Quote Originally Posted by JumpingJack View Post
EDIT2: All ran comparing 9600BE@2.3, 9850@2.3, QX9650@2.3, 9850@2.5, and QX9850@2.5 these are all the benches I have ran, some single threaded, some multithreaded.
Why not testing applications that use memory? Databases exist on desktops also. running more than one applications will use more memory, running five will use more than two. Web browsers etc it using a lot of memory.
If you only test single threaded applications or applications that are tiny in memory use you don’t need to test, you can predict the result and save some time. High frequencies and one BIG L2 cache will be faster.