Lets see how fast your CPU is.
06 February 2008, 09:28 AM
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Lets see how fast your CPU is.
OK Try this out for a bit of fun. It will also be interesting to see what the older chips are capable of against the newer chips.
The overclockers amongst you will be familiar with this program Super Pi SuperPI - 1.1e Download - EXTREME Overclocking
Once you've downloaded the program, press the calculate tab on the top left and set it to 1M so that we are all playing on the same cricket field so to speak. Try and shut down as many background programs as you can.
I'll begin
Its crap
Intel Pentium 4 3Ghz overclcocked to 3233MHZ.
To get this into perspective some of the quick chips will manage it in around 11-12 seconds.
Results Table
1) Tobisausage Q6600 GO Oc'd 3Ghz 17 secs
2) DJ Dunk Athlon 64 X2 4200+ @ 2.2Ghz 42 secs
3) andrewdelvard Intel Pentium 4 Oc'd 3233Mhz 49 secs
4) NeilT Intel Pentium 4 3.4 Ghz 60 secs
will update later today
The overclockers amongst you will be familiar with this program Super Pi SuperPI - 1.1e Download - EXTREME Overclocking
Once you've downloaded the program, press the calculate tab on the top left and set it to 1M so that we are all playing on the same cricket field so to speak. Try and shut down as many background programs as you can.
I'll begin
Its crap Intel Pentium 4 3Ghz overclcocked to 3233MHZ.
To get this into perspective some of the quick chips will manage it in around 11-12 seconds.
Results Table
1) Tobisausage Q6600 GO Oc'd 3Ghz 17 secs
2) DJ Dunk Athlon 64 X2 4200+ @ 2.2Ghz 42 secs
3) andrewdelvard Intel Pentium 4 Oc'd 3233Mhz 49 secs
4) NeilT Intel Pentium 4 3.4 Ghz 60 secs
will update later today
Last edited by andrewdelvard; 06 February 2008 at 09:56 AM. Reason: The results
06 February 2008, 09:31 AM
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Oh yeah, the screen capture program is available here !Quick Screen Capture - the best screen capture software - Free Download.
06 February 2008, 09:40 AM
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Intel Step go Quad core Q6600 thing OC'ed to 3ghz
you dont need that screen capture programme, just press print screen then ctrl v into photoshop or whatever
you dont need that screen capture programme, just press print screen then ctrl v into photoshop or whatever
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06 February 2008, 09:53 AM
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On my PC at work - 1 minute 17 seconds... P4 2.4GHz (with all sorts of stuff running).
Edit to add: closed a couple of bits and it improved to 58 seconds.
Edit to add: closed a couple of bits and it improved to 58 seconds.
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06 February 2008, 10:13 AM
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For a more modern comaprison, I just tried it on my work laptop, and it did the whole thing in about 23 seconds.
That's a Intel Core2 T7600 running at 2.3Ghz (64bit Vista).
Will try it on my machines at home later
That's a Intel Core2 T7600 running at 2.3Ghz (64bit Vista).
Will try it on my machines at home later
06 February 2008, 10:46 AM
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I couldn't be bothered to stop AV progs and everything else that I have running on my machines, and just ran it - as is... Results:
Old machine - Stock Athlon XP 2200+ (1.8Ghz), 768M RAM under XP : 1m 8s <yawn>
Laptop - Stock Intel T5500 (1.66GHz), 1GB RAM under XP: 34s <Hmmm...>
Vaguely recent machine - Stock E6600 (2.4Ghz), 2GB RAM under Vista: 21s <more like it>
Most of the way through, on the E6600, the seconds matched the loops - until the last loop...
Actually, it's not a great test of MODERN processors, as the app is only a single thread - and therefore will only ever use a single core.
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Old machine - Stock Athlon XP 2200+ (1.8Ghz), 768M RAM under XP : 1m 8s <yawn>
Laptop - Stock Intel T5500 (1.66GHz), 1GB RAM under XP: 34s <Hmmm...>
Vaguely recent machine - Stock E6600 (2.4Ghz), 2GB RAM under Vista: 21s <more like it>
Most of the way through, on the E6600, the seconds matched the loops - until the last loop...
