Here's a rundown of our testbed:

System Specifications
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 530
Cooler: stock
Case: Antec
Motherboard: Asus P5AD2E-Deluxe
Power supply: CoolerMaster 450W
Memory: 2X512 MBOCZ DDR2 PC5400 (dual channel)
VGA: AOpen Aelus N6800Ultra PCIe
Hard Disk Drive: WD800JD 80GB 7200RPM
OS: Windows XP Pro SP2
Drivers: 7.1.8.4
DirectX: v9.0c

The default setting of our PC during the tests was as following:

We increased the FSB and memory speed:

The CPU speed increased from 3.0Ghz to 3.75Ghz and the memory timings changed from 4-4-4-8 to 5-5-5-15.

We choose those settings because our Asus motherboard had the 1000/667 option in its overclocking profiles.

Benchmarks & Applications used

• Sisoft Sandra 2005
• PcMark04
• PassMark Performance Test V5.0
• Half Life 2 - VST
• CPU-Z