L1 DisplayPort Cable Testing

Hardware Benchmarking
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Overview

Level1Techs was fortunate enough to buy a TotalPhase Advanced Cable Tester v2. This post is where I will be compiling as many cables as I can test, to make a database of sorts with the knowledge.

Note: Even if a cable passes a test, it could be on the lower end of passing, making it a worse cable than others.

Table

Benchmark: DisplayPort 1.4 10gbps test

Cable Pass/Fail
Amphenol E326508 Pass
BizLink E164571-KS (1) Pass
BizLink E164571-KS (2) Fail
Chinglung E238846 Fail
COXOC CN507AA150014140DC8 Pass
COXOC CN507AA150014200EH0 Pass
Club3D CAC-2067 Pass
DELL CN507AA18001 (1) Fail
DELL CN507AA18001 (2) Fail
DELL CN507AA18001 (3) Fail
DELL CN507AA18001 (4) Fail
GI-VPGH Pass
HONGLIN E239426-Z Pass
HOTRON CN507AA150114300DM6 Fail
HOTRON E246588 Pass
Jce E81280 Fail
JH E118077-Z Pass
Level1Techs_1 Pass
Pixio Monitor Pass
TrippLite Pass

Totals: (Duplicates not counted)
Passed: 12
Failed: 5

Analysis of Testing (so far)

Exaggeration of Capability

Some of these cables did pass the test, however, if you look at their signal integrity, it is inferior to others that also passed.

For example:

HONGLIN E239426-Z (Click to show/hide)

HONGLIN E239426-Z-3
HONGLIN E239426-Z-31700×2200 231 KB

VS

Pixio

Pixio-3
Pixio-31700×2200 228 KB

The Honglin cable is obviously superior for signal integrity. However, both passed.

Companies will also rate their cables higher than they should because it not technically being wrong since they can pass this test. This leaves an unknown area of “how good is it, actually?” and that is why this article is being written.

Cable-to-cable Variance

There seems to be variance in cable-to-cable, but a very small margin. The BizLink E164571-KS cable 1 passed, but cable 2 did not. It was a difference in continuity. The variance is somewhat expected, “I just got a bad cable” is common, but some brands focus more on quality control than others. The lack of quality control really shows in these situations where a high stress test is performed.
With more data hopefully we can nail the differences in brands and draw better conclusions.

DATA (still adding)

All of the DisplayPort data I received from my cable testing shenanigans will be displayed here. The ZIP files will be included for your own use and convenience. Message me about any dead links :slight_smile:

Amphenol E326508

Amphenol E326508.rar (93.3 KB)

View Results (Click to show/hide)

Amphenol E326508-1
Amphenol E326508-11700×2200 141 KB

Amphenol E326508-2
Amphenol E326508-21700×2200 77.5 KB

Amphenol E326508-3
Amphenol E326508-31700×2200 257 KB

BizLink E164571-KS

BizLink E164571-KS.rar (93.3 KB)
BizLink E164571-KS_2.rar (93.8 KB)

View Results 1 (Click to show/hide)

Amphenol E326508-1
Amphenol E326508-11700×2200 141 KB

Amphenol E326508-2
Amphenol E326508-21700×2200 77.5 KB

Amphenol E326508-3
Amphenol E326508-31700×2200 257 KB

View Results 2 (Click to show/hide)

BizLink E164571-KS_2-1
BizLink E164571-KS_2-11700×2200 140 KB

BizLink E164571-KS_2-2
BizLink E164571-KS_2-21700×2200 80.6 KB

BizLink E164571-KS_2-3
BizLink E164571-KS_2-31700×2200 245 KB

Chinglung E238846

Chinglung E238846.rar (94.7 KB)

View Results (Click to show/hide)

CHINGLUNG 20276-1
CHINGLUNG 20276-11700×2200 127 KB

CHINGLUNG 20276-2
CHINGLUNG 20276-21700×2200 79.1 KB

CHINGLUNG 20276-3
CHINGLUNG 20276-31700×2200 259 KB

COXOC CN507AA150014140DC8

[COXOC CN507AA150014140DC8.rar|attachment]

View Results (Click to show/hide)

(upload://gAkJCqdaORMQ1FtTxF3JZyplvfj.rar) (443.9 KB)

COXOC CN507AA150014140DC8-1
COXOC CN507AA150014140DC8-11700×2200 140 KB

COXOC CN507AA150014140DC8-2
COXOC CN507AA150014140DC8-21700×2200 78.8 KB

COXOC CN507AA150014140DC8-3
COXOC CN507AA150014140DC8-31700×2200 273 KB

COXOC CN507AA150014200EH0

COXOC CN507AA150014200EH0.rar (415.1 KB)

View Results (Click to show/hide)

COXOC CN507AA150014200EH0-1
COXOC CN507AA150014200EH0-11700×2200 141 KB

COXOC CN507AA150014200EH0-2
COXOC CN507AA150014200EH0-21700×2200 79.3 KB

COXOC CN507AA150014200EH0-3
COXOC CN507AA150014200EH0-31700×2200 244 KB

DELL CN507AA18001

DELL CN507AA18001.rar (1.7 MB)

