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				Synthetic Benchmarks: Office Productivity, SiSoft Sandra
						
		
				
		
		
		
	
 
  
  
      SiSoft Sandra 2009 - 
      Processor | 
    Source: Sandra |  
  
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Sandra is 
designed to test the theoretical power of a complete system and individual 
components. The numbers taken though are again, purely theoretical and may not 
represent real world performance. Higher results are best. 
 
  
  
    
      
        
        
           SiSoft Sandra 2009 
            v15.72 - Processor |  
        
          | Processor Arithmetic Dhrystone ALU: 
(GIPS) | 
          Points | 
          Ranking |  
        
          | Intel Core i7 
          920 | 
          68.25 | 
              |  
        
          | Intel Core 2 Duo 
            E8400 | 
          23.56 | 
              |  
        
           AMD Phenom II X4 
            955 Black Edition  | 
          43.7  | 
              |  
        
          | AMD Phenom II X3 
            720 Black Edition (DDR2) | 
          28.64 | 
              |  
        
          | AMD Phenom II X3 
            720 Black Edition (DDR3) | 
          28.7 | 
              |  
        
          | Processor Arithmetic Whetstone iSSE3: 
            (Gflops) | 
          Points | 
          Ranking |  
        
          | Intel Core i7 
          920 | 
          60.22 | 
              |  
        
          | Intel Core 2 Duo 
            E8400 | 
          22.17 | 
              |  
        
           AMD Phenom II X4 
            955 Black Edition  | 
          42.17  | 
              |  
        
          | AMD Phenom II X3 
            720 Black Edition (DDR2) | 
          27.64 | 
              |  
        
          | AMD Phenom II X3 
            720 Black Edition (DDR3) | 
          27.9 | 
              |  
        
          | Processor Multi-Media Int x8 iSSE3: 
            (Mpixels/s) | 
          Points | 
          Ranking |  
        
          | Intel Core i7 
          920 | 
          119.35 | 
              |  
        
          | Intel Core 2 Duo 
            E8400 | 
          54.17 | 
              |  
        
           AMD Phenom II X4 
            955 Black Edition  | 
          125.63  | 
              |  
        
          | AMD Phenom II X3 
            720 Black Edition (DDR2) | 
          81.85 | 
              |  
        
          | AMD Phenom II X3 
            720 Black Edition (DDR3) | 
          81.92 | 
              |  
        
          | Processor Multi-Media Float x4 iSSE2: 
            (Mpixels/s) | 
          Points | 
          Ranking |  
        
          | Intel Core i7 
          920 | 
          95.4 | 
              |  
        
          | Intel Core 2 Duo 
            E8400 | 
          31.22 | 
              |  
        
           AMD Phenom II X4 
            955 Black Edition  | 
          55  | 
              |  
        
          | AMD Phenom II X3 
            720 Black Edition (DDR2) | 
          36.04 | 
              |  
        
          | AMD Phenom II X3 
            720 Black Edition (DDR3) | 
          36.08 | 
              |  
        
          | Processor Multi-Media Float x2 iSSE2: 
            (Mpixels/s) | 
          Points | 
          Ranking |  
        
          | Intel Core i7 
          920 | 
          49.63 | 
              |  
        
          | Intel Core 2 Duo 
            E8400 | 
          15.76 | 
              |  
        
           AMD Phenom II X4 
            955 Black Edition  | 
          29.99  | 
              |  
        
          | AMD Phenom II X3 
            720 Black Edition (DDR2) | 
          19.68 | 
              |  
        
          | AMD Phenom II X3 
            720 Black Edition (DDR3) | 
          19.68 | 
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SiSoft 
Sandra responds well to the Core i7 architecture, and is greatly influenced by 
that CPU's hyperthreading capabilites. This is an easy win for Intel, although 
this kind of performance scaling is very rarely seen in real world applications. 
 
 
  
  
      SiSoft Sandra 2009 - 
      Memory | 
    Source: Sandra |  
  
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Sandra is 
designed to test the theoretical power of a complete system and individual 
components. The numbers taken though are again, purely theoretical and may not 
represent real world performance. Higher bandwidth and lower latencies are 
best. 
 
