Testing
Ziff
Davis CPUMark 99
I was pretty surprised by the low result for
the Celeron. I repeated it several times and it always came up the same.
This is why using only one benchmark to test a piece of hardware is a bad
idea. You can download CPUMark99 from Ziff Davis
here.
Sisoft Sandra 2000
Standard CPU Benchmark
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Duron
CPU Dhrystone 2285
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Duron
FPU Whetstone 1114
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Celeron
CPU Dhrystone 2343
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Celeron
FPU Whetstone 1137
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SiSoft Sandra 2000 Memory Benchmark
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Duron
ALU Memory Bandwidth 349 MB/s
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Duron
FPU Memory Bandwidth 388 MB/s
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Celeron
ALU Memory Bandwidth 259 MB/s
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Celeron
FPU Memory Bandwidth 282 MB/s
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That is quite a paradox - that
the Duron at 50 MHz less speed can kill the Cel2 in CPUMark99 but gets edged
out with Sandra. This is why I wouldn't rely on just one benchmark to make
any conclusions about a component. At the urging of a reader - Guamcell -
I ran the streaming memory test from Sandra also. With a lot of memory optimizing
in the BIOS the Duron just smoked the Celeron again. Make sure you play with
your BIOS settings too so you can get a good result like this. You can download
Sandra here.
