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Old 03-26-2010, 11:07 PM   #81
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Would hyperthreading give you a better score? My instinct is that it wouldn't, but I don't know much about it.
Yeah I don't think so either. The idea behind hyperthreading is that you take two threads and mesh the instructions together in such a way that you make the processor more efficient.. when the actual instruction execution part of the core is stalled or not busy, the processor grabs instructions from the other thread it has assigned to it and executes them. Gives it something to do with its downtime.

But because a benchmark is basically testing the pure performance of the CPU I doubt there's much to be gained.
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I wonder if our scores would be higher with the 64bit version... I don't really want to pay $20 for something like that though.
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I guess that would depend on how it's being measured and what's being multiplied and such.

One of the benefits of 64bit is memory addressing but a benchmark like this won't benefit from that I don't think.

But if you try to add or multiply numbers that are bigger than the 32 bit registers on a 32 bit processor I think it has to do some fancy juggling to get the result, whereas with a 64bit processor the result will fit in the registers.. so in that case rather than like 5 or 10 operations to get the result, you'd only need the one multiply.

But since the benchmark is testing relative processor speed and not specifically 64bit vs 32bit operations I would think the benchmark would focus on stuff that works best.

Or maybe there's a standard set of tests to test integer and floating performance.
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Old 03-27-2010, 01:39 AM   #84
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I wonder if our scores would be higher with the 64bit version... I don't really want to pay $20 for something like that though.
You'd just get more numbers. You'll just pay $20 for some arbitrary numbers that some guy picked out based on a 6 year old Mac. Synthetic benchtests are not often that meaningful. Fun for bragging rights though.

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Old 03-27-2010, 01:44 AM   #85
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Here's another benchmark if you want to try something. Only 11 megs. Looks promising.
http://www.passmark.com/products/pt.htm

Lets try this one. A lot more fun, way more graphics testing and tests your drives as well so if you have an SSD you'd kick ass:


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My Dell Laptop:



(No clue what the baseline comparison is.)
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We probably only need to post the last part, the summary.
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Was digging around for a good drive benchmarking tool, and stumbled upon this site... which reminded me of this thread I created last year.

Anyway, for kicks, here's my latest score.



Full breakdown: http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/395515


Edit: Tried to edit the title to indicate this is an old thread, but it didn't take for some reason.

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Was digging around for a good drive benchmarking tool, and stumbled upon this site... which reminded me of this thread I created last year.

Anyway, for kicks, here's my latest score.



Full breakdown: http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/395515
Once I get a Vertex 3, I'll have the same CPU and RAM specs as you. We can see how they stack up Come on MemEx! Get some in stock!
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Had to do it again with everything closed this time.



Full breakdown: http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/395531

(Incidentally, I'm pretty sure this doesn't test your disks at all. Just processor, RAM, etc.)
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Desktop: http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/395543

It's a hack job I've pieced together over the years. Used entirely for gaming and checking how awful IE is at rendering websites.

Laptop (main computer): http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/395547

Wow, that i5 certainly affects things.

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Old 04-12-2011, 04:24 PM   #94
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12618 on our server here in our office. And that's in 32 bit mode, it won't run without paying for it in 64 bit mode.
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Had to do it again with everything closed this time.



Full breakdown: http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/395531

(Incidentally, I'm pretty sure this doesn't test your disks at all. Just processor, RAM, etc.)
I don't know what's going on. I thought we had the same processor? Mine is reporting more L1 and L2 cache than you and my numbers are all higher except my FPU performance is terrible. It's probably Windows and the fact that the free Windows benchmark is only 32-bit.

8 times the L1 cache, 4 times the L2 cache can't be right can it?


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It's probably Windows and the fact that the free Windows benchmark is only 32-bit.
The free Mac version is only 32-bit too.
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Old 04-12-2011, 05:47 PM   #97
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I have 3dMark can I post that?

Edit: Just decided to do it.

With PPU disabled.


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GeekBench is free, and it would give you a number you could compare with everyone else's numbers.

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The free Mac version is only 32-bit too.
I still don't get the different L1/L2 cache readings or the FPU difference. I'd recommend finding something that is 64-bit.
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GeekBench is free, and it would give you a number you could compare with everyone else's numbers.
3DMark is also free and would also give you a number you could compare with everyone else's numbers.






PPU on. I don't get it - if you have the hardware, why not use it? PPU off is not an option in 3DMark 11.

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