Archiving data is a very practical application. With the help of the new WinACE 2.11 packer under Windows XP, a 178 MB WAV file was packed while the clock was running. The 3.6 GHz P4 did the job in just under 144 seconds - the 2.8 GHz P4 took a total of 162 seconds.
3D Rendering: Newtek Lightwave 7.5
Optimizations for Pentium 4 processors really make themselves felt with the Lightwave benchmark - the 3.6 GHz P4 takes another gold medal.
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