Single-Threaded Efficiency



Runtime measurements and the total power used to complete this workload are intriguing. The 4.4 GHz overclock produced the shortest processing time and almost the same total power draw.
Multi-Threaded Efficiency



A look at the multi-threaded applications used in our efficiency run shows that the Core i5-750 quad-core CPU is faster than our highly overclocked Core i3. However, the latter still beats the Core i5-661 by a considerable margin.
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Summary
- Cranking Up Core i3 To 4.4 GHz
- Intel's Core i3-530 CPU
- Gigabyte's P55A-UD7 Motherboard
- Overclocking Settings: 2.93 GHz To 4.4 GHz
- Test Setup And Overclocking Table
- Benchmark Results: Synthetics
- Benchmark Results: PCMark And 3DMark Vantage
- Benchmark Results: Applications And Archiving
- Benchmark Results: Power Consumption
- Benchmark Results: Single- And Multi-Threaded Efficiency
- Benchmark Results: Overall Efficiency
- Best Overclock And Conclusion