PCMark 2002	Source: MadOnion

PCMark is a new benchmark from our pals at MadOnion which a whole system benchmark. It can be used on desktop PC's, Laptops and even Workstations and tests everyday computing from home to office usage. PCMark specifically stresses the CPU, memory subsystem, graphics subsystem, hard drives, WindowsXP GUI (if WinXP is used), video performance and even laptop batteries. This benchmark was released March 12, 2002 and can be downloaded from Madonion if you would like to give it a test run on your computer for comparisons sake...

With PCMark2002 it's not very surprising to see the systems with the AthlonXP 1700+ processor lead the pack. The AXP1700+ does more work per clock cycle then the P4 at 1.6 GHz. The P3 trails by a lot in PCMark2002 CPU benchmark performing less than 50% of the slowest P4 mainboard. Also, it seems that the P4 motherboards using the SiS 650 performed the slowest.