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CPU Performance
Next we take the
Intel C2D E6700 CPU we obtained from
ClubIT for a spin.
We'll also stick with SiSoft Sandra for the CPU benchmarks. The E6700
isn't quite the overclocker the E6400 or E6600 is, but it's one powerful
CPU for the price.
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Motherboard Settings |
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SLI/EPP Memory Setting: |
Enabled |
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CPU/Memory Link: |
Unlinked |
| CPU
Overclock % |
0% |
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Memory Bus Speed: |
1066MHz
(default) |
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Memory Voltage: |
2.1v (default) |
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Memory Timings: |
5-5-5-15 (default) |
| CPU
Bus Speed: |
1066MHz (default) |
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Final CPU Clock Speed: |
2.66GHz (default) |
SiSoft Sandra Processor Arithmetic
Sandra Processor Arithmetic results shown above
in red: 24458/16983
According to
SiSoft's Processor Arithmetic average for a C2D E6700 processor, our
E6700 running on the 680i motherboard is above average.
SiSoft Sandra Processor Multi-Media
Sandra Processor Multi-Media results shown above
in red: 146398/79114
Once again, our
Processor Multi-Media score is above average for a C2D E6700. It looks
to me like a trend is forming here...
CPU Overclocking
Now let's try out
the handy CPU overclock feature under the FSB & Memory Config
screen. EVGA has made it easy to overclock by allowing the user to use
preset percentages. By using this setting, the CPU/Memory FSB Link is
"unlinked" allowing the user to overclock the CPU only. This is a very
handy feature for a quick overclock. The available settings are
Disabled, 0%, 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5%, and Max. No offense to the new overclockers out there because you have to start somewhere, but this
setting is pretty much for the newbie only. After days of playing around
with the percentage setting, I've come to the conclusion that although
enabling this setting turns on EPP and EPP works very well, the
percentage settings do very little for memory or CPU performance, even
at "Max". Because of this, I'm going to skip showing you any benchmarks
using the percentage overclock setting. Instead we'll do it the old
school way and enter in our own overclocking bus speeds. Let's try it
out.
CPU Overclocking - 3.0GHz
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Motherboard Settings |
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SLI/EPP Memory Setting: |
Disabled |
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CPU/Memory Link: |
Unlinked |
| CPU
Overclock % |
Disabled |
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Memory Bus Speed: |
1066MHz |
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Memory Voltage: |
2.1v |
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Memory Timings: |
5-5-5-15 |
| CPU
Bus Speed: |
1200MHz |
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Final CPU Clock Speed: |
3.0GHz |
SiSoft Sandra Processor Arithmetic
Sandra Processor Arithmetic results shown above
in red: 27481/19107
According to
SiSoft's Processor Arithmetic average for a C2D E6700 processor, our
E6700 running on the 680i motherboard is above average.
SiSoft Sandra Processor Multi-Media
Sandra Processor Multi-Media results shown above
in red:
164770/88671
3.0Ghz was an easy
target to hit as most Intel C2Ds will overclock to 3Ghz right out of the
box. Still, an easy overclock means a very nice performance increase.
Let's try to wind this baby up to it's max!
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