[pwguildcug] Re: Speed test
- From: Robin Johnston <rbjozzi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Brian <pwguildcug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:49:05 +1000
Hello Brian,
Sunday, June 27, 2010, 9:07:47 AM, you wrote:
> Hi All
> The scores so far are
> Brian
> Old Medion desktop 203
> Dell Laptop 239
> My desktop 731
> Robin 318
> Jim 857
> Aub 223
> Werner 151
> Ron 404
> Theo 270
> I believe that you should not put too much importance on the actual
> figures if your PC is working as you want it to work because there are
> many variables. If it ain't broke - don't fix it!
> The Novabench tests might show an area where improvement in one area
> could be significant and not too expensive
> There has been a very helpful thread running in a Melbpc news group on
> computer speed with many contributors
> To quote Jason Keast :-
> " .............it has been many years since you could use clock
> frequency as a simple way to compare performance.
> They no longer try to make a single processor run faster and faster -
> it gets too hot and, therefore, noisy (because of all the fans).
> Instead, they make everything smaller, put more (independent)
> processors (ie cores) on the one chip, and improve caching, etc.
> By making things smaller not only do the chips use less energy (per
> transistor), but the electrons don't have as far to travel - which
> means calculations are performed faster (for the same clock speed).
> Having several cores means that several tasks can be done
> simultaneously - without time-sharing the one CPU. It's also easy to
> save power by automatically shutting down cores that aren't needed -
> especially useful for laptops.
> The latest chips use 32nm technology
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/32_nanometer), have 6 cores, 8M cache,
> and pack over a billion transistors onto one chip!
> No wonder they work better. :-) "
> Malcolm Miles contributed:-
> Windows 7 and Vista calculate a "Windows Experience Index" based on
> processor speed, memory speed, graphics performance and hard disk
> transfer rates.
> <http://windows.microsoft.com/en-AU/windows7/What-is-the-Windows-Experience-Index>
> Regards
> Brian
It all seems relative.
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Robin Johnston
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