Benchmark Questions

I am benchmarking an X61 (T8300 cpu -2.4GHz).

I notice that wprime score is much lower than what is expected?
Is there reason for this or is just part of the aging process?

The, I ran Intel Burn-In and found the max core temp to be 82C.
The max temp of the two sensors on the Lenovo to be 92C and 82C.
Are these good number? Passing Intel Burn-In is a good indicator to
stability of the CPU/system?

When I try to benchmark with PCMark05, it aborted. Do I need to buy it
and register for use? Is there a comparable benchmark for use that you
would recommend?

Thanks

 

Any input on this would be much appreciated.

 

Which version of wPrime? I recall that in the older versions one needed to manually select two threads. PCMark Vantage is the successor to PCMark05. You might want to try it. Or SiSoftware Sandra which has a big database of other people's results for comparison.

If you have doubts about the CPU speed then HWiNFO32 has a nice dynamic display of CPU speed.

The temperatures look OK for a CPU under load.

And finally, if you are one of those people who keep the battery out of the computer, put it in. Lenovo notebooks throttle themselves if they can't see a battery.

John

 

Thanks for input.

I used the newer version of wprime and it seemed to have similar results now.
I also had problem with PCMark05 b/c I didn't have Windows encoder 9 installed. The program does not like WM Player V11!? But after downgrading the WMPlayer to V11 with the proper encoder PCMark05 worked. I got the expected benchmark number now (not that it matters in real life). I just wanna see I get similar number so I know the components are A-OK.