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ASUS K42F Notebook w/ Intel Core i5 540M Arrandale CPU Review
| Manufacturer: | Intel |
| Product: | ASUS K42F-B1 14 |
| Date: | Sun, Jan 03, 2010 - 11:00 PM |
| Written By: | Nathan Kirsch - |
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Core i5 540M CPU-Z
CPU-Z 1.53 shows that the Intel Core i5 540M Arrandale processor has 256K L2 cache per core and 3MB shared L3 cache. It also shows that the processor has the AES-NI instruction set.
The Intel Core i5 540M processor has an 19x multiplier with a 133MHz reference clock, but features low power states and turbo mode. This means than the core clock frequency and base clock will raise up and down so much depending on the workload all by itself. Arrandale is said to be the most dynamic processor to date for Intel and this is the key to it's low power consumption at idle. The screen shot above shows the Core i5 540M at an complete idle state. You can see the multiplier dropped down to 9x and the core speed or overall clock frequency is just 1.2GHz.
With the processor under a heavy workload the multiplier has the ability to jump all the way up to 23x and that is enough for the processor to reach 3.06GHz. This is am amazing frequency to hit for this 35W TDP processor and should be enough horse power for this processor to tear it up in the benchmarks. It also has Hyper Threading, so between Hyper Threading and Turbo Mode it should perform really well.
The Windows 7 Experience Index scored the system at a base score of 4.6, with the Intel HD Graphics being the weakest point in the system as shown above. Microsoft Windows 7 is rated on a scale from 1.0 up to 7.9, so this is a very solid score. Intel's integrated graphics seem to be on par with competitive IGP solutions from NVIDIA and AMD. In my guide on how to build an NVIDIA Ion powered system that PC only had a graphics score of 4.4 to give you an idea on where this notebook stands.
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Page 1 - Core i5 540M and ASUS K42F
Page 2 - 2010 Intel HD Graphics Page 3 - The ASUS K42F 14-inch Notebook Page 4 - Test Setup Page 5 - Core i5 540M CPU-Z Page 6 - SiSoftware Sandra 2010c Page 7 - x264 HD Encoding Page 8 - Sony Vegas 9.0C Pro Page 9 - POV-Ray 3.7 Beta 34 Page 10 - Cinebench R10 Page 11 - PCMark Vantage Page 12 - 3DMark Vantage Page 13 - Spore - Game Testing Page 14 - Blu-ray Video Playback Page 15 - Power Consumption Page 16 - Battery Life Benchmark Page 17 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions |
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