Benchmarks Continued:
Passmark:
PassMark Performance Test is an award winning PC hardware benchmark utility that allows anyone to quickly assess the performance of their computer and compare it to a number of standard ‘baseline’ computer systems.
|
|
|
| Stock 3.3GHz | Scoring at stock 3.3GHz |
The score is a respectable 1,045.1, which for a dual core processor that cost a mere $105 is very impressive in the market at the time of this review.
3DMark 06:
While this one is far more GPU dependent, 3DMark can give some insight into how the CPU affects gaming performance:
|
|
|
| Stock 3.3GHz | Overclocked to 3.8Ghz |
We were able to overclock the processor to 3.8GHz and it stayed stable to complete a full run of benchmarks and resulted in a very nice increase in the score. Also noteworthy is when the benchmark got to the point where the rendering was be handled by the processor, for the first time, I saw a score higher than 1fps (3fps was seen for a split second).
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