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Intel Pentium 4 540 (3.2E) Socket LGA 775 Processor Review

Intel Pentium 4 540 (3.2E) Socket LGA 775 Processor Review - PCSTATS

The Pentium 4 3.2E LGA775 (Land Grid Array) Socket 775 processor is based on the same 0.09 micron manufacturing process as its Socket 478 Prescott cousin.
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External Mfg. Website: Intel		May 11 2005	C. Sun

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Test setup and SysMark 2004

PCStats Test System Specs:

processor:
amd athlonxp 3200+
amd athlon64 3200+
intel pentium 4 3.0c
intel pentium 4 3.2e

clock speed:
11 x 200 mhz = 2.2 ghz
11 x 200 mhz = 2.2 ghz
15 x 200 mhz = 3 ghz
16 x 200 mhz = 3.2 ghz

motherboards:
dfi lanparty nf2 ultra b (nf2-400)*
msi k8n neo-fis2r (nf3-250gb)*
msi k8t neo2 platinum (k8t800 pro)
dfi lanpary 875pro b (i875p)*
gigabyte ga-8anxp-d (i925x)

videocard:
asus ax800xt
msi rx800-vtd256e

memory:
2x 256mb corsair twinx 3200ll
2x 256mb samsung pc3700 (ddr2)

hard drive: 40gb western digital special ed

cdrom: nec 52x cd-rom

powersupply: vantec 400b ion

software setup
windowsxp build 2600
intel inf 5.10.1012
via 4in1 4.51
forceware 4
catalyst 4.6

workstation benchmarks
sysmark 2004
business winstone 2002
content creation 2002
super pi
povray
sciencemark
pcmark2002
pcmark04
3dmark2001se
aquamark3
comanche 4
ut2003

SYSmark 2004 Source: Bapco

SYSmark 2004 is BAPCo's latest revision of the mainstream office productivity and Internet content creation benchmark used to characterize the performance of the business client. It is based on a foundation of extensive research into emerging usage models and computing trends and incorporates the latest benchmarking methodologies to evaluate platform technologies. SYSmark 2004 contains scientifically designed workloads that represent the range of activities that an office productivity or Internet content creation work may encounter. In addition to extensive validation across multiple platforms, users can be sure of a consistent and reliable performance comparison.

SysMark 2004

Overall: Points Ranking

AthlonXP 3200+ (NF2 Ultra 200/400) 167

Athlon64 3200+ (NF3-250 200/400) 189

Athlon64 3800+ (K8T800 Pro 200/400) 222

Pentium 4 3.0C (i875P 200/400) 198

Pentium 4 540 (915P 200/400) 206

Pentium 4 540 (925X 200/533) 203

Internet Overall: Points Ranking

AthlonXP 3200+ (NF2 Ultra 200/400) 174

Athlon64 3200+ (NF3-250 200/400) 189

Athlon64 3800+ (K8T800 Pro 200/400) 209

Pentium 4 3.0C (i875P 200/400) 198

Pentium 4 540 (915P 200/400) 225

Pentium 4 540 (925X 200/533) 217

3D Creation: Points Ranking

AthlonXP 3200+ (NF2 Ultra 200/400) 176

Athlon64 3200+ (NF3-250 200/400) 189

Athlon64 3800+ (K8T800 Pro 200/400) 273

Pentium 4 3.0C (i875P 200/400) 193

Pentium 4 540 (915P 200/400) 215

Pentium 4 540 (925X 200/533) 207

2D Creation: Points Ranking

AthlonXP 3200+ (NF2 Ultra 200/400) 188

Athlon64 3200+ (NF3-250 200/400) 219

Athlon64 3800+ (K8T800 Pro 200/400) 193

Pentium 4 3.0C (i875P 200/400) 227

Pentium 4 540 (915P 200/400) 266

Pentium 4 540 (925X 200/533) 256

Web Publication Points Ranking

AthlonXP 3200+ (NF2 Ultra 200/400) 160

Athlon64 3200+ (NF3-250 200/400) 169

Athlon64 3800+ (K8T800 Pro 200/400) 193

Pentium 4 3.0C (i875P 200/400) 174

Pentium 4 540 (915P 200/400) 199

Pentium 4 540 (925X 200/533) 192

Office Overall: Points Ranking

AthlonXP 3200+ (NF2 Ultra 200/400) 160

Athlon64 3200+ (NF3-250 200/400) 177

Athlon64 3800+ (K8T800 Pro 200/400) 200

Pentium 4 3.0C (i875P 200/400) 178

Pentium 4 540 (915P 200/400) 189

Pentium 4 540 (925X 200/533) 190

Communication: Points Ranking

AthlonXP 3200+ (NF2 Ultra 200/400) 184

Athlon64 3200+ (NF3-250 200/400) 196

Athlon64 3800+ (K8T800 Pro 200/400) 209

Pentium 4 3.0C (i875P 200/400) 184

Pentium 4 540 (915P 200/400) 183

Pentium 4 540 (925X 200/533) 180

Document Creation: Points Ranking

AthlonXP 3200+ (NF2 Ultra 200/400) 170

Athlon64 3200+ (NF3-250 200/400) 182

Athlon64 3800+ (K8T800 Pro 200/400) 215

Pentium 4 3.0C (i875P 200/400) 179

Pentium 4 540 (915P 200/400) 196

Pentium 4 540 (925X 200/533) 197

Data Analysis: Points Ranking

AthlonXP 3200+ (NF2 Ultra 200/400) 131

Athlon64 3200+ (NF3-250 200/400) 156

Athlon64 3800+ (K8T800 Pro 200/400) 179

Pentium 4 3.0C (i875P 200/400) 173

Pentium 4 540 (915P 200/400) 188

Pentium 4 540 (925X 200/533) 192

The power of the new socket 775 processors comes to the fore as the Pentium 4 540 splits this benchmark with the AMD Athlon 64 3800+ chip.

Contents of Article: Intel Pentium 4 540

Pg 1. Intel Pentium 4 540 (3.2E) Socket LGA 775 Processor Review
Pg 2. CPU Features
Pg 3. Model Numbers
Pg 4. Intel's chipsets for Socket 775: 915P/G and 925X
Pg 5. The 915G/P chipset
Pg 6. The 925X chipset
Pg 7. — Test setup and SysMark 2004
Pg 8. Benchmarks: Winstone 2002, Super Pi
Pg 9. Benchmarks: Sandra 2004, POVray
Pg 10. Benchmarks: ScienceMark, CINEBENCH 2000
Pg 11. Benchmarks: PCMark04, 3DMark2001
Pg 12. Benchmarks: 3DMark05, AquaMark3
Pg 13. Benchmarks: Comanche 4, UT2003
Pg 14. Benchmarks: UT2004, Doom3
Pg 15. Overclocking and conclusion

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