SysMark2002 is more of an extension of SysMark2001
rather then a whole new benchmark. The applications used during testing have
been updated and most importantly for AMD users, the new SysMark2002 uses the
Windows Media Encoder 7.1 which supports the AthlonXP's SSE
instructions.
Because
the memory timings are
more lax, the Gigabyte P4 Titan 8PE800 Ultra comes in last. It does not
trail by too much though, and overclocking does gives the board a healthy
performance boost.
Winstone 2002 |
Source: Zdnet |
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Content Creation Winstone 2002 is a system-level,
application-based benchmark that measures a PC's overall performance when
running top, Windows-based, 32-bit, content creation applications on Windows 98,
Windows 2000, Windows Me, or Windows XP.
Business Winstone 2002 is a system-level,
application-based benchmark that measures a PC's overall performance when
running today's top-selling Windows-based 32-bit applications on Windows 98,
Windows 2000 (SP6 or later), Windows Me, or Windows XP. Business Winstone
doesn't mimic what these packages do; it 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.
The
Winstone 2002 benchmarks don't seem
to care about memory timings as much as SysMark2002 does. The Gigabyte GA8PE800
Ultra motherboard performs on par with the Abit IT7 MAX2 Rev2 which is
known to be very good.