Overall performance comparison between different computers under Windows XP

[NotHereToPlayGames]

22 minutes ago, AstroSkipper said:

"Smooth edges of screen fonts" and "Use visual styles on windows and buttons".

[NotHereToPlayGames]

38 minutes ago, AstroSkipper said:

No. We do not violate the MSFN Forum Rules. This version is provided as a full version for everyone. It's a legal and well-known website CHIP.de. The tool PCMark05 is abandoned software and offered to be used on old systems for free.

While that may be, try posting similar for XP (also abandoned by its creator and used worldwide on old systems "for free") and see what the MSFN Moderators have to say.  

Edited September 6, 2024 by NotHereToPlayGames

[AstroSkipper]

7 minutes ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

While that may be, try posting similar for XP (also abandoned by its creator and used worldwide on old systems "for free") and see what the MSFN Moderators have to say.  

https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Benchmarks/PCMark05-Basic.shtml

[NotHereToPlayGames]

Good news!   And bad news. 

Good  ==  My Acer Aspire is the Atom N450 and not the N270.

Bad  ==  It's only 1.0 GB RAM.

 

But sure, for the sake of this one-on-one, I still am inclined to believe that ANY Pentium 4, regardless of RAM type, is better than this POS.

Remember, CPU manufacturers were always increasing clock speeds until they found more efficient ways of doing things.  It's not like two 1.0 GHz cores is "equal to" one 2.0 GHz single-core.  It doesn't work that way.

Hyper-threading has its pros and cons.  Found this to be an interesting read  --  https://superuser.com/questions/1166529/performance-impact-of-hyper-threading

So feel free to pull a 512 out of that box of yours and get test scores with only 1.0 GB RAM.

[NotHereToPlayGames]

14 minutes ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

Good  ==  My Acer Aspire is the Atom N450 and not the N270.

Found this to be SPOT ON!

From here.

[AstroSkipper]

41 minutes ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

Good news!   And bad news. 

Good  ==  My Acer Aspire is the Atom N450 and not the N270.

Bad  ==  It's only 1.0 GB RAM

...

So feel free to pull a 512 out of that box of yours and get test scores with only 1.0 GB RAM.

We will compare both computers as they are. And that means I won't pull a 512 MB module out of my computer. They are very old and are only removed if really necessary.

[Saxon]

12 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

My Acer Aspire is the Atom N450

Atom N450 isn't from XP Era. It was sold with Windows 7, 32-bit and Windows Vista, 64-bit notebooks in 2010.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/42503/intel-atom-processor-n450-512k-cache-1-66-ghz/downloads.html

 

[sparty411]

Ooo this is fun. I'm doing a clean install of XP 64-bit on a Phenom II X6 1100t machine right now. I'll post my results when done installing 

[NotHereToPlayGames]

3 hours ago, Saxon said:

Atom N450 isn't from XP Era. It was sold with Windows 7, 32-bit and Windows Vista, 64-bit notebooks in 2010.

My Acer Aspire One POS (my name for it) CAME WITH XP PRE-INSTALLED.  That qualifies this POS as from "XP Era" by ANYBODY'S "definition".

It was probably Christmas time frame 2010.  I'd have to pull up my Quicken archives to confirm.

Edited September 7, 2024 by NotHereToPlayGames

[NotHereToPlayGames]

1 hour ago, sparty411 said:

Ooo this is fun. I'm doing a clean install of XP 64-bit on a Phenom II X6 1100t machine right now. I'll post my results when done installing 

Looking forward to it.  Seems everybody is waiting for ME to post my results first.  Will take some time.  This isn't my "only hobby", lol.

[sparty411]

2 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

Looking forward to it.  Seems everybody is waiting for ME to post my results first.  Will take some time.  This isn't my "only hobby", lol.

Pcmark05 doesn't complete the entire suite of tests on my machine. I think it depends on outdated functions in IE that no longer work. No scores were provided.

[Saxon]

13 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

My Acer Aspire One POS (my name for it) CAME WITH XP PRE-INSTALLED.

Maybe counterfeit? That exact model with Atom N450 came with Microsoft Windows 7 Starter / Google Android Dual Load.

https://www.productindetail.com/pn/acer-aspire-one-d255-2dqcc

 "An N450 Intel Atom CPU sits at the helm, running at 1.66GHz. It has 1GB of memory, which is just enough for Windows 7 Starter" link

Was sold in Walmart.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Acer-Aspire-One-10-1-Netbook-Intel-Atom-N450-160GB-HD-Windows-7-Starter-AOD255-2Dkk/15185527

Earlier model with Single-core Intel Atom N270 CPU 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD also had Microsoft Windows 7 Starter 

https://www.trustedreviews.com/reviews/acer-aspire-one-d260

 

[UCyborg]

11 hours ago, AstroSkipper said:

https://benchmarks.ul.com/en/legacy-benchmarks

This is the only official source by the developers.

 

Completed all tests. All eye candy in Windows enabled by default. I was missing WM Encoder, so I installed it, wasn't sure if 64-bit would be fine, so installed 32-bit just in case, but otherwise, I never needed it before, I rarely manipulate media files.

Disk tests were performed on 1 TB HDD WD WD10EZEX, memory is DDR2, 2x 2 GB Mushkin 996671 in first 2 slots and another 2 GB no-name Kingston in 3rd slot, all supposedly 800 MHz, but the mismatching Kingston slows things down to 667 MHz (add some MHz due to slight overclock), guess due to timings.

Edited September 7, 2024 by UCyborg

[NotHereToPlayGames]

1 hour ago, Saxon said:

Maybe counterfeit? That exact model with Atom N450 came with Microsoft Windows 7 Starter / Google Android Dual Load.

https://www.productindetail.com/pn/acer-aspire-one-d255-2dqcc

No!  My model pre-dates the "D255".  Mine was a Walmart Christmas Special in 2010.  Wouldn't be the first time that Walmart supply chain created something "special".

[NotHereToPlayGames]

1 hour ago, Saxon said:

Earlier model with Single-core Intel Atom N270 CPU 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD also had Microsoft Windows 7 Starter 

Not "only" Win7 Starter.

Mine is LEGIT AND LEGAL.  Not a "counterfeit".  And it came with XP pre-installed.  Maybe not in YOUR country, but that's not my problem, lol.

Google/Bing/Duck for "acer aspire one windows xp".  These XP models are all over the place.