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About SuperPI
Super PI is a computer program that calculates pi to a specified number of digits after the decimal point - up to a maximum of 32 million. It uses Gauss-Legendre algorithm and is a Windows port of the program used by Yasumasa Kanada in 1995 to compute Pi to 2^32 digits.
From: Wikipedia (January 19, 2010)
When running SuperPi calculating to one million digits, our G.SKILL Pi series RAM running at 1333MHz tied our reference Patriot Extreme Edition memory running at the same operating frequency. However, the SuperPi result above shortened 3.1% to 15.195 seconds with the G.SKILL Pi series running at 2100MHz DDR -- that's from a 2.6% increase in clock speed combined with increased base clock and memory bandwidth. It's clear what plays the bigger role here, but hey, benchmark results are benchmark results!
About Cinebench R10
CINEBENCH is a real-world test suite that assesses your computer's performance capabilities. MAXON CINEBENCH is based on MAXON's award-winning animation software, CINEMA 4D, which is used extensively by studios and production houses worldwide for 3D content creation. MAXON software has been used in blockbuster movies such as Spider-Man, Star Wars, The Chronicles of Narnia and many more.
MAXON CINEBENCH runs several tests on your computer to measure the performance of the main processor and the graphics card under real world circumstances. The benchmark application makes use of up to 16 CPUs or CPU cores and is available for Windows (32-bit and 64-Bit) and Macintosh (PPC and Intel-based).
The resulting values among different operating systems are 100% comparable and therefore very useful with regard to purchasing decision-making. It can also be used as a marketing tool for hardware vendors or simply to compare hardware among colleagues or friends.
From: Developer's Page
In Cinebench R10, both the single CPU benchmark and multithreaded tests posted a consistently 5.5% higher result. Again, remember the processor is overclocked 2.6% over stock -- but it is also very clear from the charts that the increased base clock in conjunction with the higher memory bandwidth/frequency definitely contributed its own share to the increased performance.
Page Index
1. Introduction and Specifications
2. A Closer Look, Installation, Test System
3. Benchmark: EVEREST CPU
4. Benchmark: EVEREST FPU
5. Benchmark: EVEREST Memory
6. Benchmark: PCMark Vantage
7. Benchmark: 3DMark06 Professional
8. Benchmark: SuperPI 1M, Cinebench R10
9. Overclocking Results and Conclusion
