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    Measure your Notebook CPU Speed

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

  1. Reezin14

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    AC 2m = 1m 19sec
    Battery 2m = 1m 19sec
     
    Reezin14, Sep 16, 2006
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  2. cheap_Deal

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    HP dv 1615ts
    1.8ghz centrino M
    1gb ram
    5400 RPM 80gb drive

    AC power 2m pi
    1m59secs

    On Batt 2m pi
    2m 00secs i kid u not
     
    cheap_Deal, Sep 17, 2006
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  3. supergenius

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    Dell 9400 (e1705)
    Merom t7400 2.16 ghz
    2 GB 667 Mhz
    120 GB 5400 rpm

    AC 2m = 57 secs
     
    supergenius, Sep 18, 2006
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  4. feederfan

    feederfan Notebook Enthusiast

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    Samsung Q35 Intel Core Duo T2500, 1.25GB DDRII RAM, 100GB SATA 5400rpm
    AC = 1min 21

    And thats only using one processor core! the other one stays at 20% use!
     
    feederfan, Sep 19, 2006
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  5. LFC

    LFC Ex-NBR

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    HP NC8430 T2300, 1.5gb ram, 100gb sata HDD
    AC = 1.25
    Batt = 1.26

    I'm quite happy with the T2300 and it's performance considering it's on the bottom rung
     
    LFC, Sep 19, 2006
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  6. 1.8tyrone

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    hp dv2000t
    C2D 1.83 (T5600)
    80GB HD @ 5400rpm
    2GB memory
    all bloatware still in place
    on 91% battery power
    2M places: 1m13s
     
    1.8tyrone, Sep 19, 2006
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  7. nix

    nix Notebook Consultant

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    acer aspire 5102

    AMD Turion 64 X2 TL50 (1.6GHz, 512KB L2 cache)
    ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 (128MB shared)
    1024MB DDR2
    120GB (4200rpm) HDD

    To calculate Pi to 2M:

    @ maximum performance settings (using the acer ePower Management widget):

    2 min 11 sec
     
    nix, Sep 20, 2006
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  8. nix

    nix Notebook Consultant

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    Thats pretty impressive. My Dv2000z with same specs (except with Turion X2) did it in 2 min 07 sec on AC. C2D beats the bottoms off all current mobile CPUs. However, I'm perfectly happy with my turion X2 notebook which sold for a mere $900 CAN. Looks like its rapidly growing in popularity too and I can see why.
     
    nix, Sep 20, 2006
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  9. jasperjones

    jasperjones Notebook Evangelist

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    Dell Latitude D620, T7200, 2GB DRR2-667

    AC powered, 2m digits

    1:01
     
    jasperjones, Sep 20, 2006
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  10. speedy41

    speedy41 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Is there a database that shows the results and processor?
     
    speedy41, Sep 21, 2006
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  11. broken

    broken Newbie

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    Compaq V5207NR

    Celeron M 410 @ 1.46 GHz
    60 gig 5400rpm Sata HD
    512 megs ram
    Dual Layer DVD-R


    1 min 40 seconds


    Not too shabby for a $500 laptop from bestbuy.

    :D
     
    broken, Sep 21, 2006
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  12. akademiks

    akademiks Notebook Guru

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    i just did a test right now to see how fast my laptop is after ditching all of Dell's crap...


    Core 2 Duo
    T7400 @ 2.13ghz
    2GB Ram

    55sec :)
     
    akademiks, Sep 22, 2006
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  13. bugmenot9

    bugmenot9 Notebook Consultant

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    AC 2M 1 min 23 sec
    Batt 1 min 31 sec
     
    bugmenot9, Sep 22, 2006
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  14. barney

    barney Notebook Geek

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    T2500
    AC 1 min 18 sec
    Batt 1 min 19 sec
     
    barney, Sep 23, 2006
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  15. auToeXeC

    auToeXeC Newbie

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    21 sec

    core duo 2 @ 2.33GHz
    1GB
     
    auToeXeC, Sep 23, 2006
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  16. megafire455

    megafire455 Notebook Guru

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    1 m 17 sec
    1.83 core 2 t5600
    1 gb ram
    80 gb hd
     
    megafire455, Sep 24, 2006
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  17. Azinfellow

    Azinfellow Notebook Consultant

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    2m ~ 1m 02s on battery, check my signature for AC time

    T7200 DV2000T!!
     
