AMD Processor
Performance
Evaluation Guide
Mark W. Welker
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
One AMD Place
Sunnyvale, CA 94088
Publication #
30579 Revision: 3.1
Issue Date:
September 2003
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents ............................................................................... 3
List of Figures..................................................................................... 5
List of Tables ...................................................................................... 6
Revision History ................................................................................. 7
About This Document ......................................................................... 8
AMD64 Processor Architecture ........................................................... 8
AMD’s Benchmarking Methodology................................................... 11
Office Productivity.......................................................................... 11
Digital Media.................................................................................11
3D Gaming ................................................................................... 12
Optimal System Configuration............................................................12
BIOS Configuration for the AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor 3200+ ................16
BIOS Configuration for the AMD Athlon 64 FX-51 Processor.................... 17
Operating System Configuration .........................................................18
Operating System Setup................................................................. 18
Benchmark Configuration and Testing .................................................21
AMD’s Results................................................................................... 30
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AMD’s Performance Analysis Tools................................................... 32
Analysis Tools Benchmarks................................................................ 32
DivX Encoder ................................................................................ 32
Mini-GZIP..................................................................................... 32
RSA ....................................................................................... 32
Streams....................................................................................... 32
Benchmark Configuration and Testing ................................................. 33
Mini-Gzip ..................................................................................... 34
RSA ....................................................................................... 34
Benchmark Results .......................................................................... 36
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List of Figures
Figure 1 AMD64 Processor Architecture ....................................................9
Figure 2 HyperTransport™ Technology Block Diagram .............................. 10
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List of Tables
Table 1 AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor System Configuration ........................ 13
Table 2 AMD Athlon 64 Processor System Configuration ........................... 13
Table 3 AMD Athlon 64 FX-51 Processor System Configuration .................. 14
Table 4 Intel Pentium® 4 3.20 GHz (800 FSB) System Configuration ......... 15
Table 5 Intel Pentium 4 3.20 GHz (800 FSB) System Configuration ............ 15
Table 6 AMD Athlon 64 Processor Raw Benchmarking Results.................... 30
Table 7 AMD Athlon 64 FX-51 Processor Raw Benchmarking Results .......... 31
Table 8 Analysis Tools Benchmarking Results – AMD64 32-Bit Versus
64-Bit .................................................................................... 36
Table 9 Analysis Tools Benchmarking Results – AMD 64-Bit Versus
Intel 32-Bit............................................................................. 37
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Revision History
Date Rev Description
September 2003 3.1 Revision to include NVIDIA video driver and ASUS chipset
installation.
September 2003 3.0 Initial Public release.
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About This Document 8
About This Document
This document is intended for use by those, particularly in the hardware review
community, who are interested in evaluating AMD64 performance, as demonstrated
by the AMD Athlon™ 64 and AMD Athlon 64 FX processors.
AMD64 Processor Architecture
Optimal benchmarking of AMD’s processors does not require detailed knowledge of
processor or system architecture. However, knowledge of the benefits of AMD64
processor-based systems will help enable benchmarks to show the different ways of
how this processor performs relative to its competition. AMD designed a 64-bit PC
processor that offers industry-leading performance and native compatibility with
current 32-bit applications. Architectural improvements specifically designed to
increase instructions per clock (IPC) include:
• AMD64
− When utilizing the AMD64 Instruction Set Architecture, 64-bit mode is designed to offer:
Support for 64-bit operating systems to provide full, transparent, and simultaneous 32-bit and 64-bit
platform application multitasking.
A physical address space that can support systems with up to one terabyte of installed RAM, shattering
the 4 gigabyte RAM barrier present on all current x86 implementations.
Sixteen 64-bit general-purpose integer registers that quadruple the general purpose register space
available to applications and device drivers.
Sixteen 128-bit XMM registers for enhanced multimedia performance to double the register space of any
current SSE/SSE2 implementation.
• Integrated DDR memory controller, as shown in Figure 1 on page 9.
− This feature allows for a reduction in memory latency, thereby increasing overall system
performance.
− Benchmarks like Business Winstone®, WinACE and WinRAR Data compression, and Aquamark
will all help show the benefit of reduced latency.
• An advanced HyperTransport™ link, as shown in Figure 2 on page 10.
− This feature dramatically improves the I/O bandwidth, enabling much faster access to
peripherals such as hard drives, USB 2.0, and Gigabit Ethernet cards.
− HyperTransport technology enables benchmark programs like Business Winstone and WinACE
and WinRAR Data compression to indicate higher processor performance due to a reduced I/O
interface throttle.
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• Very large level one (L1) and level 2 (L2) on-die cache.
− With 128 kbytes of L1 cache and 1 Mbyte of L2 cache, the AMD Athlon 64 processor is able to
excel at performing matrix calculations on arrays.
− Programs that use intensive large matrix calculations will benefit from fitting the entire matrix in
the L2 cache.
• Processor core clock-for-clock improvements, including larger TLB (Translation
Look-Aside Buffers) with reduced latencies and improved branch prediction
through four times the number of bimodal counters in the global history counter,
as compared to seventh-generation processors.
− These features drive improvements to the IPC, by delivering a more efficient pipeline for CPU-
intensive applications.
− CPU-intensive games like Comanche 4 and Unreal Tournament benefit from these core
improvements.
• Introduction of the SSE2 instruction set, which along with support of 3DNow!™
Professional, (SSE and 3DNow! Enhanced) completes support for all industry-
standard 32-bit instruction set extensions.
• 64-bit processing
− A 64-bit address and data set enables the processor to process in the terabyte space.
− Many applications improve due to the removal of the 32-bit collar.
L2
Cache
L1
Instruction
Cache
L1
Data
Cache
AMD64
Core
DDR Memory
Controller
HyperTransport™
technology
AMD64 Processor
Architecture
L2
Cache
L1
Instruction
Cache
L1
Data
Cache
L2
Cache
L1
Instruction
Cache
L1
Data
Cache
AMD64
Core
DDR Memory
Controller
HyperTransport™
technology
AMD64 Processor
Architecture
Figure 1 AMD64 Processor Architecture
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Figure 2 HyperTransport™ Technology Block Diagram
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AMD’s Benchmarking Methodology
AMD assembled a suite of industry standard benchmarks and applications that we
believe reflects typical end user applications. Specifically, AMD has identified three
usage models which we believe best exemplify the commercial and consumer end-
user PC experience:
• Office Productivity • Digital Media • Gaming
From this list, AMD chose the following benchmarks and applications to represent
these end-user experiences. AMD recommends the use of the following benchmarks
below for proper, balanced, real-world performance analysis.
Office Productivity
AMD Athlon™ 64 and AMD Athlon 64 FX processors with HyperTransport technology
run multiple tasks very efficiently. Work productivity may increase because you can
perform more tasks and wait less for an application to deliver a response. The
following applications simulate a workload likely to be seen in an office workplace
environment.
• Business Winstone® 2001
− Microsoft® Office 2000 (Access, Excel,
FrontPage, PowerPoint, Word)
− Microsoft Project 98
− Lotus Notes R5
− NicoMak WinZip
− Norton AntiVirus
− Netscape Communicator
• Business Winstone 2002
− Microsoft Office 2002 (Access, Excel,
FrontPage, PowerPoint, Word)
− Microsoft Project 2000
− Lotus Notes
− WinZip 8.0
− Norton AntiVirus
− Netscape Communicator
• SYSmark™ 2001, Office Productivity
− Microsoft Office 2000 (Access, Excel,
Outlook, PowerPoint, Word)
− Netscape Communicator 6.0
− Dragon Naturally Speaking Preferred
v.5
− WinZip 8.0
− McAfee VirusScan 5.13
Digital Media
AMD64 processor-based systems take advantage of the newly-designed system
features and deliver outstanding performance for digital creation and playback.
• Content Creation Winstone® 2002
− Adobe Photoshop 6.01, Adobe Premiere 6.0
− Macromedia Director 8.5, Macromedia
Dreamweaver UltraDev 4
− Microsoft Windows Media Encoder
7.01.00.3055
− Netscape Navigator 6/6.01, Sonic Foundry
Sound Forge 5.0c
• Content Creation Winstone 2003
− Adobe Photoshop 7.0, Adobe Premiere
6.0,
− Macromedia Director 8.5.1, Macromedia
Dreamweaver UltraDev 4
− Microsoft Windows® Media Encoder
7.01.00.3055, Netscape Navigator
6.2.3,
− Sonic Foundry Sound Forge 6.0,
LightWave 3D 7.5
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• SYSmark™ 2001, Internet Content
Creation
− Adobe Photoshop 6.0, Adobe Premiere 6.0
− Macromedia Dreamweaver 4.0, Macromedia
Flash 5
• Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 7
• RazorLame
• Mpeg2 conversion
− BBmpeg to convert 640 MB raw
AVI(AustinMontageLong.avi) to Mpeg2
• Mpeg2 to Mpeg4
− XMPEG 5.0 and DivX 5.03 used to
convert from Mpeg2 to Mpeg4
• WinRAR
3D Gaming
The high performance benefits will amaze 3D gamers. The following benchmarks
focus on the three dimensional capabilities of a system. Note that 3D gaming may
reveal limitations in a graphics card and does not truly represent relative processor
performance.
