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    Measure your Notebook CPU Speed

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by bootleg2go, Jun 15, 2004.

  1. ivwshane

    ivwshane Notebook Consultant

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    **** all these naming schemes!! It's so hard to follow cpus nowadays :(
     
  2. acidfast7

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    1:37 for 2M calculation. That seems rather fast.

    Here are the new system specs.

    HP dv4000
    Pentium-M 760
    2.0Ghz, 533Mhz FSB
    1.25GB PC2-4200
    128MB X700
    80GB 4200 RPM hdd
    undervolted to 1.148V@15x(2.0Ghz)
     
  3. ivwshane

    ivwshane Notebook Consultant

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    The pentium m 7xx series seems to be a pretty good cpu.
     
  4. edchiang

    edchiang Notebook Enthusiast

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    Laptop:

    IBM TP R52
    Pentium M 1.6, 1 GB DDR2 40GB 5400 RPM

    Desktop:

    P4 2.8 512 DDR2, 160GB SATA, 250GB Ultra ATA all with 8MB Buffer
     
  5. togus

    togus Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    Dv4000 with ATI X700
    PM 740
    512 RAM in one stick
    80 Gig 5400 RPM HD

    on AC 1:44
    on battery 1:45
     
  6. tom_handheld

    tom_handheld Notebook Consultant

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    Gateway mx6025: 2:41 min

    - Celeron M 360 (1.4 GHz)
    - Intel Extreme Graphics II
    - 1 GB PC3200 1 DIMM
    - 80GB 5400RPM Seagate Momentus HD
    - Wireless off
    - A/C plugged in
    - XP Home
     
  7. dirksteel2000

    dirksteel2000 Newbie

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    r3000z compaq presario CTO
    amd 64 3000+ dtr clawhammer 1.8 ghz
    768mb pc2700 ram
    4200 60gb hard drive
    antivirus disabled
    wireless disabled

    50 sec 1 mil
    1:54 2 mil
    plugged in
     
  8. MWP

    MWP Notebook Guru

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    w00t, just beat my fastest time again.

    LG LW70-4JMA with 1G DDRII.

    2M digits - 1:20sec :D

    Thats with the 1.86Ghz CPU overclocked to 2.25Ghz.
     
  9. rdiver

    rdiver Notebook Guru

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    Dell 700m 1.6ghz, 512mb ram, 40gb 4200rpm hdd

    Max processor, ac = 2min 16sec
    Max processor, battery = 2min 26 sec
    Underclocked @ 600mz, battery = 5min 23 sec
     
  10. vassil_98

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    L2005, Turion ML34 1.8ghz
    2.01s
     
  11. watchtower7

    watchtower7 Notebook Consultant

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    1:44
    Dell m70/Pent M 1.86/2gb ddr2 pc4200/60gb 7200rpm hd

    1:42 with antivirus and antispyware off-oops, better turn it back on

    1:37 max processor vs. dynamic switching
     
  12. Mikey

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    Averatec 3270-EE1
    AMD Mobile Sempron 1.60Ghz Windows Professional
    512MB
    60Gig

    Battery Power 2:10 AC Power 2:14

    This Laptop ran like crap when I 1st. bought it a week ago. Averatec had so much crap on the hard drive. This Phoenix back up partition is not something i'm use to. I still like having a manufacturers restore disk. I wiped the hard drive clean, including their restore partition. I installed Win XP Pro. I downloaded all hardware drivers from Averatecs website and loaded them after the OS. System runs great now! I have heard of people having trouble Changing from XP home to Pro on Averatec Laptops. Was not a problem on the 3270.
     
  13. Sickmall

    Sickmall Notebook Enthusiast

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    1m36s with ac

    1m36s with dc full power

    - Acer 1694WLMI
    - P-m 760 (nice since specs list 750 :D)
    - 1 gig ddrII ram
    - x700(64mb) also nice since specs list x600
     
  14. chinna_n

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    V2000z ML-37 1GB DDR400 40GB 5400RPM HDD.

    1 Min 43 sec AC or DC Full power. No background processes
     
  15. X24

    X24 Notebook Evangelist

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    So, whats the fastest time in here anyway?
    i'd check mine but i'm to lazy right now.
     
