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Hi guys,
First post in these forums, so I will apologise in advance if this this has been covered elsewhere. This question is more specific to my custom-built desktop PC and it's capacity when it is performing. Briefly looking through the forums and also having previously visited a couple of times I feel this would be one of the best places to ask a technical question or two.
I have attached a toned down version of the system info text file which details most if not all the hardware components of my system. If there is anything missing please advise me of this as I will note it in a later post if required.
I feel this system should be particularly quick (at stock, not looking into OCing at this stage in time) considering the components.
Although I feel it is not quite running as efficiently therefore as quickly as it should.
System Parts:
- Intel C2Q Q9550 (revision C1)
- Asus P5E Deluxe (x48) running 0205 BIOS
- 4GB Gskill PC2 6400 CL5-5-5-15 RAM (Capped @ 3.25GB due to 32bit Windows XP)
Games: Run good
Windows File Access: A tad slower than I would expect. But maybe i'm being paranoid. (and could also be a bit of an issue with the HDD running at UDMA Mode 5 and not 6, don't have the cables for 6)
CodeBlocks: MingW compiling dead slow, ~23secs to compile a simple program around 4 files in size around 300 lines of code.
Codeblocks runs very well on my ASUS G1 laptop running Vista, the same type of program compilation completes in around 2 secs.
This is the predominant sign for me towards thinking something is not quite right, I have reinstalled Windows XP from scratch after a HDD Full Format but to no avail. If anyone has any suggestions towards resolving this occurance that would be much appreciated.
Please note that my desktop is substantially faster than my Asus G1 lappy, so I can't quite workout what the issue is.
Once again many thanks in advance.
Cheers
Kosta.
Also everything in the Ai Tweaker BIOS settings are set to automatic except DRAM Freq which I have manually set to DDR2 800Mhz.
I did have an issue when I first bought the parts to build this rig where the memory modules did not work properly on the P5E. I did a little tinkering with settings in the BIOS thinking it could be a little prob like that, but after some research I found out that the RAM modules I had bought then were not supported by the mobo according to the QVL. Anyways that issue is long gone, and I don't think that I would've caused any long term damage to the system cause any settings I had changed I did from taking some notes off some other site at the time.
I've tried to think of other possible causes for the issue above but I cannot think of any, so I thought I'd try my luck online on these forums since lots of people here are in the know how of tinkering and troubleshooting OC and normal setups.
Once again cheers guys.
EDIT2:
Just some benches that I managed to get. The whole system is running at stock no OC. (Please note that I'm not posting benches as competition but more as a guide to make comparisons)
wPrime = 32M - 15.234sec
superPi v1.1 = 128K - 1s
512K - 7s
1M - 17s
2M - 41s
I did not finish the 32M test but I got up to Loop 6 and then stopped, Loop 6 had finished at 4m 25s.
Over the course of the test I had two gadgets on my sidebar running. Once showing the percentage in total of the CPU usage and one that showed the cores in use.
I witnessed that a lot of the time during this test that it was mainly on 25% CPU usage jumping to 41% occassionally. Also the core that was doing most of the work was core three, while cores 1 & 2 were much the same working at a lesser load than core 3 and the 4th core hardly running.
I don't know but it seems like there's inefficiency somewhere, but I could be wrong and that someone more benchmark minded might be able to clarify my concern.
If I get some more benches I'll list them here. And when I get around to coding again I'll post a screen of the resultant time of compilation.
WinRar Bench (multithreading enables)
resulting, KB/s 1,850 @ 30secs
current, KB/s 1.701 @ 30secs
Processed, 53MB
First post in these forums, so I will apologise in advance if this this has been covered elsewhere. This question is more specific to my custom-built desktop PC and it's capacity when it is performing. Briefly looking through the forums and also having previously visited a couple of times I feel this would be one of the best places to ask a technical question or two.
I have attached a toned down version of the system info text file which details most if not all the hardware components of my system. If there is anything missing please advise me of this as I will note it in a later post if required.
I feel this system should be particularly quick (at stock, not looking into OCing at this stage in time) considering the components.
Although I feel it is not quite running as efficiently therefore as quickly as it should.
System Parts:
- Intel C2Q Q9550 (revision C1)
- Asus P5E Deluxe (x48) running 0205 BIOS
- 4GB Gskill PC2 6400 CL5-5-5-15 RAM (Capped @ 3.25GB due to 32bit Windows XP)
Games: Run good
Windows File Access: A tad slower than I would expect. But maybe i'm being paranoid. (and could also be a bit of an issue with the HDD running at UDMA Mode 5 and not 6, don't have the cables for 6)
CodeBlocks: MingW compiling dead slow, ~23secs to compile a simple program around 4 files in size around 300 lines of code.
Codeblocks runs very well on my ASUS G1 laptop running Vista, the same type of program compilation completes in around 2 secs.
This is the predominant sign for me towards thinking something is not quite right, I have reinstalled Windows XP from scratch after a HDD Full Format but to no avail. If anyone has any suggestions towards resolving this occurance that would be much appreciated.
Please note that my desktop is substantially faster than my Asus G1 lappy, so I can't quite workout what the issue is.
Once again many thanks in advance.
Cheers
Kosta.
Also everything in the Ai Tweaker BIOS settings are set to automatic except DRAM Freq which I have manually set to DDR2 800Mhz.
I did have an issue when I first bought the parts to build this rig where the memory modules did not work properly on the P5E. I did a little tinkering with settings in the BIOS thinking it could be a little prob like that, but after some research I found out that the RAM modules I had bought then were not supported by the mobo according to the QVL. Anyways that issue is long gone, and I don't think that I would've caused any long term damage to the system cause any settings I had changed I did from taking some notes off some other site at the time.
I've tried to think of other possible causes for the issue above but I cannot think of any, so I thought I'd try my luck online on these forums since lots of people here are in the know how of tinkering and troubleshooting OC and normal setups.
Once again cheers guys.
EDIT2:
Just some benches that I managed to get. The whole system is running at stock no OC. (Please note that I'm not posting benches as competition but more as a guide to make comparisons)
wPrime = 32M - 15.234sec
superPi v1.1 = 128K - 1s
512K - 7s
1M - 17s
2M - 41s
I did not finish the 32M test but I got up to Loop 6 and then stopped, Loop 6 had finished at 4m 25s.
Over the course of the test I had two gadgets on my sidebar running. Once showing the percentage in total of the CPU usage and one that showed the cores in use.
I witnessed that a lot of the time during this test that it was mainly on 25% CPU usage jumping to 41% occassionally. Also the core that was doing most of the work was core three, while cores 1 & 2 were much the same working at a lesser load than core 3 and the 4th core hardly running.
I don't know but it seems like there's inefficiency somewhere, but I could be wrong and that someone more benchmark minded might be able to clarify my concern.
If I get some more benches I'll list them here. And when I get around to coding again I'll post a screen of the resultant time of compilation.
WinRar Bench (multithreading enables)
resulting, KB/s 1,850 @ 30secs
current, KB/s 1.701 @ 30secs
Processed, 53MB
RAM : 5 : 6
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