− 3DMark™ 2001 (Hardware)
− 3DMark 2001 (Software)
− 3DMark 2003 (Hardware)
− 3DMark 2003 (Software)
− AquaMark
− Comanche 4
− Half-Life Smokin’
− Quake III
− Return to Castle Wolfenstein 3D
− Serious Sam: Second Encounter
− Splinter Cell (tests 1_1_1 and 1_1_2)
− Star Wars – Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
− Unreal Tournament 2003
(Flyby and Botmatch)
Optimal System Configuration
This section describes the configurations that AMD used to perform the benchmarks.
Systems that conform to the configurations shown in Table 1 on page 13, Table 2 on
page 13, Table 3 on page 14, Table 4 on page 15, and Table 5 on page 15 are the
most likely to obtain optimal system performance.
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Table 1 AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor System Configuration
Component Manufacturer Model Description
Processor AMD AMD Athlon™ 64 3200+ Clock Frequency: 2.0 GHz
Operating
System Microsoft Windows® XP Professional Version 2002 (Service Pack 1a)
Motherboard MSI 6702, BIOS V1.0Ba *
Via K8T800, Onboard SATA drive SATA
driver Promise technologies
1.0.0.16.1.26.2002
Hard Drive Seagate
Technology
Barracuda 7200.7
ST3120026AS 120 GB Serial ATA disk drive 8 MB cache
RAM Memory Corsair CMX512-3500LL Qty (2) 512 MB DIMM PC3500 Module
Video Card ATI Radeon 9800 128 MB 128 MB Onboard DDR RAM,
Video Driver 6.14.10.6368.6.25.2003
Note:
* This BIOS is not publicly available at the time of printing.
Table 2 AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor System Configuration
Component Manufacturer Model Description
Processor AMD AMD Athlon™ 64 3200+ Clock Frequency: 2.0 GHz
Operating
System Microsoft Windows® XP Professional Version 2002 (Service Pack 1a)
Motherboard MSI 6702, BIOS V1.0Ba *
Via K8T800, Onboard SATA drive SATA
driver Promise technologies
1.0.0.16.1.26.2002
Hard Drive Seagate
Technology
Barracuda 7200.7
ST3120026AS 120 GB Serial ATA disk drive 8 MB cache
RAM Memory Corsair CMX512-3500LL Qty (2) 512 MB DIMM PC3500 Module
Video Card NVIDIA FX5900 Ultra 256 MB 256 MB Onboard DDR RAM,
Video Driver 4.4.6.7.6.13.2003
Note:
* This BIOS is not publicly available at the time of printing.
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Table 3 AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-51 Processor System Configuration
Component Manufacturer Model Description
Processor AMD AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-51 Clock Frequency: 2.2 GHz
Windows® XP Professional Version 2002 (Service Pack 1a)
Operating
System Microsoft® Windows XP Professional
64-Bit Edition Build 1039 (Notes 2, 3)
NVIDIA NForce3 Chipset, SATA Driver:
Promise Technologies 1.0.1.28.6.3.2002
Motherboard ASUS SK8N, BIOS 1002.10
(Note 1) SATA Driver: Promise Technologies
1.00.1450.372 (Note 2)
Hard Drive Western Digital Raptor (2x) SATA RAID 10k RPM 36.0 GB
RAM Memory Corsair Legacy Electronics
886KDAR-1TDG
2 x 512 MB Registered 2.5 ns DIMM
Module
256 MB Onboard DDR RAM,
Video Driver 4.4.6.7.6.13.2003
Video Card NVIDIA FX5900 Ultra 256 MB
Video Driver 5.5.1.9.9.05.2003
(Note 2)
Notes:
1. This BIOS is not publicly available at the time of printing.
2. This version is for use in the Windows 64-Bit operating environment.
3. This build of the operating system is not publicly available.
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Table 4 Intel Pentium® 4 3.20 GHz (800 FSB) System Configuration
Component Manufacturer Model Description
Processor Intel Intel Pentium® 4 processor
with HT technology
Clock Frequency: 3.2 GHz, 800 MHz
System Bus
Operating
System Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional Version 2002 (Service Pack 1a)
Motherboard Intel D875PBZ, BIOS
BZ87510A.86A.0026.P05
Intel i875 Chipset, EIDE Driver: Intel,
Version 5.0.1007.0 1.15.2003
Hard Drive Western Digital Raptor (2x) SATA RAID 10k RPM 36.0 GB
RAM Memory Corsair CMX512-3500LL 2 x 512 MB XMS3500 DIMM Module
Video Card NVIDIA FX5900 256MB 256 MB Onboard DDR RAM,
Video Driver 4.4.6.7.6.13.2003
Table 5 Intel Pentium® 4 3.20 GHz (800 FSB) System Configuration
Component Manufacturer Model Description
Processor Intel Intel Pentium® 4 processor with
HT technology
Clock Frequency: 3.2 GHz, 800 MHz
System Bus
Operating
System Microsoft Windows® XP Professional Version 2002 (Service Pack 1a)
Motherboard Intel
D865GBF/D865PERC , BIOS
86510A.86A0036.P097.03051910
51
Intel i865 Chipset, SATA Driver:
Intel, Version 5.0.1007.0.1.15.2003
Hard Drive Western Digital Barracuda 7200.7 120 GB Serial ATA disk drive 8M
cache
RAM Memory Corsair CMX512-3500LL 2 x 512 MB XMS3500 DIMM Module
Video Card ATI Radeon 9800 128 MB
128 MB Onboard DDR RAM,
Video Driver
6.14.10.6368.6.25.2003
The following sections detail how to set up the BIOS, the operating system, and
show you which settings AMD uses for running each benchmark.
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BIOS Configuration for the AMD Athlon™ 64
Processor 3200+
The setup instructions below apply to the AMD Athlon 64 processor 3200+.
Modifications should be made to any other configuration where applicable.
Use the following steps to set up the BIOS for optimal operation with the AMD Athlon
64 FX-51 processor. To navigate through the BIOS screens, use the arrow keys (Î,
Í, Ï, and Ð) to select menus and to highlight specific options to change. For most
options, use the <+> and <–> keys to change the setting.
1. Press <DEL> to enter the BIOS setup screens.
2. Reset the system options.
a. Press the Î key, select the EXIT menu,
and press <Enter>.
b. Press the Ð key to Load Setup Default
and press <Enter>.
A dialog box opens that says “Load Optimized
Defaults (Y/N): Y”. Ensure the “Y” is
highlighted, and press <Enter>.
3. Set the Main options.
a. Press the Î key, select the Main menu,
and press <Enter>.
b. Use the <+>, and <–> keys to set the
System Date to August 19, 2003 Tue.
4. Set the Advanced board options.
a. Press the Î key, select the Advanced
menu and press <Enter>.
b. Press the Ð key to Chipset and press
<Enter>.
c. Press the Ð key to Northbridge and press
<Enter>.
d. Press the Ð key to Memory
Configuration and press <Enter>.
Press the Ð key to Memclock Mode. Set
the mode to Manual.
Press the Ð key to CAS Latency. Set the
value to 2.0.
Press <Esc> to go to the Northbridge
menu.
e. Press <Esc> to exit to the Chipset menu.
5. Press the Ð key to the Southbridge menu,
and press <Enter>.
a. Press the Ð key to AGP and press
<Enter>.
b. Press the Ð key to AGP Aperture Size
and select 256 MB.
c. Press <Esc> to exit to the Southbridge
menu.
d. Press <Esc> to exit to the Chipset menu.
e. Press <Esc> to exit to the Advanced
menu.
6. Press the Ð key to Integrated Peripherals
and press <Enter>.
a. Press the Ð key to Serial Port 1 and
select Disabled.
b. Press the Ð key to Serial Port 2 and
select Disabled.
c. Press the Ð key to VT8327 SATA – IDE
Controller and select Disabled.
d. Press the Ð key to Onboard LAN
Controller and select Enabled.
e. Press the Ð key to Onboard Promise
SATA and press <Enter>.
f. Press the Ð key to Onboard Promise
SATA and select SATA.
g. Press <Esc> to exit to the Onboard
Promise menu.
h. Press <Esc> to exit to the Advanced
menu.
7. Press <F10> to Save and Exit Setup.
8. Press <Enter> to continue booting the
system.
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BIOS Configuration for the AMD Athlon™ 64
FX-51 Processor
The following setup instructions apply to the AMD Athlon 64 FX-51 processor.
Modifications should be made to any other configuration where applicable. Use the
following steps to set up the BIOS for optimal operation with the AMD Athlon 64 FX-
51 processor. To navigate through the BIOS screens, use the arrow keys (Î, Í, Ï,
and Ð) to select menus and to highlight specific options to change. For most
options, use the <+> and <–> keys to change the setting.
