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Which Benchmark?

Cairnsey

Cairnsey

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Hi all,

I'm upgrading my old trusty P4 2.4B to an e2160 tomorrow (hopefully) and was wondering which benchmark to use for comparison (gives me something to do while I wait for delivery of the e2160). I'm particularly interested in video encoding apps and games. Also, what are your thoughts on thiis upgrade? Will this give me a HUGE boost or just a good noticeable improvement?
 
Cairnsey said:
Hi all,

I'm upgrading my old trusty P4 2.4B to an e2160 tomorrow (hopefully) and was wondering which benchmark to use for comparison (gives me something to do while I wait for delivery of the e2160). I'm particularly interested in video encoding apps and games. Also, what are your thoughts on thiis upgrade? Will this give me a HUGE boost or just a good noticeable improvement?
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Are you replacing the mobo as well (I am assuming you are) so what are you upgrading to ? RAM size ? All of these generally will influence your benchmark scores.

As to which is the best benchmark, the jury is out, and will remain out for the longest time.

Most popular are SiSoft Sandra , Superpi (for testing CPU and also a nice CPU indicator) , 3dmark06 (for GFX but also puts CPU through it's paces), PCMark05. There is also one called Everest, but I don't use it so I can't comment on it.
 
yeah upgrading from a be7 (478 board) to an ASrock 4Core. I have 2Gb PC3200 Corsair which is single channel at the moment but will be Dual channel in the ASrock. Might give SuperPI a blast and will post results here for anyone who's interested.
 
Yeah, SuperPi is a good idea. When I OC'd a e2160 (see sig) I put it through superpi, you could use that as a good benchmark.

Also Custom PC do a image editing/multimedia encoding benchmark you can download and run. If you like I'll run it on my system, post it in this thread for a comparison...
 
I'll run superPI tonight after a bit of spring cleaning (my PC that is, wouldn't catch me with a feather duster in my hand) :D
 
I went from a S478 P4 2.66 to a e2160. The difference is incredible. I also used an Asrock 4Core board, and the upgrade is well worth it in my opinion.

Unfortunately I don't have the benchmark results anymore.

I do have my old 3dmark01se score on a P4 2.8HT was 14760, the e2160 using the same RAM and GFX card scored 19006.
 
melbourne720 said:
Yeah, SuperPi is a good idea. When I OC'd a e2160 (see sig) I put it through superpi, you could use that as a good benchmark.

Also Custom PC do a image editing/multimedia encoding benchmark you can download and run. If you like I'll run it on my system, post it in this thread for a comparison...
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Can you post a link to this benchmark? I'd liketo run it on mine too.
 
Just for comparison sakes my results below;


P4 630 @3.0GHZ = 46s 1M SuperPI
P4 640 @3.2GHZ = 43s 1M SuperPI
AMD64 3000+ @1.8GHZ = 55s 1M SuperPI
Core2Duo e4300 @3.0GHZ = 18s 1M SuperPI


Hope any of that helps.
 
fothsn said:
Just for comparison sakes my results below;


P4 630 @3.0GHZ = 46s 1M SuperPI
P4 640 @3.2GHZ = 43s 1M SuperPI
AMD64 3000+ @1.8GHZ = 55s 1M SuperPI
Core2Duo e4300 @3.0GHZ = 18s 1M SuperPI


Hope any of that helps.
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er, my speedy P4 managed it in record time of 1m07s :o
 
fothsn, as the e4300 and e2160 are basically the same chip with 1/2 the cache, can you run SuperPI with the e4300 at stock just to give me a general idea of performance? or does cache have a big impact on this particular benchmark making it an invalid comparison?
 
ih8modem said:
I went from a S478 P4 2.66 to a e2160. The difference is incredible. I also used an Asrock 4Core board, and the upgrade is well worth it in my opinion.

Unfortunately I don't have the benchmark results anymore.

I do have my old 3dmark01se score on a P4 2.8HT was 14760, the e2160 using the same RAM and GFX card scored 19006.
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have you upgraded further? if not can you post your SuperPI result for 1M?
 
sure

Here are all my machine's Pi scores.
CPU/clock speed/motherboard /time
e2160 / 2475 / Asrock 4Core / 27.547s
e6700 / 2666 / Gigabyte DS3 / 20.125s
e6750 / 2667 / MSi P35 Neo / 19.094s
p4 2.8HT / 2800 / Asus P4P800Deluxe / 50.656s
e2160 / 1800 / MSi P35 Neo / 32.438s

Laptop
Pentium-M 750 / 1866 / Dell / 44.206s

thought it would be fun to see how my e2160 compares when at the same speed as my e6700 / e6750. So I have pushed the FSB to 296.

e2160 / 2666 / Asrock 4Core / 25.672s
 
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Yeah cache and even disk access speed. I ran it off a USB disk and the results were more than a minute more.

The disk in the e2160 on the Asrock board is only SATA-1, the RAM is DDR@400Mhz (unlinked in BIOS) and I use an AGP video card (Nvidia 6600GT)

I know thats not going to make a huge difference, but it does all add up at the end of the day.

Overall though, the e2160 is a brilliant budget chip. It overclocks extremely well, and performs more than adequately. The Asrock board is not the best, but it gives an upgrade path for people on a really tight budget. For this task it too performs very well.
 
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The effect of cache on superpi scores, and a few other benchies
 
Great chart - It proves that the e6600 is no way worth the extra £95. The only way I'd have one is in the unlikely event that someone offered me one for something like £70inc on the MM but even then I got my e2160 for £40 and I'm not even sure that the chip is worth £30 more...
 
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