Processor Types and Specifications - Upgrading and Repairing PCs - page 57

The iCOMP 2.0 index comparison for Pentium 75 through Pentium II 450 is available in
Chapter 3 of Upgrading and Repairing PCs, 19 th edition , found in its entirety on the disc
packaged with this topic.
IntelandAMDratetheirlatestprocessorsusingthecommerciallyavailableBAPCoSYS-
mark benchmark suites. SYSmark is an application-based benchmark that runs various
scripts to do actual work using popular applications. Many companies use it to test and
compare PC systems and components. The SYSmark benchmark is a much more modern
andreal-worldbenchmarkthantheiCOMPbenchmarkIntelpreviouslyused,andbecause
it is available to anybody, the results can be independently verified. You can purchase
the SYSmark benchmark software from BAPCo at www.bapco.com or from FutureMark
at www.futuremark.com . Although the newest SYSmark version is SYSmark 2012, the
most widely used version of SYSmark for benchmarking current processors is SYSmark
2007. Table3.7 comparestheSYSmark2007scoresforselectedprocessorsfromInteland
AMD.
Table 3.7 SYSmark 2007 Scores for Selected Processors