1. Press <DEL> to enter the BIOS setup screens.
2. Reset the system options.
a. Press the Î key, select the EXIT menu,
and press <Enter>.
b. Press the Ð key to Load Setup Default
and press <Enter>
3. A dialog box opens that reads “Load
Optimized Defaults (Y/N): Y”. Ensure the
“Y” is highlighted, and press <Enter>.
4. Set the Main options.
a. Press the Î key, select the Main menu,
and press <Enter>
b. Use the <+>, and <–> keys to set the
System Date to August 19, 2003 Tue.
Note: The only IDE drive is the CD-ROM. The
hard drive must be set up on a serial ATA
port. If the BIOS detects the hard drive as
an IDE drive, turn the power off, and
recheck the drive connections.
5. Set the Advanced board options.
a. Press the Î key, select the Advanced
menu and press <Enter>.
b. Press the Ð key to Chipset and press
<Enter>.
c. Press the Ð key to Northbridge and press
<Enter>.
d. Press the Ð key to Memory
Configuration and press <Enter>.
e. Press the Ð key to Memclock Mode. Set
the mode to Manual.
f. Press the Ð key to Memclock Value. Set
the value to 400 MHz.
g. Press the Ð key to CAS Latency. Set the
value to 2.5.
h. Press the Ð key to TRCD. Set the value
to 3 CLK.
i. Press the Ð key to TRAS. Set the value to
5 CLK.
j. Press the Ð key to TRP. Set the value to
3 CLK.
Do not change any other settings.
Note: These settings will not display properly in
the higher menu until all settings are saved,
and the BIOS menus are restarted.
6. Press <Esc> to go to the Northbridge menu.
a. Press the Ð key to DRAM 2.5 Voltage.
Set the value to 2.6 V.
b. Press <Esc> to exit to the Chipset menu.
c. Press the Ð key to the Southbridge
menu, and press <Enter>.
d. Press the Ð key to USB Configuration
and press <Enter>.
7. Press the Ð key to USB Function, and select
Disable.
8. Press <Esc> to exit to the Southbridge
menu.
a. Press the Ð key to AGP and press
<Enter>.
b. Press the Ð key to AGP Aperture Size
and select 256 MB.
c. Press the Ð key to Primary Video and
select AGP.
d. Press <Esc> to exit to the Southbridge
menu.
e. Press <Esc> to exit to the Chipset menu.
f. Press <Esc> to exit to the Advanced
menu.
9. Press the Ð key to Onboard Devices and
press <Enter>.
a. Press the Ð key to Serial Port 1 and
select Disabled.
b. Press the Ð key to Serial Port 2 and
select Disabled.
c. Ensure that the Parallel Port Address is
set to 378.
d. Press the Ð key to Parallel Port Mode
and select Normal.
e. Press the Ð key to IEEE 1394 and select
Disable.
f. Press the Ð key to Onboard Promise and
press <Enter>.
g. Press the Ð key to Operating mode and
select RAID.
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h. Press <Esc> to exit to the Onboard
Devices menu.
10. Press the Ð key to PCIPnP Configurations
a. Press the Ð key to Plug and Play Aware
O/S and select Yes.
b. Press <Esc> to exit to the Onboard
Devices menu.
c. Press <Esc> to exit to the Advanced
menu.
11. Press <F10> to Save and Exit Setup.
12. Press <Enter> to continue booting the
system.
13. The Fasttrak™ 378 BIOS screen now
appears. Press <CTRL-F> to enter Fasttrak
setup.
14. Press <1> to select Auto Setup.
Note: Optimize Array should be set to
Performance. If it is not, press either the
<+> or <–> key to select Performance.
15. Press <CTRL-Y> to save.
16. A dialog box opens that reads “Do you want
to quick initialize or create only?
(Yes/No)”. Press <Y>.
17. Press <Enter>.
18. Press any key to reboot.
Operating System Configuration
The following setup instructions apply to all processors. The operating system should
be installed on the platform using an NTFS partition. The default settings should be
used during the installation. The system setup instructions below can be followed to
fully achieve optimal system performance.
Operating System Setup
1. During boot up, hit “Enter” to boot from CD-
ROM.
2. Hit “F6” to install drivers for serial ATA.
3. Hit “S” to specify additional device.
4. Insert floppy disk with the downloaded ATA
drivers.
Note: Leave disk in the drive until the procedure
asks you to reboot. The disk is needed
during the initial setup sequence.
5. Hit “Enter” to continue.
6. For MSI motherboards, choose “WINXP
Promise SATA378™ Controller”.
7. For ASUS motherboards, choose “WinXP
Promise FastTrak 376/378 ™ Controller”.
8. Hit “Enter” to continue.
9. Hit “Enter” to continue the installation of
“Windows® XP Evaluation software”.
10. Hit “Enter” to continue setup of XP.
11. Hit “F8” to agree to license agreement.
12. Hit “ESC=Don’t Repair” to install fresh copy of
Windows® XP without repairing.
13. Hit “D=Delete Partition” to delete all existing
partitions.
Note: If there are no existing partitions, this step
will not appear.
14. Hit “C” to create a partition.
a. Type in a partition size of 57232 for the
first partition, and press <Enter>.
b. Press Ð to the unpartitioned space and
press “C” to create this partition.
c. Press <Enter> to accept the default
value. There will be 8 Mbytes of
unpartitioned space.
d. Press <Enter> to install the operating
system. Drive C:\ (the 57232 MB
partition) should be the default.
15. Select “Format the partition using the
NTFS (Quick) file system” and hit “Enter”
16. Click “Yes” to verify installations of serial ATA
drivers.
17. Click “Next” to continue on “Regional and
Language Options”.
18. Type in name and organization.
19. Type in valid Windows XP product key and
click “Next”.
20. Type administrator password twice and click
“Next” Password is left blank.
21. Click “Next” on “Date and Time Settings”.
22. Click “Next” on “Networking Settings” to
confirm “Typical Settings”.
23. Click “Next” on “Workgroup and Computer
Domain”.
24. Click “Ok” to confirm display settings.
25. Click “Ok” to confirm new monitor settings.
26. Click “Next” to continue on “Welcome to
Microsoft Windows®”.
27. Click “Skip” to skip “Networking Settings”.
28. Select “No” to not “Activate Windows” and
click “Next”.
29. Type in user name and click “Next”.
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30. Click “Finish”.
31. Open “My Computer”.
32. Right click on “Drive D”.
33. Click “Format”.
34. Select “Quick format”.
35. Click “Start”.
36. Click “Ok” to confirm format.
37. On desktop, right click “My Computer”.
38. Select “Properties” and click the “Advanced”
tab.
39. Click “Performance Options”.
40. Click “Settings” and click “Advanced”.
41. Click “Change for Virtual Memory”.
42. Select drive “C” and select “No paging file”
under “Change virtual memory (paging
file)”.
43. Click “Set”.
44. Select drive “D” select “Custom size”.
45. Type “1536” MB for “Initial Size”.
46. Type “3072” MB for “Maximum Size”.
47. Click “Set”.
48. Click “Ok” and restart computer.
49. On desktop right click “My Computer”.
50. Select “Properties” and click “Automatic
Updates”.
51. Select “Turn off Automatic Updating. I
want to update my computer manually”.
52. Click “Apply”.
53. Click “System Restore” and select “Turn off
System Restore on all drives”.
54. Click “Apply”.
55. Click “Yes” to verify Turn Off System Restore.
56. On desktop right click “My Computer”.
57. Select “Properties” and click the “Advanced”
tab.
58. Click “Settings” under “Performance”.
59. Select “Adjust for best performance”.
60. Click “Apply”.
61. Right click on task bar and select
“Properties”.
62. Deselect “Keep the taskbar on top of other
Windows”.
63. Click “Apply”.
64. Open “Control Panel” and double click
“Power Options”.
65. Select “Always On” from “Power Schemes”
and select “Never” to “Turn off monitor”.
66. Click “Apply”.
67. Right click on desktop select “Properties”.
68. Click “Screen Saver” and select “None”.
69. Click “Apply”.
Install XP Service Pack 1A
From the disk, install Microsoft Windows XP
Service Pack 1A Network Installation:
1. Install Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1a
Network Installation “xpsp1a_en_x86.exe”
self-extracting cabinet (version 1.16.121.0).
2. Click “Next” to continue.
3. Select “I agree” and click “Next”.
4. Select “Do not archive files” and click
“Next”.
5. Click “Finish” to restart computer.
Install MSI Motherboard Drivers
1. Install “VIAHyperion4in1448V.exe” chipset
drivers.
2. Double click on the .exe file.
3. Click “Next” to start install.
4. Click “Yes” to agree to license.
5. Select “Normal installation” and Click
“Next”.
6. Click “Next” to install default components.
7. Select “Install VIA PCI IDE Bus Driver” and
click “Next”.
8. Select “Install AGP driver” and click “Next”.
9. Select “Yes, I want to restart the
computer” and click “Ok”.
Install ASUS Motherboard Drivers
Note: ASUS motherboard drivers are not publicly
available.
