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By: Sander Sassen

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Intel Pentium 4 3.06GHz with HyperThreading
SiSoft Sandra 2003, CPU Aritmethic
SiSoft Sandra 2003, CPU Multimedia
SiSoft Sandra 2003, Cache & Memory

Intel Pentium 4 3.06GHz without HyperThreading
SiSoft Sandra 2003, CPU Aritmethic
SiSoft Sandra 2003, CPU Multimedia
SiSoft Sandra 2003, Cache & Memory

Our testbed system was of the following configuration:

Intel Pentium 4 Processor 3.06GHz with Hyper-Threading Technology
Asus P4T533-C motherboard, Intel 850E chipset
2 x 256MB PC1066-32 Samsung RDRAM
ATi Radeon 9700 Pro graphics card
Western Digital WD1200JB 120GB hard disk
Creative Labs SoundBlaster Audigy
Intel Pro-100VE 10/100Mbit Networking
460W Enermax Power Supply
Windows XP Professional, with latest updates
Intel INF Update version 2.11.15.0
ATI Catalyst Drivers version 2.3 (6.13.10.6166)
Intel Ultra ATA Driver version 2.2.2.2150

1. Introduction
2. SMT and SMP
3. Scheduling and Caching
4. Proformance or Performance
5. Hardware and Software
6. Benchmarks
7. Benchmarks: Multitasking
8. Benchmarks: Multitasking Cont.
9. Summary
10. Appendix

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