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Jon's
CPU tests <ongoing> |
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Over
the last few years I have been running a casual test of
the computers I have used.
I'm not going to bore you with how the test was
conducted or even what it is.
It is designed only to reveal the general trend in
performance.
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Core System Specifications
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Time (secs)
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Date |
~system
cost (GBP) |
Compaq iPaq 3630 / 32mb / 256 CFII
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137
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3/02 |
200 |
Pentium
200 / 128mb / EIDE
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113
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1/97 |
2500 |
Celeron 300 Laptop / 192mb / EIDE
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52
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2/00 |
1000 |
DEC Alpha 255 / 164mb / SCSI
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45
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1/97 |
6000 |
Pentium III-450 / 256mb / EIDE
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28
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3/99 |
700 |
Celeron 433 single CPU / 512 / EIDE
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31
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4/00 |
450 |
Celeron 433@541 single CPU / 512 / EIDE
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21
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4/00 |
450 |
Athlon 500 / 128 / EIDE
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21
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11/99 |
1000 |
DEC Alpha PWS 433 / 256mb / SCSI
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17
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1/98 |
4500 |
DEC Alpha PWS 500 / 320mb / SCSI
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14
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2/99 |
2000 |
DEC Alphastation 500/500 / 256mb / SCSI
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13
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1/98 |
10000 |
Athlon Tbird 850 / 512/ EIDE
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12.1
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7/01 |
700 |
Celeron 433@541 dual CPU / 512/ EIDE
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12
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4/00 |
450 |
Athlon Tbird 1000 / 512/ EIDE
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10.4
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9/00 |
1200 |
Athlon Tbird 1000@1100 / 512/ EIDE
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9.8
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9/00 |
1200 |
Sony FX405 Athlon4@1000 / 256/ EIDE
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9.4
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11/01 |
1300 |
Athlon Tbird 1400 (PC133)
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8
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9/01 |
1000 |
Compaq XP1000@500MHz / 512mb / SCSI
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7
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4/99 |
6600 |
Compaq XP1000@667MHz / 512mb / SCSI
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5.2
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9/00 |
4500 |
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*test change* ~ 50% : 9 secs old=6 secs
new
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An identical long running test:
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Compaq XP1000@667MHz / 512mb / SCSI
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27h 40 min
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9/00 |
4500 |
Athlon 1900+ MP dual CPU / 1024mb / EIDE
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7h 40 min
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4/02 |
900 |
AMD shuttle / Intel CPU cluster+ short
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0h 17 min
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06/07 |
16500 |
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Sony Vaio C1-MHP / Crusoe 867 / battery
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7.85
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10/02 |
1400 |
Sony Vaio C1-MHP / Crusoe 867 / powered
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7.13
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10/02 |
1400 |
Sony FX405 Athlon4@1000 / 256/ EIDE
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6.1
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11/01 |
1300 |
P4 2.0 / 533 FSB/ 256mb/ EIDE
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3.72
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3/03 |
430 |
Centrino 1.7 single CPU / 512mb / EIDE
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3.23
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12/04 |
1500 |
Athlon 1900+ MP single CPU / 1024mb /
EIDE
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3.2
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4/02 |
900 |
Celeron 2.4 / 512mb/ EIDE
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3.1
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7/03 |
330 |
P4 2.8 / 533 FSB/ 1024mb/ EIDE
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2.9
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11/02 |
1150 |
Athlon 2000+ XP/ 256mb/ EIDE
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2.85
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3/03 |
380 |
Athlon 2400+ XP-M/ 1024mb laptop
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2.7
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9/03 |
700 |
Athlon 2600+ XP/ 256mb/ EIDE
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2.36
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11/03 |
400 |
Athlon 2400+ XP/ 512mb/ EIDE
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2.35
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1/03 |
500 |
Athlon 2000+ MP dual CPU / 512mb / EIDE
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1.76
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8/02 |
700 |
AMD 3800+ dual 2ghz / 1024mb / 500gb
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1.71
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10/05 |
350 |
Intel Core2Duo E6600 4ghz / 1024mb /
250gb
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1.47
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10/06 |
500 |
Intel Core2Quad Q6600 9.6ghz / 2048mb /
250gb
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0.59
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06/07 |
700 |
Athlon 2000+ MP CPU (x10) cluster; mpi
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0.454
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2/03 |
3500 |
Athlon MP & shuttle CPU cluster / UPS
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0.162
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3/04 |
9000 |
Athlon MP & shuttle CPU cluster+ long
test
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0.138
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12/04 |
11500 |
Athlon MP & shuttle CPU cluster+
short
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0.118
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12/04 |
11500 |
AMD shuttle / Intel CPU cluster+ short
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0.067
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06/07 |
16500 |
AMD opteron (160) Beowulf (348 GHz)
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0.020
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08/13 |
6000 |
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