1. Extract the version 353 driver files from the
AMD install CD or download the latest drivers
from http://www.asus.com/
2. Double click on “Setup.exe”.
3. Click “Next” to continue.
4. If the VGA driver install wizard appears, click
on “Cancel” to install the VGA drivers after
the motherboard drivers are installed.
5. Click “Next” after reviewing the latest
information for the IDE drivers.
6. Click “Yes” to install the NVIDIA IDE SW
driver.
7. If the drivers are not WHQL approved, each
driver will ask if you wish to continue installing
the software. Click “Continue Anyway” for
each driver in this sequence.
8. Click “Next” to install the NVIDIA nForce™
Audio Device.
9. Click “Finish” to close the audio device
wizard.
10. Click “Finish” to restart the computer.
DirectX 9.0A
1. Install “DirectX 9A_redist.exe” from CD.
2. Click “Yes” to accept “License Agreement”.
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3. Click “Unzip” to specified location (for
example c:\dX9) and click “Unzip”.
4. Install DirectX from “c:\dX9\dxsetup.exe”.
5. Click “Next” to accept “License Agreement”.
6. Click “Next” to install DirectX 9.0.
7. Click “Finish” to restart computer.
Note: DX9.0A must be installed before performing
the video card setup
ATI Video Card Setup
1. Install file from download, “wxp-w2k-
catalyst-7-91-030625a-010027c-efg.exe”.
2. Double click on the .exe file.
3. Click “Next” to begin installation.
4. Click “Next” to confirm location of the file.
5. Click “Yes to All” to overwrite protection (if
DX9 was not setup before video).
6. Click “Next” to install shield wizard.
7. Click to “Yes” to agree to license.
8. Click on “Express” Installation.
9. Click “Yes” to restart computer.
10. Right click on desktop and select “Properties”
sub-menu item.
11. Choose “Settings” tab.
12. Change “Screen Resolution” to “1024 by
768 pixels”.
13. Click “Apply” to implement settings.
14. Click “Yes” to save settings.
15. Click “Advanced” button on settings tab.
16. Choose “Monitor” tab and choose “85 Hertz”
for “Set Screen Refresh”.
17. Choose “Display” tab.
18. Set “Maximum Resolution” to “1024 by
768”.
19. Set “Maximum Refresh” to 85 Hz.
20. Click on “Open GL” tab.
21. Change “Wait for Vertical Sync” to “Always
Off”.
22. Click on “Direct3D” tab.
23. Change “Wait for Vertical Sync” to “Always
Off”.
24. Click “Apply” and “Yes” to save settings.
25. Click “Ok” to close all dialog boxes.
NVIDIA Video Card Setup
Note: The supplied driver for the NVIDIA card is
not publicly available. These steps assume
you wish to install a publicly-available
driver.
1. Download the latest video card driver from
http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
2. Double click the .exe file.
3. Click “Yes” to continue when asked if antivirus
software has been installed.
4. Select the radio button next to “I accept the
terms in the license agreement”.
5. Click “Next” to accept the license agreement
terms.
6. Allow the install to place files in the default
location, like “C:\NVIDIA\WinXP-
2K\45.23”
Note: The install directory may be different if you
have a different version of the driver files.
7. Click “Next” to install the shield wizard.
8. Click “Next” to continue the setup.
9. Click “Yes” to accept the license.
10. Click “Yes” to restart the computer.
11. Right-click on the desktop and select
“Properties” sub-menu item.
12. Choose “Settings” tab.
13. Change color depth to 32-bit.
14. Change “Screen Resolution” to “1024 by
768 pixels”.
15. Click “Apply” to implement settings.
16. Click “Yes” to save settings.
17. Choose “Monitor” tab and choose “85 Hz” for
“Set Screen Refresh”.
18. Choose “GeForce FX 5900 Ultra” tab. Select
“OpenGL Settings” under “Performance
and Quality Settings”.
19. Next to “Vertical Sync”, click on the down
arrow, and select “Always Off”.
Do not change other OpenGL settings.
AMD SSE Setup for Windows Media
Encoder
1. During boot up, hit “F8” to go into Safe Mode.
2. Replace “wmvdmoe.dll” in
c:\WINDOWS\system32.
3. Click “Yes” to “replace existing file”.
Direct X Setup Using DXDIAG
1. Run “DXDIAG” from the command line.
2. Click “Yes” to run DirectX Diagnostic Tool.
3. Select the “More Help” tab.
4. Click “Override” and select “Override Value”
type “85”.
5. Click “Ok”.
6. Click “Exit” and restart computer.
7. Deselect “Show this screen next time you
start Windows” when “Desktop Help for
ATI” window appears.
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WCPUID v3.1 Setup
1. Download “wcpuid v3.1” from
http://www.h-oda.com
2. Install “wcpuid31Ao c:\wcpuid”.
3. Run “c:\wcpuid\wcpuid.exe”.
4. Ensure that “AGP Data Rate” is set to “8x”
under the chipset tab.
Your operating system should now be
configured properly.
Benchmark Configuration and Testing
With a properly configured system, benchmarking can begin. Each installation
program is located on your install disk, and is subject to the licensing terms
contained therein. The following procedures are recommended to achieve optimal
and accurate benchmark scores:
AquaMark (1024x768x32)
1. Install AquaMark: AquaMark_22.exe
(version 0.4455.0.0).
2. Click “Next” to install AquaMark.
3. Click “Next” for “Read Me File”.
4. Click “Next” to install to default “Destination
Location”.
5. Click “Next” to install to default “Program
Manager Group”.
6. Click “Next” to “Start Installation”.
7. Click “Finish” to complete installation.
To run the benchmark:
1. Execute “AquaMark” from Windows “Start”
Menu.
2. Choose “Programs” and “AquaMark”.
3. Hit “Enter” to launch test.
BAPCO SYSmark™ 2001 Internet
Content Creation and Office
Productivity
Note: Results for both Internet Content Creation
and Office Productivity are generated during
each run of the benchmark.
1. Install SM2001CD1.exe, unzip to default
directory and unzip.
2. Install SM2001CD2.exe, unzip to default
directory, unzip, and select “Finish”.
3. Run setup to install SYSmark 2001:
“c:\sm2001src\setup.exe”.
4. Click “Next” to install SYSmark 2001.
5. Click “Yes” to accept “License Agreement”.
6. Click “Next” to confirm “Customer
Information”.
7. Click “Next” to install to default “Destination
Location”.
8. Click “Next” to install to default “Program
Folder”.
9. Click “Yes” to move the program files to the
alternate key.
10. Click “Finish” to complete installation.
11. Install SYSmark 2001 patch:
“SYSmark2001Patch3.exe”.
a. Click “Yes” to install SYSmark 2001Patch
3.
b. Click “Finish” to complete patch
installation.
12. Execute “Netscape” from desktop.
a. Click “Ok” to acknowledge “Alert”.
b. Click “Ok” to acknowledge “Alert”.
c. Click “View” and deselect “My Sidebar”.
d. Click “Edit” and select “Preferences”.
e. Click “Blank Page” under “When
Navigator starts up, display” and click
“Ok”.
f. Close “Netscape”.
13. Install Windows Media Encoder:
“c:\sm2001src\MediaEnc.exe”.
a. Click “Yes” to accept “License
Agreement”.
b. Click “Next” to install Windows Media
Encoder 7.
c. Click “Finish” to install default
“Installation Directory”.
d. Click “Yes” to create “Program Folder”.
e. Select “Exit Setup” and click “Ok”.
To run the benchmark:
1. Execute SYSmark 2001 from Windows “Start”
menu.
2. Click “Run”.
3. Click on “Official Run”.
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4. Type project name and click “Ok”.
bbmpeg (raw AVI to MPEG2)
1. Open folder “bbmpg12418”.
2. Extract “bbmpg12418.exe” to c:\bbmpg
folder on the desktop.
3. Copy “AustinMontageLong.avi” to desktop.
4. Execute “avimpg2” from c:\bbmpg.
5. When the dialog box opens do the following:
a. Click “ADD” and choose
“AustinMontageLong” from desktop.
b. Click “MPEG filename”.
c. Type filename “testfile”.
d. Click “Save” to continue.
e. Unclick “Preview with frame
operations”.
f. Click “Start Encoding” and then
“Settings”.
g. Under “General Settings” tab, change
“MMX modes” to “*SSE-fastest”
(Pentium III and Athlon).
h. Under “Video Stream Settings”, click on
“MPEG-2” and Click “Ok”.
To run the benchmark:
1. Click “Start” immediately after the above
step.
Comanche 4 Demo (1024x768x32)
1. Install Comanche 4: C4DEMOX.exe.
2. Click “Next” to install Comanche 4.
3. Click “Yes” to accept “License Agreement”.
4. Click “Next” to install to default “Destination
Location”.
5. Click “Finish” to complete installation.
To run the benchmark:
1. Execute Comanche 4 Demo Benchmark Test.
2. Select “Disable Audio”.
3. Select “1024x768” for “Screen Resolution”
4. Creates an output file. Rename it to
“Comanche Run 1”.
Note: For the first time run, the system performs
a system check.
