Core 2 Extreme QX6850 Review
PCMark05 Professional
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PCMark05 Professional measures the system performance by running several tests. We selected two batches for our comparisons, System and CPU.
The System batch performs the following tests: HDD XP Startup, Physics and 3D, 2D Transparent Window, 3D Pixel Shader, Web Page Rendering, File Decryption, 2D Graphics Memory – 64 lines, HDD General Usage and three multithreading tests.
The CPU batch performs the following tests: File Compression, File Decompression, File Encryption, File Decryption, Image Decompression, Audio Compression and two multithreading tests.
The results are given in a PCMark05 specific unit.
| PCMark05 Professional 1.2.0 – System Batch | Score | Difference |
| Core 2 Extreme “QX6950” (3.33 GHz) | 9394 | 5.13% |
| Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (3 GHz) | 8936 | |
| Core 2 Extreme QX6700 (2.66 GHz) | 8308 | 7.56% |
| Core 2 Extreme X6800 (2.93 GHz) | 7803 | 14.52% |
| Core 2 Duo E6750 (2.66 GHz) | 7425 | 20.35% |
| Core 2 Duo E6700 (2.66 GHz) | 7334 | 21.84% |
| Pentium 4 550 (3.4 GHz) | 4691 | 90.49% |
| PCMark05 Professional 1.2.0 – CPU Batch | Score | Difference |
| Core 2 Extreme “QX6950” (3.33 GHz) | 10762 | 10.98% |
| Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (3 GHz) | 9697 | |
| Core 2 Extreme QX6700 (2.66 GHz) | 8619 | 12.51% |
| Core 2 Extreme X6800 (2.93 GHz) | 7557 | 28.32% |
| Core 2 Duo E6750 (2.66 GHz) | 6855 | 41.46% |
| Core 2 Duo E6700 (2.66 GHz) | 6848 | 41.60% |
| Pentium 4 550 (3.4 GHz) | 4097 | 136.69% |