BenchMark Testing:
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All of the above SiSoft benchmarks above were completed at the stock 3.3GHz speed.
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| SiSoft Multimedia benchmark at stock speeds | Sisoft Multimedia benchmark at 4.1GHz |
We were able to get the multimedia benchmark to run while overclocking the processor at 4.1 GHz, but strangely the other benchmarks would not run. The 560 X2 did very well for a dual core in comparison to other dual cores as you can see above. Also for the listed $105, you just can’t touch this performance to cost ratio. Additionally consider that we were able to take this $105 processor from stock 3.3GHz to 4.01GHz with a few clicks of a mouse, there is simply no other processor in the same ball park.
Whetstone:
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| Stock 3.3GHz | Overclocked to 4.13GHz |
The Whetstone benchmark results for the stock 3.3GHz comes in with a really respectable 2849003 score. The overclocked 4.13GHz score is really an eye opener. Again for the price and the fact that a simple click save of over clocked settings on the motherboard, you are not purchasing a 3.3GHz processor for $105, your purchasing a serious 4.13Ghz for $105.
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| Single Core Over Clocked to 4.3GHz |
Though it isn’t too likely today that someone would purchase a multi-core processor just to disable all the cores but the primary to run a program, but we did and then overclocked the processor up to 4.8GHz which was stable at the desktop, but wasn’t stable enough to run anything stressful on the remaining core. After some tweaking we were able to set the processor at 4.3GHz to run Whetstone benchmark. The score was as you can see very impressive.
This is obviously a benchmark which is speed (frequency) centric as you can tell by the fact that is scores higher on a single core overclocked to 4.3GHz than with two cores overclocked slightly lower to 4.13GHz. The key point to observe here is the headroom of this low priced dual core from AMD.
Buying this AMD Phenom II is a very good bargain. For instance, if you do not have enough cash to buy high-end, then you can use lower versions. Once your budget for upgrade increases, you need not to replace the motherboard of your system.and also
Hyper-threading technology allows each processor to run two threads simultaneously making a dual-core processor run like quad core.
http://www.techyv.com/article/amd-phenom-ii-x2-560-black-editions-compared-intel-core-cpus