    Azinfellow, Sep 24, 2006
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  18. zentropa

    zentropa Notebook Enthusiast

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    1:34 plugged.

    check signature for specs.
     
    zentropa, Sep 28, 2006
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  19. yoopermjm

    yoopermjm Notebook Guru

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    Dell xps m1210, 2.33 ghz dual core processor, 2 gig ram, reformatted to remove all dellcrudware, plugged in, super pi to 2m = 54 seconds, plugged. I ran it twice because I couldn't believe it!
     
    yoopermjm, Sep 28, 2006
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  20. paap2020

    paap2020 Notebook Enthusiast

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    1 MINUTE 16 SECS
    Latitude
    Core 2 Duo 2.0 G T2700
    100G 7200RPM
    2 G RAM
    Nvidia Quadro NVS 120
     
    paap2020, Sep 29, 2006
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  21. trapm

    trapm Newbie

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    2:04 on AC
    2:10 on Battery.
     
    trapm, Sep 30, 2006
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  22. doddles

    doddles Notebook Guru

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    1:13
    Portable One UX
    Core Duo T2500 2.0 GHz
    2 Gb RAM
    100 Gb 7200 RPM
     
    doddles, Sep 30, 2006
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  23. CeeNote

    CeeNote Notebook Virtuoso

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    I got 1:51
     
    CeeNote, Oct 5, 2006
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  24. philby

    philby Notebook Consultant

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    Core Du0 2.16 - 2gig 667 ram, 100 7200rpm HDD, 256 meg Nvidia 7800 go

    time 28.728 for 1M
    Time 1.11.906 for 2M

    on battery but set to performance
     
    philby, Oct 10, 2006
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  25. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    Charles P. Jefferies, Oct 10, 2006
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  26. moon angel

    moon angel Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    Finally got the new machine!

    Toshiba Satellite Pro L100

    Celeron-m 380 1.6GHz
    448mb ddr2-4200 ram (64 on video)
    radeon xpress 200m up to 256mb
    60gb sata-150 hdd
    dual layer dvd+/-rw

    1 million digits pi: 0:59

    2 million digits pi: 2:14

    My old P4 2.8 did 1 mill in 0:57 so that's not bad at all! Certainly better than 6:26!

    Unfortunately the portege is now dead. :(
     
    moon angel, Oct 10, 2006
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  27. shrike

    shrike Notebook Consultant

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    HP6000
    1.6Ghz duo
    1G Ram
    Go 7400
    80G 5200 STAT

    2M= 1min 29 sec...
    :eek:
     
    shrike, Oct 11, 2006
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  28. DavidtheDuke

    DavidtheDuke Notebook Consultant

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    1.83Ghz Core 2 Duo
    2GB DDR

    1min 19sec, 2M
     
    DavidtheDuke, Oct 12, 2006
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  29. spizzak

    spizzak Notebook Consultant

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    Okay this is on the computer I use at highschool.

    2M -> 0h:34m:34s

    Pretty sad, I know
     
    spizzak, Oct 12, 2006
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  30. lostmytoy

    lostmytoy Notebook Enthusiast

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    ThinkPad T43
    PM 760
    512MB Ram

    1M = 41s
    2M = 1m41s

    Good or bad..
     
    lostmytoy, Oct 12, 2006
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  31. lostmytoy

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    Acer TM4202
    Core Duo T2300
    512MB 533MHz

    1M = 37s
    2M = 1m33s

    slightly faster than the thinkpad..
     
    lostmytoy, Oct 12, 2006
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  32. lostmytoy

    lostmytoy Notebook Enthusiast

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    Dell 640m
    Core 2 Dou t7200
    1G 533 Ram

    1M = 25s
    2M = 1m02s
     
    lostmytoy, Oct 12, 2006
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  33. hp_dv2000_t

    hp_dv2000_t Notebook Geek

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    HP DV2000T, Core 2 Duo 7200 2.0 Ghz, NVidia 7200, 1gb 533 RAM, 100gb HD

    CORD POWERED:
    1M = 26s
    2M = 1m02s

    BATTERY POWERED:
    same as above
     
    hp_dv2000_t, Oct 13, 2006
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  34. DrewBlood

    DrewBlood Notebook Enthusiast

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    Dell e1705 Core2Duo 7200 (2.0GhZ), 1GB 533 (approx 768 free, had other apps running), 120GB 5400 RPM HDD.

    2M = 1m00s
    Wow!
     
    DrewBlood, Oct 13, 2006
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  35. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    See the sig for the specs

    1M = 32S
    2M = 59S
     
    Pitabred, Oct 13, 2006
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  36. nealric

    nealric Newbie

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    holy crap- my desktop is no longer worthy
    I think I may have to sell it out of shame when comparing it to the core2 duo lappy coming my way in a few days...

