Benchmark Applications?

All right... Basically, I'm doing a Computer Science project. I need people to list as MANY appropriate benchmarking programs I can use.

I'm testing CPU frequency vs performance. First at 1 ghz. Then 1.3. Then 1.6 and so on. I am also loading an application to test performance every mhz change to try to see if CPU speed is exponential or linear to performance.

Anyways, I need as many applications as possible listed here. money is no object.

Thanks,

-Excelsior

well... im sure we all know sisoft sandra and popular 3d benchmarks like 3dmarkXX... can you guys think of any others?

Excelsior said:

All right... Basically, I'm doing a Computer Science project. I need people to list as MANY appropriate benchmarking programs I can use.

I'm testing CPU frequency vs performance. First at 1 ghz. Then 1.3. Then 1.6 and so on. I am also loading an application to test performance every mhz change to try to see if CPU speed is exponential or linear to performance.

Anyways, I need as many applications as possible listed here. money is no object.

Thanks,

-Excelsior

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For CPU dependent stuff, CPUMark99, CPUMark2, Super-PI, PCMark 04, Sisoft Sandra, CPU RightMark, SYSmark 2004, to name a few. If CPU is all you're testing, i would avoid 3Dmark benchmarks, although some of them have built in CPU tests that may be useful.

I hope you have an unlocked processor so that you're isolating the CPU and not increasing the speed using the FSB. Also using the same processor/memory/motherboard.

In any case, I would recommend:

-superPi
-Hexus Pifast (already preset so you don't need to do any other tests and consistent)
-SiSoft Sandra
-Cinebench 2003 (software/cpu tests, for rendering)
-Sciencemark

You can also use some game benches, keeping the resolution at 640x480 to make sure the video card is not a bottleneck.

Ok. I do have an unlocked 1700+ so that's no issue. Anyhow, I'll be doing the tests as follows, HOPEFULLY, maybe I shouldn't go as low as 200 mhz as it'd run like crap though?

1x multi - 200 mhz fsb: final clock: 200mhz
2x multi - 200 mhz fsb: final clock: 400mhz
3x multi - 200 mhz fsb: final clock: 600mhz
4x multi - 200 mhz fsb: final clock: 800mhz
5x multi - 200 mhz fsb: final clock: 1000mhz
6x multi - 200 mhz fsb: final clock: 1200mhz
7x multi - 200 mhz fsb: final clock: 1400mhz
8x multi - 200 mhz fsb: final clock: 1600mhz
9x multi - 200 mhz fsb: final clock: 1800mhz
10x multi - 200 mhz fsb: final clock: 2000mhz
11x multi - 200 mhz fsb: final clock: 2200mhz
12x multi - 200 mhz fsb: final clock: 2400mhz

Last I checked my chip goes up to 2.4 ghz fine, but I'll double check and runt h benchmarks to make sure it'll be fine. !2.5 is the highest my epox 8rda+ will allow without a mod btw (multi)

Benchmarking apps I will now include hopefully:

-Pifast OR superpi. Can't decide! Someone help
-Sisoft Sandra
-CPU RightMark
-Sciencemark

Can I get an idea as to which sciencemark benchmark would be best to run? Which would be more CPU intensive rather? Also another thing to consider is I don't want total time to be over 1 hour (Except at lower frequencies, I can understand there...) So I would like total time for benchmarking to be 1 hour or so at each frequency above around 1 ghz or so.

Thanks for your help guys

-Excelsior