  16. xAMDvsIntelx

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    With SuperPi: 1 minute 22 seconds

    I LOVE MY ATHLON 64 4000+!!! :amd64-2:
     
  17. ncloet

    ncloet Notebook Enthusiast

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    I get 1 minute 34 seconds. I'm running a Pentium M 2ghz with 1g ram.
     
  18. Evangelion_04

    Evangelion_04 Newbie

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    Since my laptop is not here I used my (old) desktop. To simulate running on battery power I had winamp 2.79 running and three window of firefox open.

    On battery 17'43"
    pluged in 13'05" (that's right 13 feet and 5 inches)

    System
    PIII 450 Mhz (oh yeah)
    224 megs o' ram
    win98 SE
    and some hard disk speed ???
     
  19. Number_41

    Number_41 Notebook Enthusiast

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    here is the most suprising part about my cpu. by far, from what i've seen, i have the fastest processor here, in terms of mhz, but yet, im beaten in numbers when it comes to checking your pi-2M. My number? 2:01 at 752 mb ram, 3.46, 3.47 ghz pent 4. i'm taking care of that...soon to ugparde my ram....soon....
     
  20. BVD

    BVD Notebook Geek

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    XPS M170, Pentium M 760 (2GHz/533MHz FSB)
    2GB,DDR2,533MHz 2 Dimm
    256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 Ultra
    80GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive running at 7200 rpm

    I got 1 min 48 sec, I thought it'd be faster than that, but I'm running McAfee, YIM, surfing the net, and have a few smaller programs running.

    Edit, I closed a few programs and got 1 min 41 sec, I still think this thing can push it faster than that.
     
  21. I23

    I23 Notebook Geek

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    AC power, Max battery power setting, many running processes=1min 37 sec
    2ghz Pentium M 760

    more to come later...

    AC power, minimal backround=1min 32sec
     
  22. Uscooper

    Uscooper Notebook Consultant

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    Just did one test with my new Gateway MX7515 Athlon 64 Mobile 4000+...
    1m 26secs

    WOW. These 4000+ models seem to be better than any P-M even with the 2gigs of ram on some of these models. AMD!!!
     
  23. dr_st

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    The 4000+ is clocked at 2.6GHz. A 2.6GHz Dothan (and they say it's possible) would probably beat it.
     
  24. Sickmall

    Sickmall Notebook Enthusiast

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    Been done. If you look a lil ways back you'll see someone who got 1m20s with his 760dothan
     
  25. I23

    I23 Notebook Geek

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    @sickmall-Be more specific, this is a BIG thread...I have the 760 dothan as well, and 1min 20s is 12 sec less then my best score...can you oc these Pentium M's?
     
  26. wicker_man

    wicker_man Notebook Enthusiast NBR Reviewer

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    I get 1m45s for 2 million on AC power.

    I have an AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (2.0GHz, 1mb cache), 512mb RAM, 40GB 4200rpm HDD, 128mb ATi MR9700.

    I don't have my battery in at the moment, but the processor clocks down to 800MHz on battery.
     
  27. Sickmall

    Sickmall Notebook Enthusiast

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    You sure can oc these pentium-m's. Personally I tried it just for craps and giggles (I'd rather undervolt and have a cooler and less power hungry lappy any day). I went as far as 2.3ghz on stock voltage. It was prime stable for 12hrs (that's all I ran it for). The 1m20s you're looking for is on page 52 I think... Arround there anyhow.

    edit: spelling :p
     
  28. Sickmall

    Sickmall Notebook Enthusiast

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    You can tell it not to clock down differently (or not at all) if you feel like it...
     
  29. MWP

    MWP Notebook Guru

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    Sorry??
    See my sig.
    I have yet to see anyone beat my fastest 2M SuperPi time of 1m20sec.
     
  30. Ardor

    Ardor Notebook Evangelist

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    So, is the athlon 64 consistently faster than the P-M?
     
  31. dr_st

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    I think that reading the previous discussion allows you to conclude that it isn't.
     
  32. enchntr

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    ZD8205 with an upgraded 3.4GHz P4 650, 2GB RAM, 5400 RPM 100GB drive

    1m 27s. Could probably go faster, but not about to OC. :) Should try to run this in safe mode tonight...
     
