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IBUYPOWER Paladin XLC Phantom Series System Review

Manufacturer: iBUYPOWER
Product: IBUYPOWER Paladin XLC Phantom Series
Date: Thu, Aug 19, 2010 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Dan Stoltz -
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wPrime

wPrime

wPrime is a leading multithreaded benchmark for x86 processors that tests your processor performance by calculating square roots with a recursive call of Newton's method for estimating functions, with f(x)=x2-k, where k is the number we're sqrting, until Sgn(f(x)/f'(x)) does not equal that of the previous iteration, starting with an estimation of k/2. It then uses an iterative calling of the estimation method a set amount of times to increase the accuracy of the results. It then confirms that n(k)2=k to ensure the calculation was correct. It repeats this for all numbers from 1 to the requested maximum.

iBUYPOWER Paladin XLC Phantom wPrime Benchmark Results

Benchmark Results: When it comes to wPrime more cores is king. Despite the higher clock speed of the iBUYPOWER Paladin XLC Phantom with the Intel Core I7 930 overclocked to the iBLabs Level 3 overclock, the stock Intel Core I7 970 left the Intel I7 930 systems looking like they were standing still.

Next Page - Final Thoughts and Conclusion


Review Index
Page 1 - IBUYPOWER Paladin XLC Phantom Series
Page 2 - Unboxing the iBUYPOWER Paladin XLC Phantom
Page 3 - IBUYPOWER Paladin XLC Phantom Series outside Images
Page 4 - IBUYPOWER Paladin XLC Phantom Series Moving Inside
Page 5 - PCMark Vantage
Page 6 - 3DMark Vantage
Page 7 - SiSoft Sandra 2010 Memory Bandwidth
Page 8 - Cinebench R11.5
Page 9 - Colin McRae: DiRT2
Page 10 - Aliens Vs. Predator
Page 11 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Page 12 - x264 HD Video Encoding
Page 13 - wPrime
Page 14 - Final Thoughts and Conclusion