Overclockers RENDA PW-E7F Workstation Review

We put the RENDA system through our usual suite of benchmarks. For comparison, we pitted it against Armari's Magnetar M16E-AW1200-GPU and the PC Specialist Core i7 workstation from our recent features with a NVIDIA Quadro K4200 fitted, although we haven't run every test on every workstation.

The PC Specialist system is a particularly good graphics comparison, because its CPU clock speed is similar and it uses the same Intel core generation, giving us a reasonable assessment of relative graphics performance.

Software:
Cinebench R15
SPECviewperf 12.02
SPECapc for 3ds Max 2015
SPECapc for SolidWorks 2013

Armari Magnetar M16E-AW1200-GPU Specifications:

• Intel Xeon E5-2690v2 @ 3GHz
• 32GB ECC DDR3 SDRAM @ 1600MHz
• ASUS P9X79-E WS Motherboard
• 240GB Intel SSD 530 SATA III 6Gb/s SSD
• LiteOn DS-6E2SH Blu-ray reader DVD-RW
• 8GB GDDR5 AMD FirePro W8100 Graphics
• Armari custom water cooling
• Intel 1,200W PSU
• Armari M-Series chassis
• Windows 7 64bit
• 3 Year on-site Warranty

PC Specialist Entry-Level Workstation Specifications:

• Intel Core i7-5820K @ 4.4GHz
• 16GB ECC DDR4 SDRAM @ 2,133MHz
• ASUS X99-E WS Motherboard
• 240GB Kingston HyperX 3K SATA III 6Gb/s SSD
• 2TB Western Digital Caviar Black WD2003FZEX SATA III 6Gb/s HDD
• 4GB GDDR5 NVIDIA Quadro K4200 Graphics
• CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO (120mm) Fan CPU cooling
• Corsair 750W CS Series Modular 80 Plus Gold PSU
• Corsair Carbide Series 200R Compact chassis
• Windows 8.1 Pro 64bit
• £1,399 inc VAT (without graphics card)

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