Date: March 23rd, 2004
Article by: Nathan Glentworth (Owner, Head Editor & Hardware Reviewer)
Product was donated by: Intel

BENCHMARKING SETUP

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Benchmarking Programs Used:

- 3DMARK2001SE
- PCMARK2002 (CPU Score)
- PCMARK2004 (CPU Score)
- BAPCO SYSMARK 2004 (Office & Internet Content Creation)
- AQUAMARK 2 BENCHMARK (Benchmark#1: Default Settings)
- SISOFT SANDRA 2003 CPU ARITHMETIC BENCHMARK
- SISOFT SANDRA 2003 CPU MULTI-MEDIA BENCHMARK
- GLEXCESS V1.2v OPENGL BENCHMARK
- QUAKE 3 Q3CRUSH TIMEDEMO BENCHMARK
- AQUAMARK DIRECTX 9 BENCHMARK
- COMANCHE 4 DEMO BENCHMARK

Benchmarked Configurations

2.4c @ 2.4Ghz (CPU FSB: 800MHZ / MEMORY FSB: 200MHZ)
2.4c @ 3.2Ghz (5:4 Divider)(CPU FSB: 1068MHZ / MEMORY FSB: 189MHZ)
3.2EE @ 3.2Ghz (1:1 Divider)(CPU FSB: 800MHZ / MEMORY FSB: 200MHZ)
3.2EE @ 3.7Ghz (1:1 Divider)(CPU FSB: 924MHZ / MEMORY FSB: 231MHZ)
3.4E @ 3.4Ghz (1:1 Divider)(CPU FSB: 800MHZ / MEMORY FSB: 200MHZ)

Both configurations are run at locked 1:1 memory and CPU FSB divider.

Benchmarking Explained

The benchmarking is going to be kept very simple and to the point. What I will be illustrating through the testing is the performance difference comparing a stock 2.4C, an overclocked 2.4C at 3.2Ghz, a stock 3.2EE, an overclocked 3.2EE at its max overclock of 3.7Ghz and the 3.4E at 3.4Ghz.

Though I did have a 3.0C in the test lab, it was an Intel engineering sample and didn't represent the actual retail product that the consumer would be able to purchase. What I did have was a retail 2.4C that I purchased myself and I wanted to see and illustrate the performance difference of a 2.4C overclocked to 3.2Ghz when compared through benchmarking to a stock 3.2EE and 3.4E.