With the update of Intel's 12th generation processor this year, how should we choose when the price of graphics cards is gradually stabilizing? Intel 12th Generation, designed with a hybrid architecture, has a huge performance improvement compared to before, and the use of performance core (P-core) and energy efficiency core (E-core0) design is a good choice for gaming and productivity. And at present, in addition to their own DIY, there are many brand hosts to choose from. For users who have recently needed to purchase a host and will not install the machine themselves, they can consider the brand host. In the choice of computer host, compared with the traditional brand host, there are actually many brand hosts that focus on games to choose from.
For example, I recently received the Mechanic F117-V Future Battleship II with the 12th generation Intel processor, and the one I received with the Intel 12th generation i7 12700 processor with RTX3060 graphics card. It is a good choice for gamers or users with productivity needs. Here is also through this brand console to share with you, in the current brand game machine in the end how to perform, in the rear air card today we choose our own DIY or choose the brand host?
Parameter configuration:
· CPU：intel i7-12700
· Motherboard: Mechanic B660M motherboard
· Graphics: RTX 3060 GAMING OC 12G
· Memory: Samsung 8GB*2 DDR4 3200MHz
· SSD: Kingston OM8PDP3512B-A01 512GB
· Power: ApexGaming 600W Bronze Medal
· Chassis: Mechanic F117-V Future Battleship
· Heat dissipation: Mechanic 120mm integrated water cooling
· System: Win11 Genuine
Starting from the game, how to choose the host configuration?
Maybe many people have been isolated at home recently because of the epidemic, is it necessary to choose a game console to make their time at home happier? Taking the Mechanic F117-V Future Battleship II. generation as an example, how should the mechanic F117-V Future Battleship II. configuration with the intel 12th generation processor recently updated with the Intel 12th generation processor be chosen? From the configuration point of view, the optional configuration of the current mechanic F117-V future battleship II. generation is still very rich, from the 12th generation i5-12400 to the top i9-12900K have corresponding configurations to choose from. The graphics card is more optional, such as the i7-12700+3060 I chose. Up to 3090 graphics card configuration optional, here also through the actual game test, to share with you how to choose the right game configuration for different games.
"PUBG" game test, through the actual test can also see that in the 1920 * 1080 resolution, the game special effects are fully open for the game. The game plus gives a performance report with an average frame count of 160FPS, a minimum frame count of 135 frames, and a maximum of 187 frames. If you have higher requirements for the display screen and game experience, I recommend choosing to choose a configuration such as 3070 or 3070Ti in 2K resolution, and 3080 or above 4K resolution.
In the popular martial arts chicken eating game "Forever Doom", after opening the highest picture quality and DLSS after the special effects are pulled full at 1920 * 1080 resolution, the game runs very smoothly after opening DLSS.
After turning on the highest image quality and DLSS, the effects are full at 1920*1080 resolution to see the average frame number of the game is 169 frames, the minimum frame number is 130 frames, and the maximum frame size is 194 frames. The game frame rate drops slightly at 2K resolution, but the overall smooth experience is fine. If you are playing on a high-resolution high-refresh monitor, the recommended configuration is the same as the recommended configuration for PUBG games.
In addition, in the game "Cyberpunk 2077", it can be seen that under the resolution of 1920 * 1080, the game frame number floats up and down at 91 frames when the other effects are full, and the game frame number comes to 121 frames after turning off the light chase and turning on DLSS. After turning on light chase and DLSS, there are also about 60. Having also tested the performance of 3080 graphics cards at 2K and 4K resolutions before, games like 2077 may be more suitable for top graphics cards.
In the game "Tomb Raider", it can be seen that the game frame number is 147 frames under the highest quality of 1920 * 1080 resolution without DLSS, and the game frame number is increased to 184 frames after DLSS is turned on. It can be said that the NV's 30 series graphics card is still very obvious after opening the DLSS game performance, which can be said to be the icing on the cake for gamers.
Watchdog: Legion is a ray-tracing-enabled game, and the watchdog series' consistent black technology will give you endless possibilities for your game journey, and colorful environmental elements are one of the highlights of the game. Through the in-game test function, it can be seen that the light chase is not turned on at 1920 * 1080 resolution, and the average frame number of game tests is 67 frames when other special effects are full, the maximum frame number is 82 frames, and the average frame number after DLSS is 79 frames. You can see that when playing games that support DLSS 2.0, if you are using an NV graphics card, the improvement in the gaming experience is very obvious.
How does the 12th Generation Core perform?
