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ProcessorWorldBench 5 scoreTime (in seconds) to run:
Windows Media Encoder 9Roxio VideoWave 1.5Multitasking test 1Ahead Nero Express 6.0Adobe Photoshop 7.0.1Adobe Premiere 6.5
3.2-GHz Pentium EE 840 (dual-core, HT on 2)95340274590457357479
3.2-GHz Pentium EE 840 (dual-core, HT off)95318267599469370482
3.73-GHz Pentium EE (HT on)102338269581477331441
3.73-GHz Pentium EE (HT off)97375295691478339456
3.2-GHz Pentium 4 (HT on)92389300705475374487
3.2-GHz Pentium 4 (HT off)88433329831475385505
Average of 4 2.4-GHz Athlon 64 FX-53 3104370316615540311401
Average of 4 2.2-GHz Athlon 64 3400+ 398410350683433340419
FOOTNOTES:1 In the multitasking test, systems load various Web pages while encoding video with Windows Media Encoder.
2 HT = Hyper-Threading technology.
3 Average of previously tested systems.
HOW WE TEST: All systems were tested with WorldBench 5 and ran Windows XP; for test suite details see www.worldbench.com. Application tests are part of WorldBench 5. All rights reserved. We used a reference system from Intel for all Pentium 4 tests, first running benchmarks with the dual-core processor, then replacing it with a 3.2-GHz P4 CPU, and then again with a 3.73-GHz Pentium EE.
CHART NOTES: For WorldBench 5, higher is better; elsewhere, lower is better. Bold denotes best score. Systems in italics are comparison units.