Actually, it's not a great test of MODERN processors, as the app is only a single thread - and therefore will only ever use a single core.
DN
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06 February 2008, 11:32 AM
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14 secs on my Q6600 @ 3.3Ghz with everything running that was running, Thunderbird/Firefox/DevTools/Virus checker......
Only uses 1 core though, a real benchmark should shaft them all
Only uses 1 core though, a real benchmark should shaft them all
06 February 2008, 11:59 AM
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Doesn't seem to be a very good benchmark. Looking at my processor usage while the benchmark was running, only one core was being used (because the app is single threaded) and the core that was being used was only running at about 50% capacity...
06 February 2008, 01:09 PM
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I've just bought a new Heatsink for my E8400 and i want to get it up to 4GHz this evening... I'll run a test before and after OC'ing and let you know what happens.
06 February 2008, 03:29 PM
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Would be interested in your temps to see how well my cooler is working. Pref with standard cooler also if you already have that working. My mobo is Asus P5K-E.
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06 February 2008, 03:31 PM
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06 February 2008, 03:49 PM
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Well i can get my q6600 to 3.4ghz stable but there's no game that pushes it not even crysis as that only uses 1-2 cores at best.
Just getting older so i just like enjoying what i have rather than chasing for the highest stats, been there done that.
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What did you get cooler wise as I stuck an Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 pro on mine and didnt bother with Intels bundled HS. My E8400 runs at 25c stock and the highest Ive seen is 27c after about 3 solid hours of Crysis (which I know is GPU intensive but still).
Would be interested in your temps to see how well my cooler is working. Pref with standard cooler also if you already have that working. My mobo is Asus P5K-E.
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Would be interested in your temps to see how well my cooler is working. Pref with standard cooler also if you already have that working. My mobo is Asus P5K-E.
Simon
I got the Tuniq Tower 120 - with the stock Intel it hovers around 40C on full load (not clocked at all)
Only problem I have is that I have to completely dismantle the whole damn thing as it needs a backplate on the mobo (Abit IP35 Pro)
06 February 2008, 04:57 PM
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Not tried FSX with the service packs installed then? Doesn't max all 4 cores out all the time but does for significant periods.
06 February 2008, 05:04 PM
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Kieran - I run a Tuniq too - whisper quiet system
06 February 2008, 05:33 PM
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I too suffer the backplate issue for mounting my Thermalright HSF. In addition, to clean my heatsink properly I need to remove it once in a while. The screws that hold the HSF on also go into the backplate. If the backplate nut is looser than the HSF screw the backplate comes off before the heatsink
You only make that mistake once
06 February 2008, 05:38 PM
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Just tried it the works computer (test set at 1M)....
31 seconds: Intel e6300 (2x1.86Ghz) 1gig 667Mhz RAM. All Standard timings.
Oddly, it only uses 50% of the processor's resources, and it was the same time when I tried the test whilst I was doing some other stuff (including a AV scan) in the background...hmmm
Home system is overclocked, but all the fans (5 of the sodding things) all run at a minimum speed, so isn't any noiser and it doesn't run that much hotter than normal - no tarty heatsinks either, and that's when stress testing with Prime 95 (running three sessions simultaneously).
The noise from the voltage regulator coils on the m/board and PSU, plus the hard drives make more noise.
31 seconds: Intel e6300 (2x1.86Ghz) 1gig 667Mhz RAM. All Standard timings.
Oddly, it only uses 50% of the processor's resources, and it was the same time when I tried the test whilst I was doing some other stuff (including a AV scan) in the background...hmmm
Home system is overclocked, but all the fans (5 of the sodding things) all run at a minimum speed, so isn't any noiser and it doesn't run that much hotter than normal - no tarty heatsinks either, and that's when stress testing with Prime 95 (running three sessions simultaneously).
The noise from the voltage regulator coils on the m/board and PSU, plus the hard drives make more noise.
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