Intel 12th generation processor can be said to be a large toothpaste squeezed under pressure, and the size of the core design also allows Intel 12th generation processors to be recognized in terms of performance. Here is also a test of whether the performance release of the mechanic F117-V future battleship II. main engine i7-12700 processor under 120mm integrated water cooling is satisfactory to everyone. The i7-12700 processor uses the Alder Lake architecture, the base frequency is 2.1GHz, and the maximum single-core frequency can reach 4.9GHz. In terms of basic testing, through the CPU-Z running score, we can see that the i7-12700 multi-core score is 8957 and the single-core 731.
Through Cinebench's test, it can be seen that the R15 test i7-12700 multi-core score is 3177cb, single-core 265cb; R20 test CPU multi-core score is 6887pts, single-core 672 pts; R23 test CPU multi-core score is 15871pts, single-core 1751pts. Cinebench test is also the above mentioned 3D software C4D software launched by the computer test software, you can refer to the above test comparison.
In the CPU Profile test, the maximum thread score of 12700 is 9374, and the maximum thread score of 1 is 970;
In the final AIDA64 roaster test, the processor roaster temperature reached 104 °C (room temperature 25 degrees Celsius during the test), the main frequency was about 3.2GHz, and the power consumption was 122.15W.
The 3D MARK test score is shown in the figure, Time Spy score 9488, graphics card score 8906, CPU score 15070, Fire Strike score 21990, graphics card score 23346, physics score 35781, and comprehensive score 10920. Time Spy Extreme scored 4455, Graphics 4225, CPU 6445, Fire Strike Ultra 5497, Graphics 5272, Physics 35657, and Composite 2822.
The Port Royal test scored 5229 points, with DLSS off 24.31 and DLSS turned on 60.44.
The single baking test of the graphics card doughnut can be seen that the maximum temperature of the graphics card reaches 70.8 ° C (room temperature is 25 degrees Celsius at the time of testing), and the power consumption reaches 170W.
Productivity tools no?
Use everyday productivity tool testing, such as testing with LR, PR, and 3D rendering software, to illustrate how to choose a console that can also take care of productivity tools in addition to gaming. Explains how to balance the choice of CPU and graphics card in terms of configuration.
The PCMARK10 test score was 7775, of which 10712 was for general basic functions, 9894 for productivity, and 12033 for digital content creation.
The Geekbench 5 test can also see the Mechanic F117-V Future Battleship II game console's 12700 processor single-core score of 1749 and multi-core score of 12616.
When it comes to 3D rendering, we can't help but say the V-Ray renderer, which everyone should be familiar with. Although I really haven't used much in the past two years, V-Ray's own V-Ray Benchmark test software can be said to be a very good computer test software. So here is also a simple test of three rendering engines through the V-Ray Benchmark, V-Ray — CPU test, V-Ray GPU CUDA — GPU and CPU test, and V-Ray GPU RTX — RTX GPU test. Here are also three sets of tests for your reference, overall I think intel 12 generation i9-12700 performance with RTX 3060 graphics card in the daily V-Ray rendering is enough to meet the productivity needs of users.
Scored 5322 in the Superpostion Benchmark test in 1080P-Extreme Scene (EXTREME), 12032 in 1080P-High Quality Scene (HIGH), and 16111 in 1080P-Optimized Scene (MEDIUM).
The Corona 1.3 rendering engine test can see that the rendering takes 1 minute and 25 seconds.
In addition, in the Common Test of IndigoBench, you can also see that the performance of the 12700 is still good in the Bedroom scene, but in terms of the rendering efficiency of the RTX 3060, sometimes productivity still depends on the advantages of the graphics card. In the Bedroom scene, you can see that 12700 scores 1.876, graphics cards score 8.643, and the test score is about 4.6 times different. The score gap in the Supercar test is nearly 5.4 times. It can be seen that the performance of intel 12 generation 12 is really improved, and the rendering performance gap in 3D software is not as obvious as that of previous generations.
In the LR settings, you can see that under the performance setting, you can turn on camera RAW, you can choose to turn on the use of graphics processor, after turning on, you can use the GPU to achieve image processing, and use AI to speed up the detail enhancement processing of photos. For photo processing users, after opening this function, they can see the obvious improvement of the picture perception, and there are better detail processing changes for portrait photography and pet photography.
Da Vinci software can already support the NV family's RTX graphics card very well, using the deep AI learning function of the NV graphics card to achieve the portrait retouching function in the image. For example, you can implement Speed Wrap frame repair and Face Refinement plug-ins. With NV's RTX graphics card, you no longer have to worry about the model sister eating too much round face for the New Year. AI automatically recognizes the curve of the face, and automatically enlarges the lips with big eyes and small meanings.
Brand host doesn't have lights?
