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Q3 2006 CPU Performance Charts

By Vijay Anand - 23 Oct 2006

Test Setup & Benchmarks

Test Setup & Benchmarks

With the recap of dual-core processors, variety and updates to the series since we've last discussed about them, we're all set to lay down the test setup specs used to benchmark them. The outcome of which, we have obtained 400 results that we've compiled from running 16 different processors across our suite of benchmarks. Here then are the testbed specifications used for this review:-


Intel Core 2 Configuration

  • Intel Desktop Board D975XBX (Intel 975X Express chipset)
  • Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800, Core 2 Duo E6700, E6600 and E6300
  • 2 x 512MB Corsair XMS DDR2-800 non-ECC memory modules (CAS 4. 4-4-12)
  • Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 80GB SATA hard disk drive (one single NTFS partition)
  • MSI GeForce 7900 GT 256MB - with NVIDIA Detonator XP 84.21
  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2


Intel Pentium D Configuration

  • ASUS P5WD2-E Premium (Intel 975X Express chipset)
  • Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 965 (with Hyper-Threading), Pentium D 960, 945, 940, 925 and 915.
  • 2 x 512MB Kingston HyperX DDR2-667 non-ECC memory modules (CAS 4. 4-4-10)
  • Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 80GB SATA hard disk drive (one single NTFS partition)
  • MSI GeForce 7900 GT 256MB - with NVIDIA Detonator XP 84.21
  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2


AMD Athlon 64 FX / X2 Configuration

  • ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe (nForce 590 SLI chipset)
  • AMD Athlon 64 FX-62, Athlon 64 X2 5200+, 5000+, 4600+, 4200+ and 3800+
  • 2 x 512MB Corsair XMS DDR2-800 non-ECC memory modules (CAS 4, 4-4-12)
  • Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 80GB SATA hard disk drive (one single NTFS partition)
  • MSI GeForce 7900 GT 256MB - with NVIDIA Detonator XP 84.21
  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2


The benchmarks used in this review include:-

  • SPECCPU 2000 v1.3
  • Futuremark PCMark 2005 Pro
  • BAPCo SYSmark 2004
  • Lightwave 3D 7.5
  • Cinebench 2003
  • XMpeg 5.03 (DivX 6.2.5 encoding)
  • Futuremark 3DMark06 Pro
  • Unreal Tournament 2004
  • AquaMark3
  • Quake 4 ver.1.20
  • F.E.A.R.
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