Tom's Hardware Speed Project: Pentium 4, Over 3 GHz!

By Frank Völkel
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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.

Frank Völkel
3 Comments Comment from the forums
  • godbrother
    After 7 years... Woot Woot!
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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