In terms of appearance, the appearance of the mechanic F117-V future battleship II. chassis is still very cool, and the overall style is in line with the style that young people like nowadays. The chassis also won the German Red Dot Design Award, a new generation of futuristic battleship exterior, and the front panel created in the 0.618 golden section also added a 60% cut-out design, which can better help dissipate heat through the cutout grille. The overall side-through design can also be a good display of the hardware in the chassis, although it is an ATX-size chassis, but it will be the brightest boy in the study whether it is placed on the desktop or under the desktop.
As a brand game console, the appearance style of the mechanic is still relatively ostentatious. Silver gray exterior design, RGB light strip design in the front panel. The overall side transparency can be seen that the rear RGB fan is also very conspicuous.
The appearance of the mechanic F117-V future battleship II should be in line with the preferences of young people nowadays, of course, if arGB light synchronization is supported, the overall should be cooler. The front of the chassis can also be seen with the power switch of the mechanic logo, and the main interface design is on the top of the chassis. It will also be convenient to use such a large chassis on the ground every day.
It can be seen that in order to facilitate handling, a handle is also designed on the top of the chassis to facilitate the movement of the chassis. Actually carrying this chassis with one hand is not a big problem, if you have the need to carry the chassis during the epidemic, this mechanic F117-V future battleship II generation host may help you save a lot of effort.
The overall design of the chassis is more than 60 faceted angular body design, and the whole is like a spaceship. It is also in line with the positioning of the mechanic's future battleship, and the internal details of the machine also have a design similar to the carbon fiber texture.
As a game console, the overall internal effect of the mechanic's side head design is still good. While the 120mm all-in-one water cooling with the 12cm RGB element fan is still very attractive to players, the RTX 3060 Gaming OC graphics card also supports RGB lights on the side. Overall, it would be better if the mechanic could also provide the player with two pieces of memory that support RGB lights.
The configuration I got started with was an i7-12700 processor, 12 size core design, and 20 threads. With a maximum single-core Turbo frequency of 4.9GHz and a L3 cache of 25MB, it is a good choice for gamers or those with productivity needs. In terms of heat dissipation, because the 12700 is a non-K processor product, the temperature control is not bad under the 120mm integrated water-cooled heat dissipation. Of course, if you can provide 240mm water cooling effect may be better.
The custom cold head also has a mechanic brand logo, and the rear design is used with the RGB fan.
In terms of interface, you can see that the interface behind the chassis is still very rich, and as a brand desktop, there is also a sticker behind the chassis to remind the user to insert the display interface into the graphics card when using it, and not to be attached to the motherboard and waste the unique display performance.
In terms of interfaces, as a brand game host, the I/O interface behind it is still very rich. Although the Wi-Fi antenna interface is not seen behind the machine, the Mechanic F117-V Future Battleship II generation also provides players with a Wi-Fi 6 wireless network card that can provide support up to 2.4Gbps.
Internal structure parsing
As a brand game console, how the mechanic F117-V future battleship II generation is internal may be of concern to many players.
The Mechanic F117-V Future Battleship II does not restrict players from dismantling and upgrading, and if they do not disassemble the machine itself, they can also get a glimpse through the side-view panel. Open the side panel to see that the motherboard inside is a mechanic-customized B660M motherboard, a three-fan designed RTX3060 graphics card, and a 120mm integrated heat dissipation.
The custom B660M motherboard has only two memory connectors, and the pre-installed ones are two Samsung 8GB memory with a frequency of 3200MHz. Although the frequency is 3200MHz, it should be better if the gilet strip with the support RGB lighting effect is provided.
The graphics card three-fan RTX3060 Gaming OC 12GB design, the power supply uses a single 8Pin design, the mechanic also designed a graphics card bracket for the graphics card to prevent the graphics card from bending the PCIe interface of the motherboard due to the video card being too heavy.
At present, the price of graphics cards is gradually stabilizing, and this time is a good opportunity for everyone to start a graphics card. After waiting for more than two years, the 30 series graphics cards of mainstream brands are basically open to purchase. Through the dismantling of the machine, we also saw that the mechanic F117-V Future Battleship II game console also adopted a new brand of RTX 3060 graphics card, and this RTX 3060 Gaming OC graphics card is still very good in workmanship and heat dissipation. Three-fan design, also supports positive reverse fan design.
In other aspects, the one-piece metal shape strengthens the backplane design, and it can be seen that the graphics card cooperates with the intake grille + heat pipe direct contact integrated heat dissipation design. Using a single 8Pin power supply design, the mechanic also reserved a double 8Pin power supply interface for the player, which can facilitate the player to upgrade later.
In terms of memory, Samsung's 3200MHz pu bar, the mechanic F117-V Future Battleship II. This 12700 configuration of the B660M motherboard is designed with two memory slots, if it is a large board with four memory slots, it is better.
