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Canada Computers Content Creator X2 Workstation System Review
Canada Computers Content Creator X2 Workstation System Review - PCSTATS
Built around a e 2.4GHz dual core Athlon64 X2 4800+ CPU, and pre-installed with Microsoft WindowsXP Professional, the system should have plenty of potential pixel kicking power.
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Filed under: Computer / SFF PCs Published:  Author: 
External Mfg. Website: Canada Computers Aug 31 2005   C. Sun  
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Benchmarks: SiSoft Sandra 2005, PCMark04, PCMark05

SiSoft Sandra 2005 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 2005 Benchmark Results

Multimedia Benchmark CPU Benchmark Memory Benchmark File System Benchmark
Processors Integer SSE2: Floating-Point SSE2: Dhrystone SSE2: Whetstone SSE2: Integer SSE2: Float SSE2: Drive Index:
CC Content Creator X2 32 Bit OS/32 Bit Software 46034 49669 22352 7634 FPU / 9878 SSE2 4718 4727 93
CC Content Creator X2 64 Bit OS/64 Bit Software 35958 55555 23824 8581 FPU / 10015 SSE2 4698 4712 90

Units:

it/s it/s MIPS MFLOPS MB/s MB/s MB/s

SiSoft Sandra numbers from the dual core Canada Computers Content Creator X2 system is very impressive indeed. The processor numbers are double what we usually see from the Athlon64 4000+ which is already a very powerful processor. Memory bandwidth is a bit lower than we expected however, most regular Athlon64/NF4 setups are around 6000MB/s. The HDD File system benchmark is also quite impressive, a 10,000 RPM WD Raptor scores around 55-60MB, here the two WD 250GB Serial ATA II HDDs get around 90MB/s!

PCMark04 Source: FutureMark

PCMark04 is an application-based benchmark and a premium tool for measuring overall PC performance. It uses portions of real applications instead of including very large applications or using specifically created code. This allows PCMark04 to be a smaller installation as well as to report very accurate results.

PCMark04:
Overall Points Ranking
CC Content Creator X2 32 Bit OS/32 Bit Software 6615
CC Content Creator X2 64 Bit OS/32 Bit Software 6600
CPU Points Ranking
CC Content Creator X2 32 Bit OS/32 Bit Software 6618
CC Content Creator X2 64 Bit OS/32 Bit Software 6667
Memory Points Ranking
CC Content Creator X2 32 Bit OS/32 Bit Software 4674
CC Content Creator X2 64 Bit OS/32 Bit Software 4668

PCMark04 does not care whether WindowsXP 32-bit or WindowsXP Professional x64 Edition is used as the scores are within the margin of error on both platforms. Still, the numbers are pretty good and the CPU score is about 50% higher than we'd see on a regular Athlon64 4000+ processor. Memory bandwidth is still on the low side however.

PCMark05 Source: FutureMark

PCMark05 is a premium tool for measuring both normal home use and simple 3D performance of the latest PC hardware. There are 11 system tests - each one is designed to represent a certain type of PC usage. By running these tests, PCMark05 stresses the components in a similar manner as they are stressed in normal home usage.

PCMark05:
Overall Points Ranking
CC Content Creator X2 32 Bit OS/32 Bit Software 3853
CC Content Creator X2 64 Bit OS/32 Bit Software 2167
CPU Points Ranking
CC Content Creator X2 32 Bit OS/32 Bit Software 4842
CC Content Creator X2 64 Bit OS/32 Bit Software 4834
Memory Points Ranking
CC Content Creator X2 32 Bit OS/32 Bit Software 3943
CC Content Creator X2 64 Bit OS/32 Bit Software 3781

PCMark05 numbers are pretty good especially when compared to systems on FutureMark's Online Result Browser. It seems however the benchmark has a problem running in a 64 bit environment, something I'm sure FutureMark is aware of.

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Contents of Article: Canada Computers Content Creator X2
 Pg 1.  Canada Computers Content Creator X2 Workstation System Review
 Pg 2.  Content Creation Power House: Up Close and Personal
 Pg 3.  Hardware Selection in the Content Creator X2
 Pg 4.  HDD Configuration and SLI Graphics
 Pg 5.  The Heart of the CCx2 - Athlon64 X2 4800+
 Pg 6.  Benchmarks: SYSMark 2004, Winstone 2004
 Pg 7.  Benchmarks: Super Pi, Hexus piFast, Cinebench 2003
 Pg 8.  Benchmarks: ScienceMark 2.0, POVRay, SPECviewperf 8.0
 Pg 9.  64 Bit Benchmarks: Maya Render Test, AMD DiVX Encoder Benchmark, Minigzip
 Pg 10.  — Benchmarks: SiSoft Sandra 2005, PCMark04, PCMark05
 Pg 11.  Benchmarks: 3DMark2001, 3DMark05, UT2003
 Pg 12.  Final Verdict on the Content Creator X2

 
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