Intel Core 2 Duo
4. Test setup
For comparison, we had in our labs, two Core2Duo CPUs (XE6800, E6600) and a previous generation (D930). Both the XE6800 and D930 are clocked at the same speed ~ 3.0GHz, but have different memory cache and architecture. All tests were carried out with the following setup, with memory timings at 5-5-5-15-30 to allow 1067MHz FSB:
- Motherboard: Asus P5B Deluxe Wi-Fi Edition BIOS 706b/711 revisions
- Memory: 2x1GB Crucial PC-8000
- VGA: MSI 7600GT Silent with Nvidia 91.47 installed
- HDD: WD 80GB SATAI (primary)
- HDD: Seagate 80GB SATAII (secondary)
- Operating system: Windows XP SP2 with all latest updates installed
We used a variety of software, from benchmark to games:
- Sisoft Sandra 2007 SP1
- Everest Lavasys Ultimate Edition 2006 v3.00.717 beta
- SuperPI Mod v1.5XS
- PC Mark05 v1.1.0
- 3D Mark06 v1.2.0
- Recode v2.3.1.8
- Science Mark 06
- POV 3.70 beta15
- Cinebench v9.5
- Prey v1.0
- Splinter Cell v1.05
- F.E.A.R v1.06
- HL2 Episode 1 June 2006 Edition