SiSoft Sandra 2004	Source: Sandra

Sandra 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 2004 Benchmark Results
	Multimedia Benchmark		CPU Benchmark		Memory Benchmark
Processors	Integer SSE2:	Floating-Point SSE2:	Dhrystone SSE2:	Whetstone SSE2:	Integer SSE2:	Float SSE2:
Athlon64 3500+ 2.2 GHz (200/400) stock	20997	22667	9977	3615 FPU / 4699 SSE2	6014	5954
Athlon64 3500+ 2.66 GHz (242/484) aircooled	25285	27299	12090	4353 FPU / 5658 SSE2	7231	7170
Athlon64 3500+ 3.05 GHz (277/498) prometeia cooled	28959	31265	13849	4986 FPU / 6481 SSE2	7101	7126
Units:	it/s	it/s	MIPS	MFLOPS	MB/s	MB/s

The numbers from the Athlon64 3500+ at stock and when overclocked are very impressive. The memory numbers drop from the aircooled to the prometeia cooled settings, since the memory and HyperTransport are both set lower in the latter. At 3.05Ghz, the Athlon64 3500+ scores almost 50% higher than stock in the multimedia benchmarks!

Super Pi	Source: SuperPI

SuperPI calculates the number PI to 1 Million digits in this raw number crunching benchmark. The benchmark is fairly diverse and allows the user to change the number of digits of PI that can be calculated from 16 Thousand to 32 Million. The benchmark, which uses 19 iterations in the test, is set at 1 Million digits then repeated at 8 million digits.

Lower numbers denote faster calculation times (seconds), and hence, better performance.

SuperPi
1 Million Digits:	Seconds	Ranking
Athlon64 3500+ 2.2 GHz (200/400) stock	38
Athlon64 3500+ 2.66 GHz (242/484) aircooled	32
Athlon64 3500+ 3.05 GHz (277/498) Prometia	28
8 Million Digits:	Seconds	Ranking
Athlon64 3500+ 2.2 GHz (200/400) stock	418
Athlon64 3500+ 2.66 GHz (242/484) aircooled	349
Athlon64 3500+ 3.05 GHz (277/498) Prometia	312

In this benchmark lower is better, and when the Athlon64 3500+ is clocked at 3.05 GHz it's able to crack the 30 second barrier. Very impressive!

Hexus piFast	Source: Hexus

Pifast is a small program that computes Pi to a set amount of decimal places and also displays how long it takes. This then gives us a basis for charting the results, giving a performance indicator for new and old technology at a glance.

Lower results are better.

Hexus piFast
Processors:	Seconds	Ranking
Athlon64 3500+ 2.2 GHz (200/400) stock	54.09
Athlon64 3500+ 2.66 GHz (242/484) aircooled	45.09
Athlon64 3500+ 3.05 GHz (277/498) Prometia	40.38

Hexus piFast also shows how overclocking increases the raw power of the CPU.