Tom's Hardware Speed Project: Pentium 4, Over 3 GHz!
Features
By Frank Völkel
published Linux Compilation: Suse Linux 7.3 / Kernel 2.4.13
In compiling the newest Linux kernel, the overclocked Pentium 4/3000 leads the pack: it takes 175 seconds to do the job, while the AMD Athlon XP 2000+ finishes the same task in 202 seconds.
Zipping Files: WinACE 2.04
Packing data is a very practical application. With the help of WinACE 2.04 Packers under Windows XP, a 178 MB WAV file is packed, the time to complete the task is shown.
Stay On the Cutting Edge: Get the Tom's Hardware Newsletter
Get Tom's Hardware's best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox.
Current page: Linux Compilation: Suse Linux 7.3 / Kernel 2.4.13
Prev Page 3D Rendering: Newtek Lightwave 7b Next Page 3D Rendering Performance: SPECviewperf "Lightscape"
3 Comments
Comment from the forums
-
godbrother Wow, I can't belive this was written in 2002, still no replies :D C'mon fellas. It's closing in on 8 years.Reply -
youssef 2010 and now we have 6-core i7-980X that can be overclocked using the stock cooler.And the intel atom can beat the 2200MHz chip in the benchmark(the dual-core atom, of course).But these days were good.I was still pretty much an ignorant in the computer field.Reply