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The SpeedZone: Performance Potluck - An Explanation Of The Tests
Thursday, August 10, 2006

An Explanation Of The Tests

CineBench 9.5 Single Processor - Rendering test that use only one cpu ... even if multiple cpus are present.

CineBench 9.5 Dual Processor- Rendering test that use multiple cpus (up to 16), if they are present. Scores for single processor machines, in this test, are the same as the Single Processor Test

CineBench Graphics Card (OpenGL HW-L) - This test records the graphics rendering performance of the graphics card


CINEBENCH is the free benchmarking tool for Windows and Mac OS based on the powerful 3D software CINEMA 4D. Consequently, the results of tests conducted using CINEBENCH 9.5 carry significant weight when analyzing a computer’s performance in everyday use. Especially a system’s CPU and the OpenGL capabilities of its graphics card.

Hard Drive - A single file, 1.2GB or 6.7GB in size, is duplicated on the desktop

Game Performance - The game test was obtain by running Quake 4 Time Demo or EVO2 4X4 at the highest quality setting Or Quake 4 TimeDemo

QuickTime - An Export of Movie to QuickTime Movie is carried out on a 1.2GB file using the default settings. This is a processor intensive activity

 

 

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