  33. dr_st

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    Not gonna help.
     
  34. Uscooper

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    prob possible... but all i gotta say is mine is 64 bit, and *ahem*, system bus.... i say why buy a 32 bit when 64 bit is up and comming? that was my delima when for like 2 secs i considered a p-m 760 dothan... which is the only thing that could pull me away from my AMD addiction.
     
  35. TBird

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    :eek: Sry That I have to say this but I probably have the slowest time here:

    IBM Netvista (old Desktop)
    Pentium III Processor 598MHz
    512 RAM
    Time to calculate 2 Million Digits of Pi: 9min. 23 sec
    OUCH!
    :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
     
  36. Sickmall

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    Intel is commign out with a 64bit p-m midway through next year as I understand it. I think that will be a heavy hitting contender. Hence my intel choice.
     
  37. gurusan

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    Dell 5150

    P4-M 3.06ghz (ht disabled), 512mb ddr, 60gig 5400rpm HD

    A/C Power: 2 min 12 sec
    Battery: 2 min 11 sec
     
  38. xAMDvsIntelx

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    If you overclocked an AMD Athlon 4000+ (DTR version) from 2.4 to 2.6GHz it would probably beat any P-M. My 4000+ on my zv6000 topped out at 1 min. 22 sec. without overclocking it. So I would guess that it would get 1 min. 18 sec. with a 0.2GHz boost.
     
  39. ctyau

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    Dell Latitude D610

    1.86GHz Pentium-M 750 processor
    ATI Mobility Radeon X300 with 64MB
    1024MB RAM, 2 DIMM
    60GB hard drive, 5400RPM

    With AC plugged in 2M digits in 1 min and 39 seconds
     
  40. harddoom

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    i win
    p3(r)
    6 min 53 sec
     
  41. Andrew Baxter

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    Actually, it might be 2007 before Intel introduces their Merion 64-bit Mobile Pentium M processor. But Intel is doing this for a reason, the 64-bit extensions AMD includes in the Turion does cause extra power and heat consumption, and for right now there's no use for 64-bit. Intel argues that when Vista is released in 2007 there will be a viable reason to use a 64-bit capable processor, for those that want the 64-bit version of Windows Vista.

    As I'm a programmer I'll give a little bit of perspective, the last time that I wrote or ran client side software that required me to address 2^64 objects (2 to the 64th power) was never. A 32-bit long address space provides 4 billion spaces, which is plenty. In terms of the OS address spaces, Windows NT only let you have 2GB of user address space per process. But then, I know of no client applications where one process needs more than 2GB of RAM.

    So in terms of needing 64-bit for an OS or for writing applications, we just aren't there yet, so why waste the die space and increase thermal envelope for 64-bit capability on a mobile processor when it's something you can't use? 64-bit has its uses, but really is very niche at this point in time.

    Note I'm talking about mobile processors, 64-bit CPUs from Sun, HP, IBM, AMD, and Intel have all been around for some time for server side.
     
  42. jtravapd

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    dell inspiron 9300 P M 2.13ghz, 1gigram, 60gig 7200rpm

    1min 43 sec, running multiple programs, and 64 processes. (plugged in)
     
  43. By ToR

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    Athlon 64 4000 (2.6Ghz)
    Plugged > 1 min 26 sec
    Battery > 2 min 9 sec
    Gateway MX7515 1GB DDR333
     
  44. nickspohn

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    Intel Centrino P M 1.4 GHz
    2M and 26 Secs on battery with a couple applications going.
     
  45. AMD4L1F3

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    Plugged in? With not much running? I didnt know those 1.4s were that good
     
  46. xAMDvsIntelx

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    My recently revived Toshiba Satellite came in at 2 minutes 18 seconds. Its got a P4-M; not too shabby for a 3.5 year old notebook.
     
  47. nickspohn

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    Yep, not bad for 2 year old Dell.
     
  48. schaarminator

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    My Dv4000 on battery with specs in my sig ran pi to 2 million in 1 min 40 secs.
     
  49. Sickmall

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    Wow. There certainly is a reason you're an admin. Thubs up to you. You obviously know your stuff.
     
  50. red_chief

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    I second the motion:base:
     
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