I'm not sure if this is strange, but this is my first CPU that has more than 1 or 2 cores, and I've not experienced this behavior before.
Whenever I stress test in Prime95 (v25.9 x64 on Vista HP 64-bit), Core-0/Worker 1 gets through tests far faster than the other two, repeatedly. Example, I ran an in-place large FFT test for ~2 hours and Worker 1 completed mroe than 90 tests, Worker 2 about 80 tests, and Worker 3 only 75. Is this normal? Every once in a while, Worker 3 will get through more tests than Worker 2, but rarely.
Coming from an X2 5000+ BE machine, I've not seen such a wide difference while stressing a CPU. It's cores were always very close in final test count after an extended time test.
Motherboard is a Gigabyte MA790X-UD4P, and I've seen the same results w/ BIOS versions F4 & F5. Could it be Vista causing this due to background apps being pushed upon the 2nd and 3rd cores? If so, would it be better to runs these tests in Safe Mode? Would that even work? I've never tried it, as I usually test OC using software, such as AOD or the motherboard's AOD-like program.
Whenever I stress test in Prime95 (v25.9 x64 on Vista HP 64-bit), Core-0/Worker 1 gets through tests far faster than the other two, repeatedly. Example, I ran an in-place large FFT test for ~2 hours and Worker 1 completed mroe than 90 tests, Worker 2 about 80 tests, and Worker 3 only 75. Is this normal? Every once in a while, Worker 3 will get through more tests than Worker 2, but rarely.
Coming from an X2 5000+ BE machine, I've not seen such a wide difference while stressing a CPU. It's cores were always very close in final test count after an extended time test.
Motherboard is a Gigabyte MA790X-UD4P, and I've seen the same results w/ BIOS versions F4 & F5. Could it be Vista causing this due to background apps being pushed upon the 2nd and 3rd cores? If so, would it be better to runs these tests in Safe Mode? Would that even work? I've never tried it, as I usually test OC using software, such as AOD or the motherboard's AOD-like program.