7 - CPU Performance

DryStone CPU test

We make use of a multi-threaded Dhrystone test, which basically is a suite of arithmetic and string manipulating programs. Since the whole program should be really small, it fits into the processor cache. It can be used to measure two aspects, both the processor's speed as well as the optimizing capabilities of the compiler. The resulting number is the number of executions of the program suite per second.

First test and first impression, not bad, yet that is a long way to the Q6600. This is a pure CPU test though.
Throughout the review what you need to focus on is the difference between the Phenom X4 9850 GF8200 (as tested today) and the direct competitor from AMD, the Phenom X4 9850 on the 780G chipset.

3DMark06 CPU test

For the sake of a more objective overview let's take the Q6600 out of the equation for a moment and run a 3DMark06 CPU test on a couple of processors. Again focus on the difference between the Phenom X4 9850 on the AMD 780G platform and then the same processor on the GF8200A chipset.

ZLib CPU test

This integer benchmark measures combined CPU and memory subsystem performance through the public ZLib compression library Version 1.2.2

CPU ZLib test uses only the basic x86 instructions, and it is HyperThreading, multi-processor (SMP) and multi-core (CMP) aware. Again a very good test to measure multi-core performance among platforms.