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    New S96J low CPU score?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by wampmonkey, Sep 2, 2006.

  1. wampmonkey

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    Why is my 2.0ghz cpu score so low compared to this 1.83? Help anyone
     
    wampmonkey, Sep 2, 2006
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    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Not really, much of a difference between the two...

    Just maybe 185mhz?

    Not worth it IMO.
     
    usapatriot, Sep 2, 2006
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    Hold on a sec - its a S96J but the software thinks its a Z96J?

    It could be the difference then. If one is S96J and the other is a Z - it seems not to have detected things the same between the two at all so that could be the cause of the slight diff - that and the drivers and memory allocation to the video card being different.

    Peter
     
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    The S96J *IS* a Z96J, the stickers at the bottom even read Z96J. The S96J just has a different screen and was shipped off to Intel/etc. Official S96J BIOSes all read Z96J too.
     
    waha, Sep 3, 2006
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    I have no idea. Is the Ram the same type/speed (667/533/DDR, etc)?
    The difference is pretty small but I would think your system would edge out the 1.83.

    Could also just be sample variation. It is typical to get some variation when running tests. I just noticed that the CPU tests flip flopped. Try running three or four tests and taking the average. Then compare the averages.
     
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    S96J = Z96J.

    The T2500 and T2400 do not have much different from each other.
     
    usapatriot, Sep 3, 2006
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    Could be the RAM for the two systems, it could be how tweaked the OS is on the other system, and what background apps are running. Also, like someone above mentioned, benchmarking is not a finite process. You will rarely ever get the same "mark" every time you run a benchmark.

    It is also possible that drivers played a role in this benchmark. 3Dmark05 is a graphics benchmark, not a cpu benchmark. Sure, there is a "cpu" score, but it still uses a graphical benchmark to determine the score. So if one person has better graphics drivers, the framerate will be slightly higher, making the "cpu" score go up. Even though it was the graphics performance that improved, not the cpu performance.

    My advice: Don't worry about it. Processors are pretty much never the benchmark while gaming. That's why I've got a cheap T2400 for myself. The difference between a T2400 and T2500 is unnoticeable for the majority of users. It's no big deal.
     
    JPZ, Sep 3, 2006
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