Compressing data is a very practical benchmark. We use WinACE 2.04 and compress the same .wav file that we already used for the MP3 encoding test. Here, the SiS645 is the fastest once again.
Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.
