La piattaforma di test consiste in una motherboard Asus P4C800, modificata in maniera tale da rendere possibile la rilevazione del reale consumo della CPU durante le operazioni.
La piattaforma di test
| Processore Intel (Socket 478) | |
| 200 MHz FSB (Dual DDR400) | Pentium 4 3.20 GHz (3200 MHz 12-8/512 kB) |
| Memoria | |
| DDR400 (200 MHz) | 2 x 256 MB / 5ns / 64 Bit (TakeMS) |
| Motherboard | |
| Intel 875 | Asus P4P800 Rev: 1.02 Bios: 1010 |
| Hardware generico | |
| Graphics Card | ATI Radeon 9800 XT Memory: 256 MB DDR-SDRAM |
| Hard Drive | 40 GB,WD400BB-00DEA0, Western Digital UDMA100, 7200 rpm, 2 MB Cache |
| Network | D-Link DFE-530TX (10/100 Mbit) |
| CDROM | Asus 52x |
| Drivers | |
| Intel Chipset | V 5.1.1.1002 |
| Graphics Driver | ATI Catalyst 4.1 (7.97) |
| DirectX | Version: 9b |
| OS | Windows XP, Build 2600 SP1 |