test system specs: |
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computer hardware: |
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processor: |
amd athlon xp 1800+ |
clock
speed: |
1.533ghz |
motherboard: |
acorp 7kt266a |
chipset: |
via kt266a |
videocard: |
MSI G3Ti500 Pro-VTG (GeForce3 Ti500 240/500) |
Network
Card: |
- |
Memory: |
256 MB Micron DDR333 |
Hard Drive: |
IBM 30.7 GB DeskStar 75 GXP |
CDROM: |
Samsung 40X |
Floppy: |
Mitsumi 1.44MB |
Heatsink: |
Thermaltake Dragon Orb 3 |
PowerSupply: |
Enermax 550 Watt |
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Software Setup: |
Windows 2000 + SP2 VIA 4in1 4.37 DetonatorXP 22.80 DirectX
8.0 |
Benchmarks: |
Business Winstone 2001 Content Creation 2001 WinBench99 SiSoft
Sandra 2002 Pro 3DMark2001 Serious Sam 1.05 Return to Castle
Wolfenstein |
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Just a
reminder,
the benchmark settings were run as followed; 11.5x133 =
1533 MHz and 11.5x143 =
1644 MHz. Please keep that in
mind when viewing the benchmarks.
Business Winstone 2001 |
Source: ZDNet |
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Business Winstone is a system-level,
application-based benchmark that measures a PC's overall performance when
running today's Windows-based 32-bit applications on Windows 98 SE, Windows NT
4.0 (SP6 or later), Windows 2000, Windows Me, or Windows XP which runs real
applications through a series of scripted activities and uses the time a PC
takes to complete those activities to produce its performance scores.
Business Winstone 2001 |
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FSB |
Winstone Units |
Ranking |
1. |
133 MHz |
60 |
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2. |
143 MHz |
64.4 |
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Since this
is more of a office based benchmark, it'll be almost
impossible for a person to notice the slight differences in the systems. Still, overclocking
a little does improve performance, you guessed it, a
little.
Content Creation 2001 |
Source: ZDNet |
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Content Creation Winstone 2001 keeps multiple
applications open at once and switches among those applications. Content
Creation Winstone 2001's activities focus on what we call "hot spots," periods
of activity that make your PC really work--the times where you're likely to see
an hourglass or a progress bar.
Content Creation 2001 |
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FSB |
Winstone Units |
Ranking |
1. |
133 MHz |
80.4 |
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2. |
166 MHz |
83.1 |
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Again,
Content Creation is a office productivity benchmark. In real world situations, the
computer would all be user limited.
WinBench 99 is a
subsystem-level benchmark that measures the performance of a PC's graphics,
disk, and video subsystems in a Windows environment. WinBench 99's tests can run
on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows Me
systems.
WinBench 99 v1.2 Benchmark Results |
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FSB/Benchmark |
Score |
Ranking |
1. |
133/Business Disk |
8310 |
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2. |
143/Business Disk |
7820 |
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3. |
133/High-End Disk |
23400 |
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4. |
143/High-End Disk |
22900 |
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5. |
133/Business Graphics |
797 |
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6. |
143/Business Graphics |
868 |
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7. |
133/High-End Graphics |
1610 |
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8. |
143/High-End Graphics |
1760 |
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It's odd that the overclocked system would loose to the
stock one in the disk benchmarks. It's possible that the timings are off
because of the mild overclock which is affecting
performance.
SiSoft Sandra 2002 is designed to test the
theoretical power of a complete system and individual components. The
numbers taken though are again, purely theoretical and may not represent real
world performance.
SiSoft Sandra 2001 Benchmark Results |
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Multimedia Benchmark |
Score |
1. |
133/Integer SSE |
8400 it/s |
2. |
143/Integer SSE |
9026 it/s |
3. |
133/Floating-Point SSE |
9763 it/s |
4. |
143/Floating-Point SSE |
10490 it/s |
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CPU Benchmark |
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1. |
133/Dhrystone ALU |
4234 MIPS |
2. |
143/Dhrystone ALU |
4542 MIPS |
3. |
133/Whetstone FPU |
2116 MFLOPS |
4. |
143/Whetstone FPU |
2275 MFLOPS |
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Memory Benchmark |
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1. |
133/Integer ALU |
2043 MB/s |
2. |
143/Integer ALU |
2196 MB/s |
3. |
133/Float FPU |
1912 MB/s |
4. |
143/Float FPU |
2056 MB/s |
The
overclocked system wins every test here because not
only is the FSB higher, there is more CPU power backing it up too. Still,
the numbers are very respectable, performance is on par with other KT266A
based boards that we have looked at.