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    Measure your Dual/Multi Core Notebook CPU Speed - Bye Bye to SuperPI

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Gophn, May 17, 2007.

  1. Fade To Black

    Fade To Black The Bad Ass

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    Here's my desktop.
    FTB.jpg

    Test run on Windows Server 2008 Datacenter x64.
     
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    Audigy Notebook Evangelist

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    M1330 with T5450, 48.347

    [​IMG]

    Anyone else used wprime version 1.60? It gives me WAY off results, 90seconds for wPrime32 when I get 48.347 with version 1.55
     
  4. Lite

    Lite Notebook Deity

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    [​IMG]

    32m = 25 secconds E2140 stock voltages + stock cooler
    1024m (not pictures above , cant be botherd to run again) = 804 secconds

    £30 for E2140
    £160 for Q6600

    E240@ 3Ghz = 25 secconds
    Q6600@3Ghz = 15 secconds

    66.7% of the performance of a Q6600 but only at 18.8% of the price...

    (Not to mention its not even a quad- So unfair comparison)

    Oh yeah...


    Edit:

    Ditto , wPrime 1.60 gives me wayyy off results also , I was getting 47 odd with 1.60 seems a common problem
     
  5. knightingmagic

    knightingmagic Notebook Deity

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    [​IMG]

    32M: 2 minutes and 24.437 seconds
    1024M: 1 hour, 19 minutes, and 10.715 seconds

    I did the 1.024 billion one for kicks :p
     
  6. Lao

    Lao Notebook Evangelist

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    Isn't wPrime taking the CPU to full speed when running?

    Maybe you can tell me why my score is so low:
     
  7. knightingmagic

    knightingmagic Notebook Deity

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    Go into advanced settings and make sure 2 threads are being used.
     
  8. Lao

    Lao Notebook Evangelist

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    There are 2.
     
  9. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    Does you task manager show two charts under the performance tab?

    If yes, then the only reason your score is that low is that you are being bogged down with resources hogs:
    - Antivirus suite (Norton & MacAffee are the worst of them)
    - Spyware detector
    - System Restore
    - your Theme is set to Aero (you can change everything to Classic Mode)
    etc....
     
  10. Lao

    Lao Notebook Evangelist

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    Task manager shows 2 charts. I read the tips before, so I disabled:

    - Antivirus
    - All internet connections
    - System restore is long time disabled
    - Entered Task manager and ended un-needed processes.
    - Aero off.

    Next idea?
     
  11. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    You power options must be set to Max Performance.

    And you need to make sure your system is plugged into AC to prevent power saving.
     
  12. Lao

    Lao Notebook Evangelist

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    I even reviewed bios and changed a setting "when on AC: Max. Performance"

    I tried everything, but still shows 1169 MHz in the wPrime window.
     
  13. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    get RMclock to override your BIOS and OS's CPU settings.

    I use it to force full clock speed for benchmarks.
     
  14. Lao

    Lao Notebook Evangelist

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    Well, that's more like it. Now my CPU speeds at 2 GHz. Here's the result with all I could think of off:

    But still a bad score compared to other CPU's which are slower.
     
  15. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    thats fine.

    I can still see that your Theme is on Aero.

    Dont worry about the other scores, since the people that attained them, literally, stripped down your OS to bare GUI and working drivers.
     
  16. Leo7

    Leo7 Notebook Evangelist

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    Actually the reason your scores are so slow is because version 1.60 of wPrime (what your using) is not a 'stable build' and the results are waaaaaaay off what they should be. My results from 1.60 are nearly double what I get with 1.55.

    Download version 1.55 here and then you should get an accurate result :D
     
  17. Lao

    Lao Notebook Evangelist

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    I guess it's not a beta version. It doesn't say anything anywhere about being a beta.

    I'll try 1.55 tough.
     
  18. Leo7

    Leo7 Notebook Evangelist

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    Your right, I used the wrong terminology, it's fixed now ;)

    Post your findings when you try 1.55! :D
     
  19. Lao

    Lao Notebook Evangelist

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    If that's the case, what'll happen to all the guys that will try the last version? I mean, they'll all get higher scores just because they use that version.

    And last but not least: which scores are real?! :D The lower scores that we like, or the higher scores that we hate?

    Here's mine with the 1.55: 41.202 sec.
     
  20. Leo7

    Leo7 Notebook Evangelist

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    Unless wPrime have changed the way it benchmarks the system with version 1.60 I guess it is just plain wrong. 1.60 still calculates to the same number as version 1.55 so I think it is just giving inaccurate results.
     
  21. Shadowfate

    Shadowfate Wala pa rin ako maisip e.

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    Why does it only detect 1 CPU? v1.55
     
  22. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    you go into Advanced and set threads to 2
     
  23. Tinderbox (UK)

    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    32M = 59.467 sec / should be around 35.0 secs

    both cores where at 100% when running

    why :( :( :( :( :( :( / set to 2 threads

    regards

    John.

    [​IMG]

    [​IMG]
     
  24. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    which version of wPrime are you using?

    people said the 1.5 versions are more stable.. and remember to disable the resource hogs.
     
