Promising CPU Benchmark: Geekbench 2

[Rob Williams]

It's not too unusual for us to receive e-mails from companies which would like to see us begin using their respective benchmarks in our articles, but a recent request caught my eye. A Canadian company by the name of Primate Labs has released a CPU-specific benchmark called Geekbench, and judging from the screenshots on the site, and information given to us, there's good potential here.

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[Optix]

Almost 7k for an i3 530 at 4.11 Ghz running Mac OS X. 64-bit Mac's seem to be beating up on everybody with that processor.

I wonder what I can get running 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium at that speed?

 

[Rob Williams]

I ran the 32-bit version on Windows and Linux, and Windows scored about 7500 while Linux scored 8150. It will take me a little while to test the program enough to see if it should be used, so we'll see. One thing I don't like is that it seems a little light on the testing... the entire thing seems to take 15 seconds tops, so it doesn't quite equate to the compiler benchmarks I hope to include in our future CPU reviews.

 

[Kougar]

Hmm, score of 10,703 for the configuration in my sig.

I agree, I'm not sure how reliable the testing is given it only takes a few seconds per each test, but I've seen worse too.

 

[radaja]

looks ok,i just wish i didnt have to install it.i like the zipped apps,with no install.

 

[samuelson1]

Buff bad scor I´m afraid: 6628 for my 955

Summary
Section Description Score Geekbench Score
Geekbench 2.1.6 for Windows x86 (32-bit)
Integer Processor integer performance 7796 6628
Floating Point Processor floating point performance 8752
Memory Memory performance 3020
Stream Memory bandwidth performance 2327
System Information
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
Model System manufacturer System Product Name Motherboard ASUSTeK Computer INC. M4A79 Deluxe
Processor AMD Phenom II X4 955
Processor ID AuthenticAMD Family 16 Model 4 Stepping 2
Processor Frequency 3.70 GHz Processors 1
Cores 4 Threads 4
L1 Instruction Cache 64.0 KB L1 Data Cache 64.0 KB
L2 Cache 2.00 MB L3 Cache 6.00 MB
Memory 4.00 GB 1066 MHz FSB 200 MHz
BIOS American Megatrends Inc. 3204

 

[eunoia]

I only scored a 1020 and my computer cost $1931.27!

(On April 25, 2003 )

 

[Kougar]

I only scored a 1020 and my computer cost $1931.27!

(On April 25, 2003 )

Those old Pentium 4's sure do show their age these days... system's worth somewhere around $100 today.

 

[Tharic-Nar]

Those old Pentium 4's sure do show their age these days... system's worth somewhere around $100 today.

Yeah.... don't rub it in . I'll have you know, my P4 can still handle the internet.... just.... as long as there isn't any flash.... or complex javascript... or other tasks running in the background...

 

[radaja]

well i installed it and ran it on my i7-920 at 4515Mhz and got this.

 

[samuelson1]

What beast!! lucky man

 

[Rob Williams]

well i installed it and ran it on my i7-920 at 4515Mhz and got this.

Alright, NOW I'm tempted to install the Core i7-980X and beat that score!

 

[radaja]

well it definitely could beat it thats for sure,those 980x's are monsters