5. Click “Run Benchmark”.
6. Click “Ok” to select “Video Card”.
7. Click “Ok” for “Resolution Test”.
8. Click “Ok” for “Resolution Test Complete”.
eTesting Labs Inc. Business
Winstone™ 2001
1. Click “Business Winstone™ 2001” and click
“Next” to install.
2. Click “Next” to install in default “Destination
Location”.
3. Click “Yes” to create directory.
4. Select “Copy Business support files” and
click “Next”.
5. Click “Next” to install in default “Program
Folder”.
6. Click “Next” to “Start Copying Files”.
7. Click “Finish” to complete setup.
To run the benchmark:
1. Select Ziff Davis Media Benchmarks from
Windows “Start” menu.
2. Choose “Ziff Davis Media Business
Winstone 2001”.
3. Click “Proceed” to accept “License
Agreement”.
4. Click “OK” to accept “Business Winstone
Registration License Agreement”.
5. Click “Run” Business Winstone 2001.
6. Click “Next” to run “System Configuration
Problem analysis”.
7. Click “Next” for “Minimum Resource
Requirements”.
8. Click “Next” for “Other Requirements”.
9. Click “Next” for “Other Requirements”.
10. Click “Next” for “Other Requirements”.
11. Click “Next” for “Business Winstone
Requirements”.
12. Click “Finish” for “System Configuration
Problem”.
13. Click “Ok” for “Automated Defrag”.
eTesting Labs Inc. Business
Winstone™ 2002
1. Click “Business Winstone™ 2002” and click
“Next” to install.
2. Click “Next” to install in default “Destination
Location”.
3. Click “Yes” to create directory.
4. Select “Copy Business support files” and
click “Next”.
5. Click “Next” to install in default “Program
Folder”.
6. Click “Next” to “Start Copying Files”.
7. Click “Finish” to complete setup.
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To run the benchmark:
1. Execute “PC Magazine Benchmarks” from
Windows “Start” menu.
2. Choose “PC Magazine Business Winstone
2002”.
3. Click “Proceed” to accept “License
Agreement”.
4. Click “Yes” to accept “Business Winstone
Registration License Agreement”.
5. Click “Run” Business Winstone 2002.
6. Click “Next” to run “System Configuration
Problem Analysis”.
7. Click “Next” for “Minimum Resource
Requirements”.
8. Click “Next” for “Other Requirements”.
9. Click “Next” for “Other Requirements”.
10. Click “Next” for “Other Requirements”.
11. Click “Next” for “Business Winstone
Requirements”.
12. Click “Finish” for “System Configuration
Problem”.
13. Click “Ok” for “Automated Defrag”.
eTesting Labs Inc. Content Creation
Winstone™ 2002
1. Click “Content Creation Winstone 2002”
and click “Next” to install.
2. Click “Next” to install in default “Destination
Location”.
3. Click “Yes” to create directory.
4. Select “Copy Content Creation support
files” and click “Next”.
5. Click “Next” to install in default “Program
Folder”.
6. Click “Next” to “Start Copying Files”.
7. Click “Finish” to complete setup.
To run the benchmark:
1. Execute “Ziff Davis Media Content Creation
Winstone 2002” from Windows “Start”
menu.
2. Choose “Ziff Davis Media Content Creation
Winstone 2002”.
3. Click “Proceed” to accept “License
Agreement”.
4. Click “Yes” to accept “Content Creation
Winstone 2002 Registration License
Agreement”.
5. Click “Run” Content Creation Winstone 2002.
6. Click “Next” to run “System Configuration
Problem Analysis”.
7. Click “Next” for “Minimum Resource
Requirements”.
8. Click “Next” for “Other Requirements”.
9. Click “Next” for “Other Requirements”.
10. Click “Next” for “Other Requirements”.
11. Click “Next” for “Content Creation
Winstone Requirements”.
12. Click “Finish” for “System Configuration
Problem”.
13. Click “Ok” for “Automated Defrag”.
eTesting Labs Inc. Content Creation
Winstone™ 2003
1. Click “Content Creation Winstone 2003”
and click “Next” to install.
2. Click “Next” to install in default “Destination
Location”.
3. Click “Yes” to create directory.
4. Select “Copy Content Creation support
files” and click “Next”.
5. Click “Next” to install in default “Program
Folder”.
6. Click “Next” to “Start Copying Files”.
7. Click “Yes” to install Windows Media Encoder
7.1.
8. Click “Yes” to accept “License Agreement”.
9. Click “Next” to install Windows Media Encoder
7.1.
10. Click “Finish” complete installation.
11. Click “Yes” to create “Windows Media
Encoder directory”.
12. Select “Exit Setup” and click “Ok”.
13. Click “Ok” to complete setup.
14. Click “Finish” to complete setup.
15. Double Click Install patch for Windows Media
Encoder: WM312125.exe.
16. Click “Yes” to accept “License Agreement”.
To run the benchmark:
1. Execute “PC Magazine Media Content
Creation Winstone 2003” from “Start”
menu.
2. Choose “PC Magazine Business Winstone
2003”.
3. Click “Proceed” to accept “License
Agreement”.
4. Click “Yes” to acknowledge you have read the
license agreement.
5. Click “Run” Multimedia Content Creation
Winstone 2003.
6. Click “Next” to run “System Configuration
Problem Analysis”.
7. Click “Next” for “Minimum Resource
Requirements”.
8. Click “Next” for “Other Requirements”.
9. Click “Next” for “Other Requirements”.
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10. Click “Next” for “Other Requirements”.
11. Click “Next” for “Content Creation
Winstone Requirements”.
12. Click “Finish” for “System Configuration
Problem”.
13. Click “Ok” for “Automated Defrag”.
Futuremark Corporation 3DMark™
2001 – Second Edition
1. Click “Next” to install 3Dmark2001 SE Pro.
2. Enter Registration code and click “Next”.
3. Click “Ok” registration code confirmation.
4. Click “Yes” to accept “License Agreement”.
5. Click “Next” to install to default “Destination
Location”.
6. Click “Next” to start “Coping Files”.
7. Click “Finish” to complete installation.
8. Install patch: 3Dmark2001SE_patch.exe
(Version 2.11.15.0).
9. Click “Next” to install 3Dmark2001 SE patch.
10. Click “Ok” to confirm installation.
To run the software benchmark:
1. Execute “3Dmark2001 SE Pro”.
2. Click “Change” in “Display and CPU
Settings”.
3. Select “D3D Software T&L” under
“Rendering Pipeline”.
4. Click “Ok”.
5. Click “Change” under “Selected Test”.
6. Select only the first four game tests under
“Game Performance”.
7. Deselect the remaining test.
8. Click “Ok”.
9. Click “Benchmark” to launch test.
Note: After each run, exit and restart the
program.
To run the hardware benchmark:
1. Execute “3Dmark2001 SE Pro”.
2. Click “Change” in “Display and CPU
Settings”.
3. Ensure that “Double buffering” is set to
“Enabled”.
4. Select “D3D Hardware T&L” under
“Rendering Pipeline”.
5. Click “Ok”.
6. Click “Change” under “Selected Test”.
7. Select only the first four game tests under
“Game Performance”.
8. Deselect the remaining test.
9. Click “Ok”.
10. Click “Benchmark” to launch test.
Note: After each run, exit and restart the
program.
Futuremark Corporation 3DMark™
2003
1. Execute 3DMark 2003: mg-3dmark03.exe
(version 7.1.100.1248).
2. Click “Next” to install 3Dmark03.
3. Select “I accept the terms of the license
agreement” and click “Next”.
4. Click “Next” to install to default “Destination
Location”.
5. Click “Install” to “Install the Program”.
6. Enter registration code and click “Next”.
7. Click “Ok” registration code confirmation.
8. Click “Finish” to complete installation.
9. Install patch 3Dmark03_patch330.exe
(version 7.1.100.1248).
10. Click “OK” for information box about DX9
install.
11. Click “Next” to install 3Dmark2001 SE patch.
12. Click “Finish” to confirm installation.
To run the software benchmark:
1. Execute “3DMark03”.
2. Select “Do not show this dialog again” and
click “Close”.
3. Click “Select” under “Tests”.
4. Select first four games under “Game Test”
and deselect the other test.
5. Click “Ok”.
6. Click “Change” under “Settings”.
7. Click “Force Software Vertex Shaders” box.
8. Click “Ok”.
9. Click “Run 3Dmark”.
To run the hardware benchmark:
1. Execute “3DMark03”.
2. Click “Select” under “Tests”.
3. Select first four games under “Game Test”.
4. Deselect the remaining test.
5. Click “Ok”.
6. Click “Run 3Dmark”.
Half-Life Smokin' (1024x768x32)
1. Click “Install Half-Life” and click “Yes” if you
heard a sound (click “Yes” if no speakers).
2. Click “Next” to install Half-Life.
3. Click “Yes” to accept “License Agreement”.
4. Click “Next” to install to default “Destination
Location”.
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5. Click “Ok” to begin setup.
6. Click “Ok” to complete setup.
7. Click “No” to not check for available updates.
8. Click “Ok” to register now and click “Register
Later”.
