Benchmarking System Configuration
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AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide
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Benchmarking System Configuration
This chapter describes the system configurations used for benchmarking and
provides setup procedures for the AMD Athlon™ 64 processors in this document.
Test System Configurations
Systems that are configured as described in the following tables are most likely to
demonstrate optimal system performance.
Table 5. AMD Athlon™ 64 Single Socket Dual-Core Processor System
Component
Manufacturer
Model
Description
Processor
AMD
AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62
Dual-Core Processor
2.8 GHz clock frequency
Operating
System
Microsoft®
Windows®
XP Professional
Windows Vista™
Version 2002 (Service Pack 2)
RC2
Motherboard
ASUS
M2N32-SLI
Deluxe
NVIDIA®
nForce
590 SLI MCP
SATA Driver 5.10.2600.652
BIOS
ASUS
Crashfree BIOS 3
Version 3092
Hard Drive
(2)
Western Digital
Raptor
WD1500ADFD
SATA RAID 0
10k RPM 150 GB
RAM
(4)
Corsair
CM2X1024-8500SD
1 GB PC8500 DDR2 DIMM
800 MHz
Video Card
(2)
NVIDIA
7950 GX2 (Quad SLI mode)
1600x1200
1 GB GDDR3 Onboard RAM,
Video Driver 6.14.10.9371