CPU load at 50% - is this normal?

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  • TimF
    Junior Member
    • Dec 2007
    • 2

    #1

    CPU load at 50% - is this normal?

    Hi,
    I am using Performance Test to compare two CPUs, the X6800 and the Q6800. I am getting numbers similar to the ones on the benchmark site, but I noticed when running the advanced tests on the X6800 that the CPU load never goes above 50%. I watched the performace tab in task manager while starting the tests, and both cores would initially spike, and then one would stop altogether. I have tried setting number of processes under preferences to both "2" and "4", neither makes a difference.

    Do the advanced tests only run on a single core? Or am I missing something? In the regular tests I am getting ~1700 for the CPUMark (and ~3300 for the Q6800) which is what I expect, but the CPU usage seems a little odd.
  • Ian (PassMark)
    Senior Member
    • Feb 2004
    • 822

    #2
    The Advanced Multiple Process test was locked to a single CPU core - this was not the case for the Standard CPU test. This has been corrected in PerformanceTest 6.1.1010, now available from:
    http://www.passmark.com/download/pt_download.htm

    Thanks for the post.

    Regards,
    Ian

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    • TimF
      Junior Member
      • Dec 2007
      • 2

      #3
      Ah, that did it, thanks!

      ...and quick too, i just downloaded 1001 yesterday.

      Thanks again,
      Tim

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