9. Click “Next” “Select Components”.
10. Click “Finish” to complete setup.
11. Go to Windows “Start” menu and select
“Half-Life”.
12. Click on “Don’t show me again”.
13. Click “Continue” to acknowledge compatibility
issue.
14. Type in registration code and click “Finish”.
15. Execute “Half-Life Console”.
16. Click “Configuration,” “Video,” and “Video
Modes”.
17. Select “Open GL” and click “Ok”.
18. Click “Cancel” for “New Connection
Wizard”.
19. Select “1024x768” and click “Ok”.
20. Click “Done” to exit video menu.
21. Click “Done” to exit menu.
22. Click “Quit” to exit game.
23. Click “Ok” to confirm exit.
24. Install Half-Life patch: “10051009.exe”.
a. Click “Next” to install Half-Life Update
1.0.0.9.
b. Click “I Agree” to accept “License
Agreement”.
c. Click “Next” for “Read Me File”.
d. Click “Next” to install to default
“Destination Location”.
e. Click “Next” to “Start Installation”.
f. Click “Next” to place shortcut on desktop.
g. Click “Finish” to compete installation.
25. Move “smoking.dem” to “c:\SIERRA\Half-
Life\valve\”.
26. Move the maps folder to “c:\SIERRA\Half-
Life\valve\”.
To run the benchmark:
1. Insert CD in CD-Rom.
2. Execute “Half-Life Console” from start menu.
3. Click “Console”.
4. Eject CD from CD-Rom so that music does not
play.
5. Type “timedemo smoking”.
6. Hit “Enter” to launch demo.
Quake III Demo2 (1024x768x32)
1. Install Quake III: Q3Ademo.exe.
2. Click “Next” to install Quake 3 Arena Demo.
3. Click “Yes” to accept “License Agreement”.
4. Click “Next” to install to default “Destination
Location”.
5. Click “Next” to install.
6. Click “Close” to complete setup.
To run the benchmark:
1. Execute “Quake3” from desktop.
2. Click “Setup”.
3. Click “System”.
4. Click “Video Mode” to select “1024x768”.
5. Click “Color Depth” to select “32 Bit”.
6. Click “Accept”.
7. Hit "~" for console command view. Type the
following commands to configure and run the
demo:
a. “s_initsound 0”
b. “snd_restart”
c. Hit “~”
d. “com_maxfps 0”
e. “vid_restart”
f. Hit “~”
g. “timedemo 1”
h. “demo demo002”
8. Hit “Enter” to launch demo.
9. Hit "~" to view results.
RazorLame
1. Install “ezcddax6.exe” to convert ripping CD
to wav format.
2. Click “Next” to continue ripping from “Easy
CD-DA Extractor Setup”.
3. Click “Next” to install program into default
folder.
4. Click “Finish”.
5. Insert “Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here”
Audio CD into drive.
6. Go to “Start”, “Programs”, “Easy CD-DA
Extractor 6”, and “Easy CD-DA Extractor”.
7. Click “Evaluate the Software”.
a. Select “Device” to “Hitachi GD-2000
1000” to reflect the CDROM is installed on
the computer.
b. Select all tracks.
c. Click “Copy” to continue.
d. In the dialog box, change output folder to
“C:\Pink Floyd”.
e. Go to “Integrated Formats” tab; choose
“.wav (standard)” in the first drop down
box.
f. Click “Start Copying” to copy files.
8. Burn the raw files to another CD.
9. Input the burned CD into the computer.
10. Choose folder “Pink Floyd”.
11. Copy folder from CD to desktop.
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12. Install “lamewin32”.
13. Click “I Agree” to license agreement.
14. Click “Next” to install “LAME Mp3”.
15. Click “Install” to continue install.
16. Clicks “Close”.
17. Open “RazorLame” shortcut on desktop.
18. Drag the “Pink Floyd” folder track items into
“Razor Lame 1.1.5”.
19. Go to “Edit” menu, Choose “Lame Options”.
20. Under “General” tab “Increase Bit rate” to
“192”.
21. Under “Advanced” tab, change
“Optimization” to “Quality”.
22. Under “VBR” tab, “Enable” “Variable
BitRate” and change “Quality Number” to
“9”.
23. Click “Ok” to close dialog box.
To run the benchmark:
1. Click “Encode” to run benchmark.
To view results, Go to “View”, “Last log”, and
scroll down to end of file. Before running a second
run, delete all files from the RazorLame and re-
copy prior to starting run. You do not need to
reset the options.
Return to Castle Wolfenstein 3D
(1024x768x32)
1. Click “Install” and click “Next” to install
Return to Castle Wolfenstein.
2. Click “Yes” to accept “License Agreement”.
3. Click “Next” for “Minimum System
Requirements”.
4. Enter registration key and click “Ok”.
5. Click “Ok” to confirm registration key.
6. Click “Next” to install to default “Destination
Location”.
7. Click “Next” to install to default “Program
Folder”.
8. Click “Install” to “Start Installation”.
9. Click “Ok” for “Hardware Detected”.
10. Click “Yes” to create shortcut on desktop.
11. Select “Register Later” and click “Next”.
12. Click “Finish” to complete setup.
13. Install patch: “wolf_1_1.exe”.
14. Click “Next” to install Return to Castle
Wolfenstein Patch.
15. Click “Yes” to accept “License Agreement”.
16. Click “Next” to install to default “Destination
Location”.
17. Click “Next” to “Start Installation”.
18. Click “Ok” to continue installation.
19. Click “Finish” to complete installation.
20. Create a directory called “demos” in the
“c:\Program Files\Return to Castle
Wolfenstein\Main\Demos” and extract
“checkpoint.dem_57” to that directory.
21. Execute “Wolfenstein (Multiplayer)” from
desktop.
22. Click “Options,” “System,” and “Graphics”.
23. Select “Video mode” to “1024x768”.
24. Select “Texture detail” to “High”.
25. Click “Apply”.
26. Click “Yes” to apply video settings.
27. Under “Options,” “Game Options,” and
“Performance”:
a. Select “Wall Mark Lifetime” to “Long”.
b. Select “Ejecting Brass” to “High”.
c. Select “Dynamic Lights” to “Yes”.
d. Select “Corona Dist” to “Extreme”.
28. Under “Options/Game Options/View”:
a. Select “Cursor Hints” to “Off”.
b. Select “Show Compass” to “Off”.
c. Select “Team Overlay” to “Off”.
29. Hit “Esc” to return to main menu.
30. Click “Quit” to exit game.
To run the benchmark:
1. Execute “Wolfenstein (Multiplayer)” from
desktop.
2. Go into “Options,” “Game Options,”
“Performance,” and set “Corona Dist” to
“Extreme”.
3. Hit "~" to open console.
4. Type “Timedemo 1”.
5. Type “Demo checkpoint”.
6. Type "~" to view demo results.
Serious Sam: Second Encounter –
Demo Version (1024x768x32)
1. Double Click to Install Serious Sam:
“serioussamsedemo.exe”.
2. Click “Next” to install Serious Sam: The
Second Encounter Demo.
3. Click “Yes” to accept “License Agreement”.
4. Click “Next” for “Information text”.
5. Click “Next” to install to default “Destination
Location”.
6. Click “Next” to install to default “Program
Folder”.
7. Click “Next” to install default name for “Enter
text”.
8. Click “Finish” to complete installation.
9. Execute Serious Sam.
10. Click “Ok” to start Serious Sam for the first
time.
11. Hit “Esc” to enter main menu.
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12. Click “Options,” and “Video Options”.
13. Select “Resolution” to “1024x768”.
14. Select “Bits per pixel” to “32”.
15. Select “Preferences” to “Speed”.
16. Click “Apply”.
17. Click “Yes” to keep settings.
18. Click “Esc” to return to main menu.
To run the benchmark:
1. Launch Serious Sam Second Encounter demo
from desktop.
2. Hit “ESC” to get to main menu.
3. Hit "~" to enter console.
4. Type “dem_bprofile=1”.
5. Hit "~" to return to main menu.
6. Click “Demo”.
7. Select “Little Trouble” demo and hit “Enter”.
8. Following the demo, hit "~".
Splinter Cell
1. Install Splinter Cell from CD.
2. Click “Next” to continue.
3. Click “No” to update current version of DX9.0.
4. Click “Next” to accept license agreement.
5. Click “Next” to continue.
6. Click “Next” to continue.
7. Click “Next” to continue.
8. Insert Disc 2 and click “OK”.
9. Insert Disc 3 and click “OK”.
10. Click “Next” to continue.
11. Chose “Never Register” and Click “Cancel”.
12. Click “Finish”.
13. Double click to Install patch
“scus_CA_Patch_1.2B” (version
7.1.100.124.8).
14. Click “Ok” to finish patch completion.
15. Go to “C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Splinter
Cell\System\sclow.bat”.
16. Right click on “sclow.bat” and select sub
menu item “Edit”.