Samsung's 3200MHz memory comes standard with a single-sided design.
Read and write to 47G/45G/46G/46G/ with a latency of 74.5ns. The read and write data in the L3 Cache are 698.26GB/s, 400.56GB/s, and 554.77GB/s, respectively.
The SSD is Kingston's OM8PDP3512B-A01 512GB, designed using PCIe 3.0 channels. The B6660 motherboard itself supports PCIe 4.0x4 channels, which is even better if it is combined with PCIe 4.0 specification SSD.
Through the CrystalDiskinfo software, you can view the basic information of the hard disk, such as the internal hard disk signal, speed and interface information. The transmission mode of Kingston's OM8PDP3512B-A01 512GB version is displayed as PCIe 3.0 × 4 NVMe 1.3 standard, with a capacity of 512.1GB, 18 power-up times, a power-on time of 7 hours, and an operating temperature of 51°C.
CrystalDiskMark testing, you can see a sequential read speed of 2539.05MB/s, sequential write speed of 1206.19MB/s. 4K read speed is 49.87MB/s and write speed is 300.23MB/s. The TxBENCH test can see sequential read speeds of 2453.952MB/s and sequential write speeds of 1220.896MB/s.
For users with greater storage needs, you can consider upgrading the M.2 SSD or choose the traditional HDD hard disk, the motherboard itself supports dual M.2 interfaces, and there are 4 SATA interfaces to expand the HDD hard disk. I also happen to have Kingston's PCIe 4.0x4 FURY SSD product on hand, just to test the speed improvement after expanding the SSD. The M.2 interface near the CPU on the motherboard supports PCIe 4.0x4, and the first M.2 interface of pcIe 4.0 channel is the CPU, so here also install this Kingston FURY SSD on the first interface, the original Kingston SSD is moved to the following M.2 interface, so that the original win11 genuine system can also be retained.
Although neither of the two M.2 connectors on the mechanic's motherboard is designed for heat dissipation, the Kingston FURY SSD itself uses an aluminum patch that is conducive to heat dissipation to help dissipate heat, and the black part of the patch surface is coated with graphene that can assist in heat dissipation. In terms of main control, it is the more common group PS5018-E18 in the high-end at present, and the NAND particles are coated by Kingston's own package, magnesium light 176 layer 3D TLC NAND. For example, the 1TB version I chose has a single-sided package design.
In terms of testing, it can be seen that the sequential read speed reaches 6997.55MB/s and the sequential write speed is 6032.095MB/s through the TxBENCH test. 4K read speed is 86.590MB/s and write speed is 358.997MB/s.
summary
The mechanic F117-V Future Battleship II generation console that actually took a while in terms of gaming/productivity, this console configured as 12700+3060 can meet my game needs every day. As a game console, the mechanic has a good grasp of the biggest pain point of gamers - high cost performance, so that many users who are not good at their own DIY installation can choose with confidence.
Upgrade recommendations
As a brand host, because the configuration is determined in advance by the brand. So I also have some of my own suggestions on the configuration, such as SSD, the current B660M motherboard provides two M.2 interfaces, and supports PCIe 4.0 SSD. However, the random standard SSD is still from Kingston's PCIe 3.0 specification products, although there is no obvious stuttering every day, but if you can provide players with PCIe 4.0 specifications of the SSD is not better.
In terms of heat dissipation, the overall space of the chassis is large, and the internal air duct is not bad. 12700 in the 120mm integrated water cooling performance release is actually not a big problem, of course, if you can install a few additional RGB fans on the front panel, it can help cool down, but also can improve the overall RGB effect. Or it is better to directly configure the 240mm cold disk.
Purchase recommendations
For beginner players, the combination of the 12th generation i5+3050 of the dessert-level configuration is enough for most players to choose. The price of the 6499 can be described as really fragrant, and the performance of the 3050 graphics card in terms of light chasing is slightly better than that of the previous generation of 20 series graphics cards;
Of course, if you want a better gaming experience, I still recommend that you choose the combination of i7-12700+3060/3060Ti like me. Intel 12th Generation i7 12700 is sufficient in terms of performance to meet the dual needs of gamers gaming/productivity. The 3060/3060Ti graphics card can also meet the gaming experience in 1080P environment and even 2K resolution in the face of the current mainstream AAA game masterpieces.
Of course, for players with extreme needs in the game, the mechanic also has the configuration of the 12th generation i9-12900K 64GB 1TB SSD+4TB RTX3090. It can be described as an experience that will fill all the performance, here is also looking forward to the mechanic's follow-up top of the 12900KS + RTX 3090Ti new card king top model, let us look forward to the ferocity of the wild beast!
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