View Results 1 (Click to show/hide)

BizLink E164571-KS_2-1
BizLink E164571-KS_2-11700×2200 140 KB

BizLink E164571-KS_2-2
BizLink E164571-KS_2-21700×2200 80.6 KB

BizLink E164571-KS_2-3
BizLink E164571-KS_2-31700×2200 245 KB

View Results 2 (Click to show/hide)

DELL CN507AA18001_2-1
DELL CN507AA18001_2-11700×2200 146 KB

DELL CN507AA18001_2-2
DELL CN507AA18001_2-21700×2200 78.9 KB

DELL CN507AA18001_2-3
DELL CN507AA18001_2-31700×2200 274 KB

View Results 3 (Click to show/hide)

DELL CN507AA18001_3-1
DELL CN507AA18001_3-11700×2200 161 KB

DELL CN507AA18001_3-2
DELL CN507AA18001_3-21700×2200 78.6 KB

DELL CN507AA18001_3-3
DELL CN507AA18001_3-31700×2200 291 KB

View Results 4 (Click to show/hide)

DELL CN507AA18001_4-1
DELL CN507AA18001_4-11700×2200 162 KB

DELL CN507AA18001_4-2
DELL CN507AA18001_4-21700×2200 78.4 KB

DELL CN507AA18001_4-3
DELL CN507AA18001_4-31700×2200 260 KB

HONGLIN E239426-Z

HONGLIN E239426-Z.rar (402.7 KB)

View Results (Click to show/hide)

HONGLIN E239426-Z-1
HONGLIN E239426-Z-11700×2200 140 KB

HONGLIN E239426-Z-2
HONGLIN E239426-Z-21700×2200 77.9 KB

HONGLIN E239426-Z-3
HONGLIN E239426-Z-31700×2200 231 KB

HOTRON CN507AA150114300DM6

HOTRON CN507AA150114300DM6.rar (445.3 KB)

View Results (Click to show/hide)

HOTRON CN507AA150114300DM6-1
HOTRON CN507AA150114300DM6-11700×2200 152 KB

HOTRON CN507AA150114300DM6-2
HOTRON CN507AA150114300DM6-21700×2200 78 KB

HOTRON CN507AA150114300DM6-3
HOTRON CN507AA150114300DM6-31700×2200 271 KB

HOTRON E246588

HOTRON E246588.rar (424.0 KB)

View Results (Click to show/hide)

HOTRON E246588-1
HOTRON E246588-11700×2200 141 KB

HOTRON E246588-2
HOTRON E246588-21700×2200 78.1 KB

HOTRON E246588-3
HOTRON E246588-31700×2200 253 KB

Jce E81280

Jce E81280.rar (407.5 KB)

View Results (Click to show/hide)

Jce E81280-1
Jce E81280-11700×2200 139 KB

Jce E81280-2
Jce E81280-21700×2200 79 KB

Jce E81280-3
Jce E81280-31700×2200 233 KB

Jce E81280

JH E118077-Z.rar (441.0 KB)

View Results (Click to show/hide)

JH E118077-Z-1
JH E118077-Z-11700×2200 142 KB

JH E118077-Z-2
JH E118077-Z-21700×2200 77.5 KB

JH E118077-Z-3
JH E118077-Z-31700×2200 269 KB

Level1Techs

Level1Techs.rar (450.9 KB)

View Results (Click to show/hide)

Level1Techs_1-1
Level1Techs_1-11700×2200 140 KB

Level1Techs_1-2
Level1Techs_1-21700×2200 78.1 KB

Level1Techs_1-3
Level1Techs_1-31700×2200 279 KB

Pixio

Pixio.rar (396.5 KB)

View Results (Click to show/hide)

Pixio-1
Pixio-11700×2200 140 KB

Pixio-2
Pixio-21700×2200 80.6 KB

Pixio-3
Pixio-31700×2200 228 KB

TrippLite

TrippLite.rar (424.7 KB)

View Results (Click to show/hide)

TrippLite-1
TrippLite-11700×2200 141 KB

TrippLite-2
TrippLite-21700×2200 80.2 KB

TrippLite-3
TrippLite-31700×2200 254 KB

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Reserved for Future Use

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This would be an excellent thing to pull into Project_R.

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If only I had any idea about how to do that haha… I looked it up, seemed complicated to get the info from the PDF result sheets.

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XDDDD No no no. I am working on a major project to document as much as possible about info that end users can’t normally get. Its only starting as a documentation effort tho.

Look at my Laptop Reclaim thread for more information

I’m going to make a hub thread on here soon, but for now I am just trying to find other people who would want to contribute to it. Would you want to be included?

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Oh that’s interesting. Sure, I can try to contribute with what I can. I’m not sure how much use I will be LOL but I think the project sounds cool :smiley:

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