Configurazione di prova

La velocità di clock non è la sola che conta. Sempre più componenti per PC sono dotati di molteplici unità per aumentare le prestazioni tramite il parallelismo. In questo primo articolo, confronteremo CPU single, dual e quad core, basate sulla stessa architettura e velocità.

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Configurazione di prova

Piattaforma
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 (65 nm; 2000 MHz, 2 MB L2 Cache)
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo X6800 (65 nm; 2933 MHz, 4 MB L2 Cache)
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo QX6700 (65 nm; 2666 MHz, 2x4 MB L2 Cache)
Motherboard DFI LANParty UT P35-T2R, Rev: A.03

Chipset: Intel P35, BIOS 23.08.2007

RAM Corsair CM2X1024-8888C4D

2x 1024 MB DDR2-800 (CL 4-4-4-12, 2T)

Hard Disk Drive (read) Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD

150 GB, 10,000 RPM, 16 MB cache, SATA/150

Hard Disk Drive (write) Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD

150 GB, 10,000 RPM, 16 MB cache, SATA/150

DVD-ROM Samsung SH-S183
Graphics Card Zotac GeForce 8800 GTS

GPU: Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS (500 MHz)

RAM: 320 MB GDDR3 (1600 MHz)

Sound Card Integrated
Power Supply Enermax EG565P-VE

ATX 2.01, 510 Watt

System Software & Drivers
OS Windows XP Professional 5.10.2600, Service Pack 2
DirectX Version 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Platform Drivers Intel Version 8.3.1013
Graphics Drivers Nvidia Forceware 162.18

Benchmark e configurazione

Benchmarks e configurazione
Giochi 3D
Call Of Duty 2 Version: 1.3 Retail

Video Mode: 1280x960

Anti Aliasing: off

Graphics Card: medium

Timedemo demo2

Prey Version: 1.3

Video Mode: 1280x1024

Video Quality: game default

Vsync = off

Benchmark: THG-Demo

Quake 4 Version: 1.2 (Dual-Core Patch)

Video Mode: 1280x1024

Video Quality: high

THG Timedemo waste.map

timedemo demo8.demo 1 (1 = load textures)

Audio
Lame MP3 Version 3.98 Beta 5

Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 min

wave to mp3

160 kbps

Video
TMPEG 3.0 Express Version: 3.0.4.24 (no Audio)

fist 5 Minutes DVD Terminator 2 SE (704x576) 16:9

Multithreading by rendering

DivX 6.7 Version: 6.7 (4 Logical CPUs)

Profile: High Definition Profile

1-pass, 3000 kbit/s

Encoding mode: Insane Quality

Enhanced multithreading

no Audio

XviD 1.1.3 Version: 1.1.3

Target quantizer: 1.00

Mainconcept H.264 v2 Version 2.1

260 MB MPEG-2 source (1920x1080) 16:9

Codec: H.264

Mode: NTSC

Audio: AAC

Profile: High

Stream: Program

Applicazioni
WinRAR Version 3.70

(303 MB, 47 Files, 2 Folders)

Compression = Best

Dictionary = 4096 kB

Autodesk 3D Studio Max Version: 8.0

Characters "Dragon_Charater_rig"

rendering HTDV 1920x1080

Cinebench Version: R10

1 CPU, x CPU run

Sintetici
PCMark05 Pro Version: 1.2.0

CPU and Memory Tests

Windows Media Player 10.00.00.3646

Windows Media Encoder 9.00.00.2980

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