  
  
    
      
        
        
           SiSoft Sandra 2009 
            v15.72 - Memory |  
        
          | Multicore Efficiency Bandwidth: (GB/s) | 
          Points | 
          Ranking |  
        
          | Intel Core i7 
          920 | 
          30.51 | 
              |  
        
          | Intel Core 2 Duo 
            E8400 | 
          9.11 | 
              |  
        
           AMD Phenom II X4 
            955 Black Edition  | 
          4.75  | 
              |  
        
          | AMD Phenom II X3 
            720 Black Edition (DDR2) | 
          3.67 | 
              |  
        
          | AMD Phenom II X3 
            720 Black Edition (DDR3) | 
          3.72 | 
              |  
        
          | Multicore Efficiency Latency: (ns) | 
          Points | 
          Ranking |  
        
          | Intel Core i7 
          920 | 
          17 | 
              |  
        
          | Intel Core 2 Duo 
            E8400 | 
          44 | 
              |  
        
           AMD Phenom II X4 
            955 Black Edition  | 
          89  | 
              |  
        
          | AMD Phenom II X3 
            720 Black Edition (DDR2) | 
          83 | 
              |  
        
          | AMD Phenom II X3 
            720 Black Edition (DDR3) | 
          80 | 
              |  
        
          | Memory Bandwidth Int iSSE2: (GB/s) | 
          Points | 
          Ranking |  
        
          | Intel Core i7 
          920 | 
          18.86 | 
              |  
        
          | Intel Core 2 Duo 
            E8400 | 
          7.26 | 
              |  
        
           AMD Phenom II X4 
            955 Black Edition  | 
          12.18  | 
              |  
        
          | AMD Phenom II X3 
            720 Black Edition (DDR2) | 
          11.38 | 
              |  
        
          | AMD Phenom II X3 
            720 Black Edition (DDR3) | 
          11.45 | 
              |  
        
          | Memory Bandwidth Float iSSE2: (GB/s) | 
          Points | 
          Ranking |  
        
          | Intel Core i7 
          920 | 
          18.86 | 
              |  
        
          | Intel Core 2 Duo 
            E8400 | 
          7.27 | 
              |  
        
           AMD Phenom II X4 
            955 Black Edition  | 
          12.17  | 
              |  
        
          | AMD Phenom II X3 
            720 Black Edition (DDR2) | 
          11.41 | 
              |  
        
          | AMD Phenom II X3 
            720 Black Edition (DDR3) | 
          11.42 | 
              |  
        
          | Memory Latency (Random): (ns) | 
          Points | 
          Ranking |  
        
          | Intel Core i7 
          920 | 
          81 | 
              |  
        
          | Intel Core 2 Duo 
            E8400 | 
          77 | 
              |  
        
           AMD Phenom II X4 
            955 Black Edition  | 
          83  | 
              |  
        
          | AMD Phenom II X3 
            720 Black Edition (DDR2) | 
          82 | 
              |  
        
          | AMD Phenom II X3 
            720 Black Edition (DDR3) | 
          84 | 
              |  
        
          | Memory Latency (Linear): (ns) | 
          Points | 
          Ranking |  
        
          | Intel Core i7 
          920 | 
          9 | 
              |  
        
          | Intel Core 2 Duo 
            E8400 | 
          11 | 
              |  
        
           AMD Phenom II X4 
            955 Black Edition  | 
          15  | 
              |  
        
          | AMD Phenom II X3 
            720 Black Edition (DDR2) | 
          14 | 
              |  
        
          | AMD Phenom II X3 
            720 Black Edition (DDR3) | 
          15 | 
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The Core i7's monstrous memory capabilities are clearly 
evident here, there's no way the Phenom II X4 processor can keep up with it. The 
Phenom II X4 955 is more directly comparable to the Core 2 Duo E8400 in terms of 
price, and in that respect the Phenom II X4 does better in many of the 
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  Contents of Article: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition
   
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				AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 3.2 GHz Socket AM3 Processor Review 
			
			 Pg 2.  
			
			AMD Overdrive 3.0 and Dragon Platform 
		
			 Pg 3.  
			
			AMD Overdrive 3.0 - Black Edition Memory Profiles (BEMP) 
		
			 Pg 4.  
			
			Overclocking an Unlocked 45nm Phenom II X4 
		
			 Pg 5.  
			
			Power Consumption Tests, Test System Specs 
		
			 Pg 6.  
			
			System Benchmarks: SYSMark 2007, PCMark Vantage 
		
			 Pg 7. 
			— Synthetic Benchmarks: Office Productivity, SiSoft Sandra 
		
			 Pg 8.  
			
			Calculation Benchmarks: Super Pi, wPrime2.0, ScienceMark2, WinRAR 
		
			 Pg 9.  
			
			Rendering Benchmarks: Cinebench R10, Bibble 5 
		
			 Pg 10.  
			
			Rendering Benchmarks: POV-Ray, 3.7, SPECviewPerf 10 
		
			 Pg 11.  
			
			Gaming Benchmarks: 3DMark Vantage, 3DMark 06 
		
			 Pg 12.  
			
			Gaming Benchmarks: Crysis, FEAR 
		
			 Pg 13.  
			
			A Timely Refresh? 
		 
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