17. Ensure the “sclow.bat” file reads as follows:
splintercell.exe 1_1_1Tbilisi.scl PLAYTIMEDEMO=1_1_1TbilisiDemo.bin -NOSOUND RESOLUTION=1024X768
SHADOWLEVEL=LOW SHADOWRESOLUTION=LOW EFFECTSQUALITY=LOW SHADOWMODE=PROJECTOR
splintercell.exe 1_1_1Tbilisi.scl PLAYTIMEDEMO=1_1_1TbilisiDemo.bin -NOSOUND RESOLUTION=1024X768
SHADOWLEVEL=LOW SHADOWRESOLUTION=LOW EFFECTSQUALITY=LOW SHADOWMODE=PROJECTOR
splintercell.exe 1_1_1Tbilisi.scl PLAYTIMEDEMO=1_1_1TbilisiDemo.bin -NOSOUND RESOLUTION=1024X768
SHADOWLEVEL=LOW SHADOWRESOLUTION=LOW EFFECTSQUALITY=LOW SHADOWMODE=PROJECTOR
splintercell.exe 1_1_2Tbilisi.scl PLAYTIMEDEMO=1_1_2TbilisiDemo.bin -NOSOUND RESOLUTION=1024X768
SHADOWLEVEL=LOW SHADOWRESOLUTION=LOW EFFECTSQUALITY=LOW SHADOWMODE=PROJECTOR
splintercell.exe 1_1_2Tbilisi.scl PLAYTIMEDEMO=1_1_2TbilisiDemo.bin -NOSOUND RESOLUTION=1024X768
SHADOWLEVEL=LOW SHADOWRESOLUTION=LOW EFFECTSQUALITY=LOW SHADOWMODE=PROJECTOR
splintercell.exe 1_1_2Tbilisi.scl PLAYTIMEDEMO=1_1_2TbilisiDemo.bin -NOSOUND RESOLUTION=1024X768
SHADOWLEVEL=LOW SHADOWRESOLUTION=LOW EFFECTSQUALITY=LOW SHADOWMODE=PROJECTOR
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To run the benchmark:
1. Create a shortcut to the batch files stored in
the directory noted above.
2. Input Splinter Cell CD3 into drive.
3. Double click the file on the desktop.
Star Wars – Jedi Knight II: Jedi
Outcast (1024x768x32)
1. Click “Install” to install Jedi Knight II.
2. Click “Next” to install Jedi Knight II: Jedi
Outcast.
3. Click “Yes” to accept “License Agreement”.
4. Click “Automatic” installation.
5. Click “Yes” to confirm automatic installation.
6. Click “Exit” installation.
7. Install patch “Jkiiup104.exe”.
8. Click “Continue” to install.
9. Click “OK” to continue.
10. Unzip “assets2.pak3” found in
GameData\Base folder.
11. Extract the file “jk2ffa.dm_15” to the
Base\Demos folder and then rename the
demo to “jk2ffa.dm_16”.
12. Copy renamed demo file to a new directory,
“Demos” off of the path c:\program
files\LucasArts\Star Wars JK II Jedi
Outcast\GameData\base.
13. Create shortcut to desktop for Jedi Knight II
Multi Player: c:\Program
Files\LucasArts\Star Wars JK II Jedi
Outcast\GameData\jk2mp.exe.
14. Right click “Shortcut to jk2mp” from desktop
and select “Properties”.
15. Type “+set sv_cheats 1” at the end of the
“Target Location” for example “c:\Program
Files\LucasArts\Star Wars JK II Jedi
Outcast\GameData\jk2mp.exe” “+set
sv_cheats 1”.
16. Click “Ok” to close shortcut.
17. Run demo from the command line in the
multiplayer game by typing "timedemo 1"
and then "demo jk2ffa".
To run the benchmark:
1. Execute Shortcut to jk2mp from desktop.
2. Click “Setup”.
3. Click “Video”.
4. Select “1024x768x32” for “Video Mode” and
“32-bit” “Color Depth”.
5. Click “Apply Changes”.
6. Click “Yes” to continue to Main Menu.
7. Hit “Shift ~”.
8. Type “timedemo 1”.
9. Type “demo jk2ffa”.
10. Hit “Enter”.
11. Hit “Shift ~” and scroll up to see score.
Unreal Tournament 2003
(1024x768x32)
1. Install Unreal Tournament 2003
“ut2003demo2206.exe”.
2. Click ““Next”” to install Unreal Tournament
2003.
3. Click “I Agree” to accept “License
Agreement”.
4. Click “Next” to install to default “Destination
Location”.
5. Click “Next” to install default components.
6. Click “Install” to install Unreal Tournament
2003.
7. Click “Finish” to complete installation.
To run the benchmark:
1. Run
“c:\UT2003Demo\System\Benchmark.ex
e”.
2. Select “1024x768” and click “Start” to launch
demo.
WinRAR
1. Install “ActivePerl-5.8.0.806-mswin32-
x86”.
2. Click on “Next” to begin install.
3. Choose “I accept the terms in the license
agreement” and click “Next”.
4. Click “Next” for default install.
5. Click “Next” to privacy policy.
6. Click “Next” to default options.
7. Click “Install” to continue.
8. Click “Finish” to complete install.
9. Install “winrar320” from CD.
10. Click “Install” to continue.
11. Click “Ok” to default setup.
12. Click “Done” to complete install.
13. Go to “My computer” and select “C:\ Drive”
14. Click “File” menu, choose “New folder” and
create “rartest”.
15. Copy “rartestpl” file from CD to new folder.
To run the benchmark:
1. Double click on the “rartestpl” file which
creates a directory with a text file with the test
results.
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XMPEG
1. Install DIVX from CD folder “DIVX5.03pro”.
2. Click “Next” to begin installation.
3. Click “Next” to “Welcome” note.
4. Click “Next” to “Requirements” note.
5. Click “Yes” to license agreement.
6. Click “Yes” twice to “Gator” privacy
agreement.
7. Select “Custom” for “Type of Setup
Program” and click “Next”.
8. Click “Next” to continue.
9. Click “Next” to select default location.
10. Click “Next” to install.
11. Click “Close” upon install.
12. Reboot the system.
13. Install “xmpeg50final” from CD.
14. Choose “English” and click “Next” for
language selection.
15. Click “Next” to “Welcome” note.
16. Click “Next” to “Readme” information.
17. Click “Next” to choose destination location for
install.
18. Click “Next” to default folder settings.
19. Click “Next” to start file copy.
20. Click “Finish” to complete file copy.
21. Click “Ok” to illegal information.
22. Click “Cancel” to stop video conversion wizard
for manual start.
23. Click on reel icon to the left hand side of the
“XMPEG” title bar.
24. Select “Open”.
25. Go to desktop and open the “testfile” that
was created under AVI MPG (See the bbmpeg
section on page 22).
26. Click “Ok”.
27. Select “Options” from the menu.
28. Under “Video” tab, unclick “Auto” and click
on “YUY2”.
29. Under “Audio” tab, deselect “Same as Input”
and select “48000Hz”.
30. Go to menu and choose “Set Plug-In
Options”.
31. Under “Advanced” tab, select “benchmark
mode” and type in “5400” for “Number of
frames asked”.
32. Click “Ok”.
To run the benchmark:
1. Go to menu and choose “Start Conversion”.
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AMD’s Results
Using the system configuration and benchmark configuration and testing methods
recommended on page 13, AMD’s results are in Table 6 and Table 7 on page 31.
Contact AMD if you have any questions about the performance of any AMD
microprocessor. Table 6 uses the configurations shown in Table 1 AMD Athlon™ 64
Processor System Configuration on page 13 and Table 5 Intel Pentium® 4 3.20 GHz
(800 FSB) System Configuration on page 15.
Table 6 AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor Raw Benchmarking Results
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Table 7 uses the configurations shown in Table 2 AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor System
Configuration” on page 13, Table 3 AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-51 Processor System
Configuration” on page 14, and Table 4 Intel Pentium® 4 3.20 GHz (800 FSB)
System Configuration” on page 15.
Table 7 AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-51 Processor Raw Benchmarking Results
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AMD’s Performance Analysis Tools
This is the first in a series of releases of AMD performance analysis tools and is
intended to help measure and analyze the 32-bit and 64-bit performance of AMD
Athlon™ 64 and AMD Athlon 64 FX processor-based systems using Microsoft®
Windows® operating system products. The 32 bit benchmarks are run on Windows
XP service pack 1A and a beta release of Windows 64. The 64-bit applications are
run under the Beta release of the Windows 64 operating system.
Analysis Tools Benchmarks
AMD’s performance analysis tools use various standard benchmarks to obtain
relative performance numbers. When combined with the suggested setup
configurations, reviewers and enthusiasts alike should be able to recreate AMD’s
reported results.
DivX Encoder
The DivX encoder benchmark contains both a 32-bit and a 64-bit benchmark that
measures the performance of raw video encoding of the AMD optimized DivX video
encoder version 503. The encoder has been optimized for AMD Athlon 64 and AMD
Athlon 64 FX systems (both 32-bit and 64-bit).
Mini-GZIP
The Mini-GZIP benchmark contains a 64-bit benchmark that measures the
performance of an AMD64-optimized version of ZLIB. It also contains a 32-bit
benchmark implemented with the standard (unmodified) ZLIB. The source code for
this benchmark is included on the CD.