  25. Shadowfate

    Shadowfate Wala pa rin ako maisip e.

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    I don't like to brag(although it makes me happy) but why does my score beat a T7300??

    I know mine's overclocked but...


    Here is my speed with the v1.55,
     

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  26. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    The new AMD mobile CPUs are quite good.
    If you can submit your scores, it would be nice to put that score on the hall of fame. :)
     
  27. Tinderbox (UK)

    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    it was 1.5, just download 1.6 - jus the same time

    some thing is wrong, during the processing, the % indicator seems to speed up and slow down.

    http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e306/policeman999/wprime.jpg

    regards

    John.

    [​IMG]


     
  28. Lite

    Lite Notebook Deity

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    yeah 37 is very good , I think my t7200 gets just over 45 im really pleased with my desktops 25 though :)
    hows that amd under load temp wise?? My bros machine is always giving out v hot air.
     
  29. Shadowfate

    Shadowfate Wala pa rin ako maisip e.

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    what Hall of Fame???(First Award since getting my laptop, buhuhu(tears of joy))

    Here is my new Benchmarks, my last becnchmark was done in the safe zone of my overclocking(2.25GhZ). I tried it now to the unstable range of 2.4GHZ.(unstable because many applications, mostly CPU intensive like video encoders, hangs with this speed)

    The first one is on v1.55 and v1.60 (v1.6 shows that I outpaced a T7700)
     

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  30. Shadowfate

    Shadowfate Wala pa rin ako maisip e.

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    Well my temps when using Orthos and while running Aero Dreamscene(These 2 applications use the GPU while also running the CPU) My CPU temps are about 85 C(2.25GHZ) and my GPU at 77 C. These temps were taken when it was already 20 minutes since i started using the 2 applications.
     
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    jklman Notebook Enthusiast

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    lndnny Notebook Geek

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    32M speed test: 26.3 secs using an overclocked to 2.9 Ghz t9300. Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit. Sager np579x.
    Hwbot link

    Dan
     
  33. Leo7

    Leo7 Notebook Evangelist

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    T9300 wPrime32: 30.404

    [​IMG]
     
  34. fabarati

    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    I have 2 values for Vista Home Premium
    33.79s is for the stock, 2.4GHz

    28.987 is from when I OC'd to 2.8GHz
     

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    R4000 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Here is the bench for an HP dv2200 with Vista Business SP1 x86
     

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  36. samuderaindia

    samuderaindia Notebook Consultant

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    Let me join the party
    it's my humble Asus U1E with U7500 1.06 GHZ

    161.337 for 32m


    I know it's slow

    ups forgot to set into 2 thread

    updated resul 76.89

    not bad
     
  37. fabarati

    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    But is it slow in normal usage? Oh, you might consider updating your Sig.

    I'll be back soon with 2,8GHz results.
     
  38. samuderaindia

    samuderaindia Notebook Consultant

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    nope. mo slowness in normal use

    My main workstation still Acer, that's why I still keep as sign
     
  39. Patrick

    Patrick Formerly beat spamers with stiks

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    SHAZAM!!! Quad Core Advantage!!!
    q6600 oced to 3.2ghz at x8 multi hp x64
     

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  40. bigozone

    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    my cheap POS Acer 5315 (upgrades in sig)

    bigozone
     
  41. crpngdth2001

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    Gateway P-6831FX Notebook w/ T9300 CPU.
     

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  42. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    Damn, I just ran wprime 1.55 and it got 44s.
    Terrible,oh very terrible indeed.
    Let`s see what things I can disable.

    EDIT : disabled all that I could, AV, a bunch of processes that were using the cpu(according to the task manager...)
    41s.
    Damn that is low and despicable.
    Most people get about 34-37s. :(

    EDIT2 : Disabled a bunch more random processes(26 processes running atm),got 40s.Damn it just isn`t fair :D
     
  43. umar

    umar Notebook Evangelist

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    32.752 sec
    T8300, 2.4ghz core 2 duo
     
  44. umar

    umar Notebook Evangelist

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    update
    i got 29.264 when running vista in safe mode :)
     

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    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    I don`t get it. Is my T7500 a crappy CPU ? :D
     
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    umar Notebook Evangelist

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    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    Also, wPrime is not a terribly good performance indicator. I had a better time OC'd to 2,8 GHz than Chaz's 3,4GHz X7900, because my fsb Was faster. That's also why AMD CPU's score so highly.
     
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    skipp3r Notebook Guru

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    use the 1.61 version for the test
     
  49. wearetheborg

    wearetheborg Notebook Virtuoso

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    For 32M (both under XP SP2):

    HP NC 8000 Pentium M banias 1.7Ghz 1GB ram: 1min 49.5sec

    Thinkpad r50P Pentium M banias 1.7Ghz 2GB ram: 1min 50.7 sec
     
  50. NJoy

    NJoy Няшka

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    Advent 9617 (Uniwill L75II)

    Intel Pentium Dual Core [email protected]/ 2GB RAM@533MHz / Vista Home Premium - 59.7 sec

    basically, it performs almost like t5200, as I expected.

    [​IMG]
     

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