DL3TC JIUHB Ratios in Speed vs Preformance

[cbakey]

I was woundering if there is a comparison about different clock speeds, in set intervals and how they preformed with benchmarks, with different settings? I am doing a science fair project on how different CPU core speeds of a 1700 xp+ DL3TC JIUHB effect how fast it proccesses information and I am using Folding at home to test the speed. Any informantion relating to this subject would be a great help.
Thanks
Chris

[shiyan]

I think a CPU's performance has a positive linear relationship to its clockspeed, as in, double its speed, and you double its performance.

But, because it is part of a whole system being in the computer, doubling yor CPU performance will not bring about a doubling of your system's performance as a whole. There's still the memory and storage systems.

How much performance increase you get for a given amount of CPU speed increase is really dependant on the type of application. Applications which don't make much use of the rest of the system, and concentrate almost entirely on the CPU will get the most gains from CPU speed.

[racpuc]

Originally posted by shiyan
I think a CPU's performance has a positive linear relationship to its clockspeed, as in, double its speed, and you double its performance.

But, because it is part of a whole system being in the computer, doubling yor CPU performance will not bring about a doubling of your system's performance as a whole. There's still the memory and storage systems.

How much performance increase you get for a given amount of CPU speed increase is really dependant on the type of application. Applications which don't make much use of the rest of the system, and concentrate almost entirely on the CPU will get the most gains from CPU speed.


hes right. Go dl sandra 2004. You can see how cpu and memory scale.

[Cuda]

Originally posted by shiyan
I think a CPU's performance has a positive linear relationship to its clockspeed, as in, double its speed, and you double its performance.

But, because it is part of a whole system being in the computer, doubling yor CPU performance will not bring about a doubling of your system's performance as a whole. There's still the memory and storage systems.

How much performance increase you get for a given amount of CPU speed increase is really dependant on the type of application. Applications which don't make much use of the rest of the system, and concentrate almost entirely on the CPU will get the most gains from CPU speed.

An excellent answer.