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2:34 AM - July 14, 2006 by Patrick Schmid
Source: Tom's Hardware US – Keywords: core2, duo, knocks, athlon, 64
Topics: AMD/ATI, Overclocking
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Benchmarks And Test Settings

Our updated benchmarking suite now contains four gaming titles, four popular audio related applications, six applications for video editing, encoding or transcoding, six office type applications, multitasking tests and synthetical benchmarks,

Benchmarks and Settings
3D-Games
Call of Duty 2	Version: 1.03 Video Mode: 1024x768 Anti-aliasing: off Shadows: no timedemo demo2
Quake 4	Version: 1.2 (Dual-Core Patch) Video Mode: 1024x768 Video Quality: default THG Timedemo waste.map timedemo demo8.demo 1 (1 = load textures)
Unreal Tournemant 2004	Version: 3369 UMark: 2.0.0 Bots: 16 / High Performance / 1280 x 1024 Demo: AS-Junkyard
Serious Sam 2	Version: 2.070 Demo: Greendale 1024x768 HDR Rendering: off Renderer: Direct3D Filrering mode: none Antialiasing mode: none
Audio
iTunes 6	Version: 6.0.4.2 Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 min Convert wav to aac
Lame MP3	Version 3.97 Beta 2 (12-22-2005) Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 min wave to mp3 160 kbps
OGG	Version 1.1.2 (Intel P4 MOD) Version 1.1.2 (Intel AMD MOD) Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 min wave to ogg Quality: 5
WMA	Version: 9.1 Advanced Audio Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 min 128 kbps
Video
Pinnacle Studio 10.5 Platinum	Version: 10.5.2.2826 from: 352x288 MPEG-2 41 MB to: 720x576 MPEG-2 95 MB Encoding and Transition Rendering to MPEG-2-File File Type: MPEG-2 Preset: DVD Compatible Audio: no
TMPEG 3.0 Express	Version: 3.0.4.24 (no Audio) fist 5 Minutes DVD Terminator 2 SE (704x576) 16:9 Multithreading by rendering
DivX 6.2	Version: 6.2.2 (4 Logical CPUs) Profile: High Definition Profile 1-pass, 3000 kBit/s Encoding mode: Insane Quality Enhanced multithreading no Audio
XviD 1.1.0	Version: 1.1.0 Beta 3 Target qantizer: 1.00
Clone DVD 2	Version: 2.8.9.9 DVD "Terminator II SE" (english version) Transcoding from DVD-9 to DVD-4.7 Audio: DTS Subtilte: no
Mainconcept H.264 Encoder	Version: 2.0 MainConcept H.264/AVC Codec 24 sec HDTV 1920x1080 mpeg2 mpeg2 to H.264
Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0	Version: 2.0
Windows Media Encoder 9.1 AP	NTSC MPEG2-HDTV 1920x1080 (24 sec) Import: Mainconcept NTSC HDTV 1080i Export: Adobe Media Encoder Windows Media Video 9 Advanced Profile Encoding Passes: one Bitrate Mode: Constant Frame: 1290x1080 Frame Rate: 29.97 Maximum Bitrate [kbps]: 2000 Image Quality: 50.00 Audio: no
Windows Media Encoder	Version: 9.00.00.2980 Windows Media Video 9.1 Advanced Profile 720x480 AVI to WMV 320x240 (29.97 fps) 282 kbps streaming
Applications
AVG Anti-Virus 7.1	Version: 7.1.394 (Program) Virus base: 268.8.0/353 (3.85 GB, 14.007 Files, 1.177 Folders)
Winrar	Version 3.60 BETA 4 (Dual-Core) (303 MB, 47 Files, 2 Folders) Compression = Best Dictionary = 4096 kB
Autodesk 3D Studio Max	Version: 8.0 Characters "Dragon_Charater_rig" rendering HTDV 1920x1080
Adobe Photoshop CS 2	Version: 9.0.1 VT-Runtime Script Rendering from 5 Pictures (66 MB, 7 Filters)
Adobe Photoshop CS 2	Version: 9.0.1
Image Processor	convert 150 Photos from 9 Mpixel to 0.8 Mpixel 100 Images (3488 x 2616) 9 Mpixel to (1024x786) 0.8 Mpixel Scripts\Image Processor Quality: 5 Resize to Fit (W:1024 H:768)
Adobe Acrobat 7 Professionell	Version: 7.0.8
Microsoft Office Word 2003	Version: 11.6568.6568 SP2 Adobe PDF-Maker 950 pages Word file to PDF Enrcyption Level: High (128-bit RC4) Conversion Settings: High Quality Print
Microsoft Office Powerpoint 2003	Version: 11.6564.6568 SP2 Adobe PDF-Maker 200 pages Powerpoint file to PDF Enrcyption Level: High (128-bit RC4) Conversion Settings: High Quality Print
Multitasking
Multitasking I	Adobe Photoshop CS 2 - Image Processor Winrar
Multitasking II	Adobe Acrobat 7 Professionell - PDF-Maker AVG Anti-Virus (3.85 GB, 14.007 Files, 1.177 Folders)
Synthetics
3DMark06	Version: 1.02 1280x1024 - 32 bit Graphics and CPU Default Benchmark
PCMark05 Pro	Version: 1.1.0 CPU and Memory Tests Windows Media Player 10.00.00.3646 Windows Media Encoder 9.00.00.2980
SiSoftware Sandra 2007	Version 2007.5.10.98 CPU Test = CPU Arithmetic / MultiMedia Memory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark Memory Lateny Test = ns

