turbo boost vs non turbo boost

so i got bord and decided to do a few bench marks with turbo boost and some with out lol, hey at least u guys won't have to.

system specs
i7 2670qm
6gb 1600mhz
1.5 gb 555m
ocz agility 3

bios a08

no tweeks between runs just a ten min cool down after each

for benchmarking my chosen torture tools are.......

windows experience index oh yes i went there
pcmark07
3dmarkvantage

all running at stock settings, lets see how much difference turbo boost makes

first set of results no turbo boost

windows experience scores:

7.4
7.7
6.9
6.9
7.5

3dmarkvantage:

p6379 3dmarks

pcmark07:

3603 pcmarks

With turbo boost enabled

windows experience score:

7.5
7.7
6.9
6.9
7.5

3dmark vantage:

P6544

pcmark07:

3982 PCmarks

if anyone wants the full breakdown of the tests i can post them.
all in all with turbo boost enabled your looking at

A .1 increase in windows experience
A 165 increase in 3dmark points
A. 379 increae in pcmarks

and last but not least an increase of around 10c in temps

pcmark07 can be found here Download PCMark 7 - Complete PC test for Windows 7 | PCMark

3dmark vantage can be found here 3DMark Vantage for DirectX 10 video card benchmark tests

going to re run on Monday when my 8gb ram turns up and see how much difference that will make

 

honestly the TB affects these laptops in many different ways, some differing a lot more than others in temps (many of these laptops have throttling due to overheating caused by TB, mine doesn't as far as i know)... but nice setup !! and thanks for posting

 

How about CPU benchmark instead of GPU benchmark?

 

they all test both if theres another one you can suggest ill give it a run

 

How about wprime or TS bench?

 

One of the advantage to have the TB turn on is the speed on getting stuff done faster for e.g if it is On then most of the everyday usage such as web browsing, file transfer or virus scanning will be temporary boost up or auto Overclocking but for in game performance it is no change, however the major disadvantage to that is the heat, for doing everyday usage, it will not be affect because the Turbo Boost will only be use if there are process/problem running on the background.

So during gameplay because of the game is constantly running thus making the Turbo Boost to be use at all time until you exit the game, so then the heat will be generating all the time making the laptop prone to overheat quicker than having the TB off. For me I have it off, because I believe the i7 is fast enough to do those everyday usage.

 

idk if you guys know but UncleWebb created ThrottleStop which will let you control a lot of options including TB without even touching your bios... and let you limit/unleash other cpu functions as well.