    Althon64 3000+ at 2.7ghz....
    1m18s 2m
     
    nealric, Oct 14, 2006
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  37. carbonic15

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    2MB: 1 minutte 08 seconds,
    not bad,

    Dell XPS M1210
    Intel Core Duo T2600 (2.16GHz), Genuine Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, 2GB DDR2 667MHz, 80GB 7200RPM SATA, 8x (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability, 256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 TurboCache, Sound Blaster Audigy HD Software Edition, Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 Internal Wireless and Bluetooth
     
    carbonic15, Oct 14, 2006
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  38. mattgonebad

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    core duo t2400 1.86: 1m17s
    core 2 duo t5600 1.86: 1m 12s
    not bad proformance gain for the same speed
     
    mattgonebad, Oct 14, 2006
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  39. TroyBoy30

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    Acer Aspire 5672WLMi
    Core Duo T2300
    2G PC25300 677MHz

    AC
    2M = 1m21s
     
    TroyBoy30, Oct 17, 2006
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  40. nxstream

    nxstream Newbie

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    Toshiba Satellite Centrino Core Duo T2500 2.0Ghz
    1M = 0m 30s
    2M = 1m 15s

    NOTE:
    The test does not tell the whole picture as with Duo Core it only uses one "core" (50% of the computer's processing power).
     
    nxstream, Oct 18, 2006
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  41. 31337

    31337 Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    2M = 1 min 10 sec while burning a DVD i'll wait and do it again when the dvd is done .. maybe that will change !!
     
    31337, Oct 18, 2006
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  42. Pitabred

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    Thanks for posting this! It'll give people a good idea of the difference between the Core 2 Duo and the Core Duo at the same spec. For 1M digits of Pi I got 24s (I re-calculated it after the performance tweaks), and for 2M I got 59s. So there's an 8.3% performance increase of Super Pi going from the Core Duo to the Core 2 Duo of the same clock speed.
     
    Pitabred, Oct 18, 2006
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  43. joshuaLX

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    1m........25s
    2m........1m 03s

    Inspiron 6400
    Core 2 Duo T7200
    1G 533Mhz RAM
    GeForce 7300
     
    joshuaLX, Oct 23, 2006
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  44. pitch_white

    pitch_white Notebook Guru

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    2M - 1:03 mins

    Asus W3J
    Core 2 Duo T7200
    2gb RAM
    100GB 7200RPM hdd
    x1600
     
    pitch_white, Oct 23, 2006
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  45. jgscott

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    COMPAQ Presario V2311US

    AMD Turion ML-28 / 1.60GHz
    512 MB RAM
    60 GB HD
    Win XP Home

    2 mil = 1m 47s
     
    jgscott, Nov 4, 2006
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  46. peterp

    peterp Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi guys,

    I did this test on my ancient 6/7 year old desktop PC just for a but of fun to see what it would get.

    Specs:

    PIII 864MHz
    128MB RAM
    NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro ("the first family of high performance graphics...")
    40GB HDD ????rpm


    Running XP Home (very slow...) with only this thread on Firefox running and no background programs. (33 processes total)

    Time:

    10 m and 11s. :D :eek: :rolleyes: :p

    Can anybody tell me whether this is fast or slow for a system of this age and specs. Thankyou.
    Peter.
     
    peterp, Nov 4, 2006
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  47. darth_laidher

    darth_laidher Notebook Evangelist

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    hp dv6000z turion 64 x2 tl-60 2m1:44 seconds ac. and battery also 1:44


    1m 45 seconds
     
    darth_laidher, Nov 6, 2006
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  48. bgeiger

    bgeiger Notebook Enthusiast

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    1 minute 2 seconds (on one core)
     
    bgeiger, Nov 6, 2006
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  49. backup

    backup Newbie

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    Killer Notebooks Wakizachi (ASUS Z96JS)
    2G Intel Core Duo
    2GB RAM
    100GB 7200 RPM
    ATI Mobility X1600

    1 min. 17 sec.

    I did not disable any background tasks, I only have what is necessary running, i.e., Zone Alarm Anti-virus, Windows Defender, Intel wireless, touchpad driver, a couple of other very small things. I thought it would give a realistic test, since this is the state my system always is in. I got the same result (1min. 17 sec.) on battery power, I let the auto power setting (Power 4 Gear) adjust automatically to "Quiet Office" as it does on battery power.
     
    backup, Nov 6, 2006
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  50. backup

    backup Newbie

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    I tried it again (on AC power) after disabling all the background tasks I felt comfortable disabling, and got the same result, 1 min. 17 sec. Is this normal?
     
    backup, Nov 7, 2006
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