Intel's Core 2 Extreme & Core 2 Duo: The Empire Strikes Back
by Anand Lal Shimpi on July 14, 2006 12:00 AM EST- Posted in
- CPUs
Application Performance using Winstone 2004
Winstone 2004 consists of two different benchmark suites; the Business Winstone test focuses on office applications, while the Multimedia Content Creation benchmark contains many audio/visual applications that are more CPU limited. Realistically, we wouldn't put too much stock in the Business Winstone test, as the majority of applications will spend their time waiting on the user.
Looking at the results, the Core 2 Extreme comes out ahead of the FX-62 by 9% and 10% in the Business and MCC tests, respectively. The Core 2 Duo E6300 on the other hand takes a 5% lead over the X2 3800+ in the business test, and basically ties with it in the MCC results. For the price/performance segment, the result is basically a tie, while the Core 2 Extreme continues to maintain a 10% or higher lead in the maximum performance arena.
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heaneyforestrntpe68 - Thursday, October 21, 2021 - link
I'd love to see some timings from a C++ compiler or two... Looks like I'll have to revise our standard developer PC configuration. https://bit.ly/3DWvK0ialamoscouts - Sunday, March 13, 2022 - link
To effectively benchmark TES 4: Oblivion (or pretty much any Elder Scrolls game since TES II) you have to benchmark in town and in the open world. Open world performance is by far the most brutal and will cut FPS in half or more depending on the GPU/CPU. Other than that, I really appreciate you guys maintaining these older reviews which are a great resource for old school enthusiasts like myself.