RSA
The RSA benchmarks consist of a set of 32-bit and 64-bit executables that measure
the performance of key RSA cryptography routines. The 64-bit executables use RSA
code that has been optimized for AMD64. There are a set of 32-bit executables that
have also been optimized for AMD64 and a set of 32-bit executables using the
standard RSA library routines.
Streams
The Streams benchmarks consist of 32-bit and 64-bit executables that have been
optimized for AMD64. Note that these executables have not been optimized for any
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other microprocessor and do not run on processors without SSE2 support (such as
the AMD Athlon XP processor).
Benchmark Configuration and Testing
To install the benchmarks:
1. Place the CD in the drive and double click
PATSETUP.MSI.
2. Click next to go to the license screen.
3. Read the license and click the accept or
decline radio button (Declining the license
agreement will not allow you to continue).
4. Click next to get to the installation folder
screen.
5. Click next to accept the installation directory
or browse to change the directory. (All
instructions are written as if you accepted the
default installation directory. (The DivX, RSA,
and streams benchmark will install in the
C:\AMDPATR1 directory.
6. On the ready to install screen click next to
install, the files will be copied to the
destination folder.
7. Click finish to complete the installation.
To install mini_GZIP
1. Copy the mini_GZIP folder from the CD to the
same installation folder as the above step.
To install the Video clip to use for DIVX
encode
1. Copy the file AustinMontageShort.avi to the
folder
c:\AMDPATR1\DivXEncoderBenchmark
When you have completed the above steps you
should have a folder in the root directory named
AMDPATR1. That folder should contain four
folders named DivXEncoderBenchmark, RSA,
Streams, and mini_gzip.
To run the DivX Encoder benchmark
First create a file that can be encoded by the DivX
encoder:
1. Boot the system in 32-bit Windows mode.
2. Change to the drive where the benchmarks are
installed.
3. Type c: press <Enter>.
4. Change directory to the installation folder.
a. Type cd AMDPATR1 press <Enter>.
5. Change to the DivX directory.
a. Type cd DivXencoderBenchmark press
<Enter>.
6. Convert the video clip.
a. Type in yuvcvt ausitnmontage.avi and
press <Enter>.
To execute the 32-bit version of DivX
Encode
1. Boot the system in 32-bit Windows mode.
2. Click on Start , Run
a. Type in cmd and click OK
3. Change to the drive where the benchmarks are
installed.
a. Type c: press <Enter>
4. Change directory to the installation folder.
a. Type cd AMDPATR1 and press <Enter>.
5. Change to the DivX directory.
a. Type cd DivXEncoderBenchmark press
<Enter>.
Run the benchmark.
1. Type em503-32 –d32bit.txt
AustinMontageShort.yuv and press
<Enter>.
To execute the 64 bit version of MiniGzip
1. Boot the system in 64 bit Windows mode.
2. Click on Start , Run.
a. Type in cmd and click OK.
3. Change to the drive where the benchmarks are
installed.
a. Type c: press <Enter>.
4. Change the active directory to the installation
folder.
a. Type cd AMDPATR1 press <Enter>
5. Change to the DivX directory.
a. Type cd DivXencoderBenchmark press
<Enter>.
Run the benchmark
1. Type em503-64 –d64bit.txt
AustinMontageShort.yuv
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Mini-Gzip
To execute the 32 bit version of Mini-Gzip:
1. Boot the system in 32 bit Windows mode.
2. Click on Start , Run.
a. Type in cmd and click OK.
3. Change to the drive where the benchmarks are
installed.
a. Type c: press <Enter>.
4. Change directory to the installation folder.
a. Type cd AMDPATR1 and press <Enter>.
5. Change to the Streams directory.
a. Type CD minigzip and press <Enter>.
Run the benchmark
1. Type minigzip32 data.txt
To execute the 64 bit version of MiniGzip
1. Boot the system in 64-bit Windows mode.
2. Click on Start , Run.
a. Type in cmd and click OK.
3. Change to the drive where the benchmarks are
installed.
a. Type c: press <Enter>.
4. Change directory to the installation folder.
a. Type cd AMDPATR1 press <Enter>.
5. Change to the Streams directory
a. Type CD streams press <Enter>.
Run the benchmark
1. Type minigzip64 data.txt and press
<Enter>.
RSA
Each RSA benchmark simply runs from the
command line. No command line parameters or
input files are necessary. The benchmarks send
their output to the console.
To execute the 32 bit version of RSA
1. Boot the system in 32 bit Windows mode.
2. Click on Start, Run.
a. Type in cmd and click OK.
3. Change to the drive where the benchmarks are
installed.
a. Type c: press <Enter>.
4. Change directory to the installation folder.
a. Type cd AMDPATR1 and press <Enter>.
5. Change to the RSA directory
a. Type CD RSA press <Enter>.
6. Change to the 32 bit directory.
b. Type 32-bit and press <Enter>.
7. Run the standard library RSA benchmarks.
a. AES-128 Encrypt / Decrypt.
i. Type aesperf603.exe and press
<Enter>.
b. Triple-DES Encrypt/Decrypt.
i. Type desperf603.exe and press
<Enter>.
c. RC4 Encrypt/Decrypt.
Type rc4perf603.exe and press <Enter>.
d. RSA Encrypt/Decrypt.
i. Type rsaperf603.exe and press
<Enter>.
e. SHA-1 Digest.
i. Type sha1perf603.exe and press
<Enter>.
8. Run the AMD Athlon 64 Processor optimized
library RSA benchmarks.
a. AES-128 Encrypt / Decrypt.
i. Type aesperf61.exe and press
<Enter>.
b. Triple-DES Encrypt/Decrypt.
i. Type desperf61.exe and press
<Enter>.
c. RC4 Encrypt/Decrypt.
i. Type rc4perf61.exe and press <Enter>
d. RSA Encrypt/Decrypt.
i. Type rsaperf61.exe and press <Enter>
e. SHA-1 Digest.
Type sha1perf61.exe and press <Enter>.
To execute the 64-bit version of RSA
1. Boot the system in 64 bit Windows mode.
2. Click on Start , Run
3. Type in cmd and click OK.
4. Change to the drive where the benchmarks are
installed.
a. Type c: press <Enter>
5. Change directory to the installation folder.
a. Type cd AMDPATR1 and press <Enter>.
6. Change to the RSA directory.
a. Type cd RSA press <Enter>
7. Change to the 64 bit directory
a. Type 64-bit press<Enter>.
8. Run the RSA benchmarks.
9. AES-128 Encrypt / Decrypt.
a. Type aesperf.exe and press <Enter>.
10. Triple-DES Encrypt/Decrypt.
a. Type desperf.exe and press <Enter>.
11. RC4 Encrypt/Decrypt.
a. Type rc4perf.exe and press <Enter>.
12. RSA Encrypt/Decrypt.
a. Type rsaperf.exe and press <Enter>.
13. SHA-1 Digest.
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a. Type sha1perf.exe and press <Enter>.
Streams
This benchmark is very simple to run and requires
no command line parameters or input files. Simply
run stream_d32.exe and stream_d64.exe from
the command line.
To execute the 32 bit version of Streams:
1. Boot the system in 32-bit Windows mode.
2. Click on Start, Run.
a. Type in cmd and click OK.
3. Change to the drive where the benchmarks are
installed.
a. Type c: press <Enter>.
4. Change directory to the installation folder.
a. Type cd AMDPATR1 and press <Enter>.
5. Change to the Streams directory.
a. Type cd streams press <Enter>.
6. Run the benchmark.
a. Type in Stream_d32.exe and press
<Enter>.
To execute the 64 bit version of Streams
1. Boot the system in 64-bit Windows mode.
2. Click on Start , Run
a. Type in cmd and click OK
3. Change to the drive where the benchmarks are
installed.
a. Type c: and press <Enter>.
4. Change directory to the installation folder.
a. Type cd AMDPATR1 and press <Enter>.
5. Change to the Streams directory.
a. Type cd streams and press <Enter>.
6. Run the benchmark
a. Type in Stream_d64.exe and press
<Enter>.
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Benchmark Results
AMD’s analysis tools results are shown here. AMD used the system and operating
system configurations shown earlier in this document to achieve these results. Table
8 uses the configurations shown in Table 3 AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-51 Processor System
Configuration, on page 14 in Microsoft® Windows® in both 32- and 64-bit
computing environments. Contact AMD if you have any questions about the
performance of any AMD microprocessor.
Table 8 Analysis Tools Benchmarking Results – AMD64 32-Bit Versus
64-Bit
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Table 9 uses the configurations shown in Table 3 AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-51 Processor
System Configuration, on page 14 in both Microsoft Windows in 32- and 64-bit
computing environments, and compares it to the configuration shown in. Table 4
Intel Pentium® 4 3.20 GHz (800 FSB) System Configuration, on page 15.
Table 9 Analysis Tools Benchmarking Results – AMD 64-Bit Versus
Intel 32-Bit
