Test setup
Asus P5WD2-Premium V1.02 BIOS 0709
Intel Pentium D 820 socket 775 A0 stepping
Scythe Samurai-Z cooler
Retail box Intel socket 775 cooler (C25697-001)
Definition of Idle:
PC running Windows XP Professional SP2 with only background programs and/or services as would be deemed contained with an average fully configured setup
Definition of General Use:
PC running Windows XP Professional SP2 with various levels of moderate use such as email, word processing, browsing the internet, listening to MP3 files and also but not limited to website creation. Please note that general use may also refer to more than one such activity occurring at any point in time, i.e. MP3 file playback and internet browsing in parallel.
Definition of Heavy Load:
PC running Windows XP Professional SP2 put to work by such activities as game playing, video encoding, benchmarking or number crunching were CPU load is deemed high to very high.
Other:
Testing was performed in a realistically controlled environment signifying a closed case scenario as is commonly practised in virtually all PC's. Room tempreture was recorded at 22C.
Used software:
Windows XP Professional SP2
Microsoft Office 2003 SP2
Microsoft Windows Media Player 10
FutureMark 3DMark05 version 120
FutureMark PCMark05 version 101
Kanada Lab. University of Tokyo SuperPI version 1.1
Rockstar Games Grand Theft Auto San Andreas
Id Software DOOM III
Test results
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