- Mar 3, 2013
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I had this question in mind whether or not a stock CPU would scale properly with the same CPU at overclocked speeds...
So I did a very simple experiment...
I set the CPU at stock (3.8 ghz) and compressed a folder of 1.7 Gb in size, I noted the time it finished , which was at 103 seconds.
then I set the CPU to overclock (4.5 ghz) and compressed the same folder, this time it took only 87 seconds.
I calculated the percent increase in both the compression speed and the CPU clock
Calculations were as follows:
Core Speed % difference = [ (4.5 -3.8) / 3.8 ] x100
Core Speed % difference = 18%
Compression Speed % difference = [ (87 - 103) / 103 ] x 100
Compression Speed % difference = 18%
So simply put, an 18% increase in CPU speed is equal to an 18% decrease in processing time..
I know these calculations may not be correct, but i liked how they seem to match up.. LOL
So I did a very simple experiment...
I set the CPU at stock (3.8 ghz) and compressed a folder of 1.7 Gb in size, I noted the time it finished , which was at 103 seconds.
then I set the CPU to overclock (4.5 ghz) and compressed the same folder, this time it took only 87 seconds.
I calculated the percent increase in both the compression speed and the CPU clock
Calculations were as follows:
Core Speed % difference = [ (4.5 -3.8) / 3.8 ] x100
Core Speed % difference = 18%
Compression Speed % difference = [ (87 - 103) / 103 ] x 100
Compression Speed % difference = 18%
So simply put, an 18% increase in CPU speed is equal to an 18% decrease in processing time..
I know these calculations may not be correct, but i liked how they seem to match up.. LOL
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