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Pentium E5200 O/C Performance And Efficiency

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Intel Dual-Core Test Settings
 Default SettingsOverclock Settings
CPUIntel Pentium E5200 2.50 GHz 2 MB L2 Cache, 1.26V4.11 GHz, (12x 342 MHz), 1.40V
RAMDDR3-800 CAS 6-6-6-15, 1.50VDDR3-1368 CAS 5-5-5-12, 1.65V
MotherboardMSI P45 Diamond LGA-775, P45/ICH10R, BIOS 1.5 (10/10/2009)
GraphicsZotac GeForce GTX260² 576MHz GPU, 999 MHz Shader, 896MB GDDR3-2484
Hard DriveWestern Digital VelociRaptor WD30000HLFS 300 MB, 10,000 RPM, 16 MB Cache
SoundIntegrated HD Audio
NetworkingIntegrated Gigabit LAN
Software
Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows Vista Ultimate x64 SP1
GraphicsForceware 182.08 Desktop

Optimized memory settings resulted in a Sandra Memory Bandwidth improvement of 77% over default values.

At 1.40 volts, the overclocked Pentium E5200 required an average 34% power increase.

A performance increase of 64% with an average power increase of 34% allowed the overclocked E5200 to improve its efficiency by 22% over stock settings.

Thomas Soderstrom is a Senior Staff Editor at Tom's Hardware US. He tests and reviews cases, cooling, memory and motherboards.