ph....5lo.jpg

AMD Athlon X2 4400+

Nvidia 7900GS 256MB (clocked 550/700MHz)

1 GB DDR memory

It seems to be very heavily dependent on amount of system memory and video memory and results can vary around 20% between run times because every test is in different part of island.

Using "camPreload" command before each timed test would be better measure of real ingame performance since no vehicle is fast enough to zoom around island in just few seconds. It would also reduced need to have one dry run before actual measurement run to get everything cached.

[whisper 0]

Hmmm, Feer, something is wrong with your ArmA-Mark picture

Not that I'd not like to have ArmA mark results like that, but...

[FreakMeister 0]

My score:

Test one: 33.8581

Test Two: 14.6396

Test Three: 33.0487

Test Four:13.4273

Test Five:11.8398

OPFMARK: 2136.27

My specs:

Pentium 4 2,8 Ghz (@3,0)

2 Gb ddr 400

Asus P4s800D-X

BFG 7800 GS OC

[=BFP=Cheetah 0]

RESULTS:

Test one: 21.73

Test two: 10.40

Test three: 24.64

Test four: 9.17

Test five: 7.01

Cheetah's OFPMark is 1458.99

System specs:

512mb RAM, AMD Athlon 2600+ (2.08 Ghz), ATI Radeon 9700Pro with 256mb ram

[feersum.endjinn 6]

Hmmm, Feer, something is wrong with your ArmA-Mark picture

Not that I'd not like to have ArmA mark results like that, but...

Imagevenue sometimes gives out broken links and it just redirects to random image instead With amount of not-safe-for-work stuff people upload there results can be interesting indeed. Should be fixed now tho.

[sobrek 0]

Athlon XP 3200+, 2 GB Ram, 6800 Ultra

[aus_twisted 0]

Athlon 64 3500+ @ 2.4Ghz, Geil 1GB PC3200 DDR and Leadtek GF 6800GT.

Results - Normal settings

[paragraphic l 2]

First time I started my ArmA just got it by the mail.

Had the test run 3 times.. this one is the last result

Test One - 23.0059

Test Two - 19.4593

Test Three - 28.2467

Test Four - 16.0085

Test Five - 14.3971

OFPMark is 2023.07

Pentium M 1.73 GHz

1024mb RAM

GeForce Go 6800 256mb

Don't have a clue what these numbers say about my notebook. Will be fine tuning my settings now and enjoying this great game

[CanisDEK 1]

Test 1: 51,0965

Test 2: 24,3259

Test 3: 46,1743

Test 4: 20,4604

Test 5: 18,4556

ARMA MARK: 3210,25

My setup

- Athlon X2 3800+

- 2GB RAM

- n-Force 4 (ASUS A8N32SLI-deluxe)

- GeForce 7900 GTX 512MB (Underclocked by 100MHz)

- Using onboard surround sound (which slows games down... need a good sound card soon)

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Then I did further tests with the settings I use when actually play the game.

Settings

1280x960x32 85Hz

1200 View Distance

Landscape: Very High

Objects: High

Textures: High

Shading: Very High

Post Proc.: Low

Anisotropic: Very High

Shadows: High

Blood: High

I got the following results

Test 1: 45,2295

Test 2: 20,4656

Test 3: 43,1359

Test 4: 16,2866

Test 5: 12,8929

ARMA MARK: 2760,21

While it isn't that much lower than with the "Normal" setting I just don't understand where the 18 fps in the first test and the 12 fps in the second test come from. I have played for hours and I have yet to see anything lower than 29, using the settings above. (I use FRAPS to measure fps)

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Then I did another test. I set -maxmem=1024 since I have 2GB memory and then ran 10 tests. They were all worse than my regular scores!

Then I set -maxmem=512, since I have 512 MB video ram and the results were just about the same as my regular scores without -maxmem=xx - but still they were just a tiny bit lower.

[WhoCares 0]

People, please add the amount of RAM on your graphic card to your statistics, as it seems as it is an important factor to the overall performance of ArmA.

Otherwise nice to see some stats of systems close to my current machine and with some potential upgrades

[=BFP=Cheetah 0]

@CanisDEK

These results are different from FPS as far as I know. It's probably a score based on the time your pc needs to go to the next camera position, or complete a number of camera movements.

[Universel 0]

This game is SO MUCH CPU dependant!!!

ArmA Mark v0.2

x1800xt 512Mb

2Gb DDR

A64 3000+

@ 1800MHz : 2600 AAMarks

@ 2600MHz : 3800 AAMarks

On a E6600@3200MHz + 7900GTO + Vista (crappy video drivers) : 5700 AAMarks

[CanisDEK 1]

lol the guy with a 8800GTX got 8800 ARMA Mark. That's wicked!

Guess I better look at that card to replace my 7900GTX.

[feersum.endjinn 6]

Those numbers seem bit random at medium range and don't really line up with hardware people have got...

Better benchmark probably would be to have various complex scenes with units in them and have camera runs through city/desert/forest terrain at walking/land vehicle/aircraft speed and then have Fraps take minimum/maximum/average frame rates throughout whole thing.

[WhoCares 0]

This game is SO MUCH CPU dependant!!!

ArmA Mark v0.2

x1800xt 512Mb

2Gb DDR

A64 3000+

@ 1800MHz : 2600 AAMarks

@ 2600MHz : 3800 AAMarks

On a E6600@3200MHz + 7900GTO + Vista (crappy video drivers) : 5700 AAMarks

Would be interesting to see a similar test with 256 and 128MB graphic RAM - I guess the results would significantly change... (=> I asume it becomes less CPU dependant)

[muska54 0]

inspiron 9300 laptop

1.87ghz pentium M

1gb ram

go6800 256mb

ArmaMarks : 3001.23

not bad for a lappy

[WhoCares 0]

My run (Mark 0.1):

Athlon64 3500+, MSI GF6600GT 128MB (GDDR3), 2x512MB PC3200 RAM, 160GB S-ATA2 Hitachi HD, A8N SLi Deluxe, X-Fi Xtreme Music; (-maxmem=666)

Odd enough, looking at all the other results I would have expected a lower score. Esp. when looking at CanisDEKs score.

Test 1 & 3 (UAZ and Tank) just showed open water?

Looking at some of the other results again it really looks like it is mostly a CPU benchmark (keep in mind that the game does  benefit very little from dual cores)

Edit: Did another run on the standard 'Very High' @1280x1024 resolution - terrible graphics as the textures do not load fast enough in the fast-moving scenes...

[Rg 0]

I win!

Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 2.80GHz

ALL-IN-WONDER X800 266 MB

2x512 MB DIMM 266.0 MHz

[yarex 0]

This game is SO MUCH CPU dependant!!!

Well, it depends on angle of view.

The better graphics card you have, the more powerful processor you need to feed it with the data.

For example even fastest todays pc processors have problem to 100% feed latest dx10 cards , so the processor power can really affect game performance, if you have good gfx card.