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Benchmark Results: Productivity

System Builder Marathon, March 2010: System Value Compared
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Photoshop loves Core i7 processors, but enabling the fourth core on the $750 machine’s triple-core CPU still provides a big boost for lower-budget buyers.

Intel’s high performance continues to compliment its high price, but the overclocked and core-unlocked AMD processor isn’t too far behind.

There’s no apparent logic to AVG 9 performance, and we’re looking forward to replacing it.

CPU overclocking appears to benefit 7-Zip more than WinRAR, to the point that the overclocked $750 system catches up to the stock-speed $1,500 PC. However, Intel’s clock-for-clock superiority does come at a price, as Core i7 processors would only fit the budgets of the expensive machines.

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    pertshire , 19 March 2010 17:31
    Nice article. I hope that you guys make an athlon x4 620 build next smb. It'll be interristing how much it fair to x3
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    LePhuronn , 19 March 2010 20:37
    "prefers Intel technology"? "Photoshop loves Core i7"?

    Are alternatively when it comes to number crunching and CPU-intensive operations such as media work Intel's architecture crushes AMD.

    That's why these types of software run better on Core i7, not because they've been programmed to prefer Intel.