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System Spec's and benchmarks
| test system specs: |
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computer hardware: |
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| processor: |
amd athlon xp 1800+ |
| clock
speed: |
1.57ghz |
| motherboard: |
iwill xp333-r |
| chipset: |
ali ko266 |
| videocard: |
MSI G3Ti500 Pro-VTG (GeForce3 Ti500 240/500) |
| Network
Card: |
Not Used |
| Memory: |
256 MB TwinMOS DDR333 |
| Hard Drive: |
IBM 30.7 GB DeskStar 75 GXP |
| CDROM: |
Samsung |
| Floppy: |
Mitsumi 1.44MB |
| Heatsink: |
Thermaltake Dragon Orb 3 |
| PowerSupply: |
550Watt Enermax |
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Software Setup: |
Windows 2000 SP2
ALi AGP 1.80
nVidia DetonatorXP 22.80
DirectX
8.0 |
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Benchmarks: |
Business Winstone 2001
Content Creation 2001
WinBench99
SiSoft
Sandra 001 Pro
3DMark2001
Serious Sam 1.02
Return to Castle
Wolfenstein |
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Please
note that CPU speed was approx. the same though out
all the tests. At 133 MHz FSB, a 11.5 multiplier was used to = 1533 MHz at a
166 MHz FSB, a 9.5 multiplier was used to = 1575 MHz.
 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 |
53.9 |
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| 2. |
166 MHz |
57.1 |
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Business Winstone 2001 get's a
healthy gain of just under 10%, which is due to the faster memory subsystem.
However, as a user, you wouldn't know the difference.
| 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 |
76 |
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| 2. |
166 MHz |
82.9 |
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Like Business Winstone
2001, Content Creation is able to differentiate between the two systems, again the
difference is just under 10%, and it's again due to a faster memory subsystem.
Unlike Business Winstone though, this is a difference the average user should be
able to notice.
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 |
7170 |
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2. |
166/Business Disk |
8450 |
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3. |
133/High-End Disk |
18400 |
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4. |
166/High-End Disk |
24300 |
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5. |
133/Business Graphics
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753 |
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6. |
166/Business Graphics
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811 |
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7. |
133/High-End Graphics |
1400 |
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8. |
166/High-End Graphics |
1490 |
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As we can
see here, thanks to the higher FSB, even though the PCI's and AGP are in spec, at a
166 MHz FSB they communicate with the Northbridge and Southbridge quicker which leads to faster performance. It's
difficult to really tell the difference with office applications on the
user level, but over time, the quicker solutions will net a
benefit.
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 |
8388 it/s |
| 2. |
166/Integer SSE |
8651 it/s |
| 3. |
133/Floating-Point SSE |
9750 it/s |
| 4. |
166/Floating-Point SSE |
10056 it/s |
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CPU Benchmark |
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| 1. |
133/Dhrystone ALU |
4226 MIPS |
| 2. |
133/Dhrystone ALU |
4361 MIPS |
| 3. |
133/Whetstone FPU |
2114 MFLOPS |
| 4. |
166/Whetstone FPU |
2180 MFLOPS |
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Memory Benchmark |
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| 1. |
133/Integer ALU |
1832 MB/s |
| 2. |
166/Integer ALU |
2256 MB/s |
| 3. |
133/Float FPU |
1729 MB/s |
| 4. |
166/Float FPU |
2116 MB/s |
Overall, Sandra 2002 can't
differentiate between the two systems except in the memory benchmark. Obviously
there would be a big increase because the FSB is 33 MHz more.
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