IV. Benchmarking

Stock Settings
For benchmarking, the stock settings will serve as the baseline scores. Note that all settings here are on automatic, with the RAM frequency running in sync with CPU system bus. With the advent of this new processor, the minimum speed of RAM to be used must be a DDR2-533MHz.

For the stock settings, all benchmark results will be acquired from three(3) runs, removing the highest and lowest score, but not averaging the total score of the three. This limit the number of random peaks of scores, and hopes to reduce the number of random unusual results. There will be no online submission of score because of time constraint and software limitation.

Temperature at idle hovers at 46C, while shoots to as high as 60c. The reference stock cooler is enough to cool this processor. Retail processors are equipped with better fan, that is, at least, better in terms of cooling. It is because retail fan don't have VSF controller, making it always running at near full speed. The motherboard is also known to read the temperature about 15c to 20c higher than comparable 3rd party motherboards.

::Multimedia Rendering::

Cinebench 9.5

::Subsystem Test::

SuperPi 1M

PCMark02

PCMark05

Sandra-CPU

Sandra-Multimedia

Sandra-RAM Bandwidth

::3D Test::

3DMark03

3DMark05

3DMark06

::Gaming::

Doom3 640x480

Believe the hype, this processor is the fastest gaming processor that money can buy. Make no mistake, this is not for the faint of heart, this processor is reserved only for those who have the heart, soul, and money to burn. And this processor is also geared for enthusiast, capable of adjustable multiplier up and down. With such felxible multiplier feature, it is very easy to achieve a higher frequency with just stock FSB and memory. Imagine having a processor that gives you a glimpse of what's the next best speed by just playing with multiplier, no messing around with ratio, and all such mumbo jumbo stuff affected by FSB overclocking.

PCMark05 shows superb muscle power, getting high marks, all processors in the marker. Gaming scores on 3DMark03 and 3DMark05 all shows consistent outstanding scores reflecting a huge portion of CPU muscle on the result. The score is almost unbelievable, Intel is not "bragging without thinking" when they say they are going to be releasing a CPU faster than the competition.

Cinebench is another wonder, video buff and multimedia fanatics will be rejoicing for such an unbelievable performance. If the dawn of dual core during its early incarnation is a blessing, the new uA is a big miracle. Truly worthy of all the praises, this CPU rocks big time.