Test System

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System Hardware
Socket 775 Processors	Intel Pentium EE 965 (Presler 65 nm, 3.73 GHz, 2x 2 MB L2 Cache) Intel Pentium EE 955 (Presler 65 nm, 3.46 GHz, 2x 2 MB L2 Cache) Intel Pentium D 950 (Presler 90 nm, 3.40 GHz, 2x 2 MB L2 Cache) Intel Pentium D 940 (Presler 90 nm, 3.20 GHz, 2x 2 MB L2 Cache) Intel Pentium D 930 (Presler 90 nm, 3.00 GHz, 2x 2 MB L2 Cache) Intel Pentium D 920 (Presler 90 nm, 2.80 GHz, 2x 2 MB L2 Cache) Intel Pentium EE 840 (Smithfield 90 nm, 3.20 GHz, 2x 1 MB L2 Cache) Intel Pentium D 840 (Smithfield 90 nm, 3.20 GHz, 2x 1 MB L2 Cache) Intel Pentium D 830 (Smithfield 90 nm, 3.00 GHz, 2x 1 MB L2 Cache) Intel Pentium D 820 (Smithfield 90 nm, 2.80 GHz, 2x 1 MB L2 Cache) Intel Pentium 4 EE 3.72 (Prescott 90 nm, 3.72 GHz, 2 MB L2 Cache) Intel Pentium 4 EE 3.46 (Gallatin 130 nm, 3.46 GHz, 512 kB L2 Cache, 2 MB L3 Cache) Intel Pentium 4 EE 3.40 (Gallatin 130 nm, 3.40 GHz, 512 kB L2 Cache, 2 MB L3 Cache) Intel Pentium 4 670 (Prescott 90 nm, 3.80 GHz, 1 MB L2 Cache)
Socket 939 Processors	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ (Toledo 90 nm, 2.40 GHz, 2x 1 MB L2 Cache) AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ (Manchester 90 nm, 2.40 GHz, 2x 215 kB L2 Cache) AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ (Toledo 90 nm, 2.20 GHz, 2x 1 MB L2 Cache) AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (Manchester 90 nm, 2.20 GHz, 2x 215 kB L2 Cache) AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (Manchester 90 nm, 2.00 GHz, 2x 215 kB L2 Cache) AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 (Toledo 90 nm, 2.60 GHz, 2x 1 MB L2 Cache) AMD Athlon 64 FX-57 (San Diego 90 nm, 2.80 GHz, 1 MB L2 Cache) AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 (San Diego 90 nm, 2.60 GHz, 1 MB L2 Cache) AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 (Clawhammer 130 nm, 2.60 GHz, 1 MB L2 Cache)
AMD Platform AM2	Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe, Rev.1.03G NVIDIA nForce5, BIOS: 0504 (06/14/2006)
AMD Platfrom S939	Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe, Rev. 1.01 NVIDIA nForce4, Bios: 1103 (01/02/2006)
AMD Platfrom S754	Epox EP-8NPA SLI, Rev. 0.2 NVIDIA nForce4, Bios: (08/24/2005)
Intel Platform S775	Asus P5W DH Deluxe, Rev. 1.02G Intel 975X (C0), Bios: 0065 (06/16/2006)
RAM I (Intel)	2x 1024 MB DDR2-800 (CL 4.0-4-4-8) Corsiar CM2X1024-6400C4 XMS6404v1.1
RAM II (AMD)	2x 1024 MB DDR2-800 (CL 4.0-4-4-8 1T) Corsiar CM2X1024-6400C3 XMS6403v1.1
Hard Drive I (read)	1x 160 GB 10.000 rpm, 8 MB cache, SATAII Western Digital WD1500ADFD
Hard Drive II (write)	1x 160 GB 10.000 rpm, 8 MB cache, SATAII Western Digital WD1500ADFD
Graphics Card	Gigabyte GV-RX19X512VB-RH ATI X19800XTX - 512 MB
Sound Card	Terratec Aureon 7.1 Space
Power Supply	PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 510, ATX 2.01, 510 Watt
System Software & Drivers
OS	Windows XP Professional 5.10.2600, Service Pack 2
DirectX Version	9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Platform Drivers AMD	nForce Driver 9.34 BETA
Platform Drivers Intel	8.0.1.1002 (06/06/2006)
Graphics Driver	ATI Catalyst 6.5 (8.252-060503a-032464C-ATI)

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