STARS Euler3d computational fluid dynamics
Few folks run fluid dynamics simulations on their desktops, but we've found this multi-threaded test to be particularly demanding of memory subsystems, making it a good link between our memory and application performance tests.

Despite scoring better in our memory subsystem tests, the 780G actually lags behind the G35 Express in Euler3d. Keep in mind, of course, that these rival platforms are backed by entirely different processor architectures.

WorldBench
WorldBench uses scripting to step through a series of tasks in common Windows applications. It then produces an overall score. WorldBench also spits out individual results for its component application tests, allowing us to compare performance in each. We'll look at the overall score, and then we'll show individual application results alongside the results from some of our own application tests.

The 780G is two points off the pace set by the G35 Express in WorldBench. Can it steal a win in any of the suite's individual application tests?

Not through WorldBench's multimedia editing and encoding apps, which show the G35 Express consistently ahead. The gap in Photoshop performance is particularly striking

However, the 780G makes some headway with WorldBench's Firefox and multitasking test, topping the G35 twice.

And twice more through WorldBench's 3ds max tests. Here we get our first look at integrated graphics performance, with the 780G finishing the DirectX test in nearly half the time it takes the G35.

Nero and WinZip favor the G35 platform, though. These tests have shown themselves to be more sensitive to disk controller performance than the others, suggesting that SB700 may have to shoulder some of the blame here.