The Sandy Bridge Preview (Anand)

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video encoding: 11% average
16% photoshop
15% h.264
13% in wmp9
1% divx (lol?)

3d rendering: 13% average
10% in 3dsmax
11% cb 10 single
18% cb 10 multi
15% povray

compression/backup: 7% average
4% data recovery
10% winrar

games: 8% average
1% batman aa
1% dragon age
19% wow ( )
12% sc2

According to Anand, his ES sample ran without turbo, while all other cpus have turbo enabled. So a final numbers should be higher. (I hope so...)

besides, did anybody else wonder how they want to reach 2133mhz mem clocks with a 100mhz ref signal?

The cpu will have multiplier for that.