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Intel's 1600MHz FSB Platform: Tried, Tested, Judged

By Zachary Chan - 16 Apr 2008

Results - SPEC CPU2000 v1.3

Results - SPEC CPU2000 v1.3

With a faster processor, there was no doubt that SPEC CPU2000 would post better results for the QX9770. However, the 1600MHz platform did seem to offer our test system an extra boost over a standard processor upgrade, deliving a over 5% gains in integer and floating point performance over the QX9650 and its 1333MHz setup. Multi-threaded tests showed even better performance gains, with dual-threaded scores at 9% over the 1333MHz FSB system, though it does seem to taper out when it goes to four threads.

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