Does Turbo Boost Help Or Hurt Core i5/i7's Power Efficiency?
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Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos
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Test Setup
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System Hardware | |
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Hardware | Details |
Performance Benchmarks | |
Motherboard (LGA 1156) | Intel DP55KG (Rev. 1.0) Chipset: Intel P55 BIOS: KGIBX10J.86A.3456 (08/22/2009) |
Motherboard (LGA 775) | MSI P45D3 Neo (Rev. 1.0) Chipset: Intel P45, ICH10R BIOS: 4.2 (02/18/2009) |
CPU Intel I | Intel Core i5-750 (45nm, 2.66 GHz, 4 x 256KB L2 and 8MB L3 Cache, TDP 95W, Rev. B1) |
CPU Intel II | Intel Core i7-870 (45nm, 2.93 GHz, 4 x 256KB L2 and 8MB L3 Cache, TDP 95W, Rev. B1) |
CPU Intel III | Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200S (45nm, 2.33 GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, TDP 65W, Rev. R0) |
CPU Intel IV | Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550S (45nm, 2.83 GHz, 12MB L2 Cache, TDP 65W, Rev. E0) |
CPU Intel V | Intel Core 2 Extreme Q9650 (45nm, 3.00 GHz, 12MB L2 Cache, TDP 130W, Rev. C0) |
RAM DDR3 (Dual) | 2 x 2GB DDR3-1600 (Corsair CM3X2G1600C9DHX) 2 x 1GB DDR3-2000 (OCZ OCZ3P2000EB1G) |
Graphics | Zotac Geforce GTX 260² GPU: Geforce GTX 260 (576 MHz), Graphics RAM: 896MB DDR3 (1998 MHz), Stream Processors: 216, Shader Clock: 1242 MHz |
Hard Drive | Western Digital VelociRaptor, 300GB (WD3000HLFS) 10,000 RPM, SATA/300, 16MB Cache |
Blu-Ray Drive | LG GGW-H20L, SATA/150 |
Power Supply | PC Power & Cooling, Silencer 750EPS12V 750W |
System Software and Drivers | |
Operating System | Windows Vista Enterprise Version 6.0 x64 Service Pack 2 (Build 6000) |
Drivers and Settings | |
AMD Chipset Drivers | Catalyst Control Center 9.4 |
Intel Chipset Drivers | Chipset Installation Utility Ver. 9.1.1.1015 |
Intel Storage Drivers | Matrix Storage Drivers Ver. 8.8.0.1009 |
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