We measured the overall performance of the tested processors using SYSmark2002, which is a software that simulates the use of real-world applications. Thus, we consider this the best software to measure, in practical terms, the system performance.

The benchmarks are divided into two groups: Internet Content Creation and Office Productivity. The programs used on Internet Content Creation batch are the following: Dreamweaver 4.0, Photoshop 6.0.1, Premiere 6.0, Flash 5 and Windows Media Encoder. The programs used on Office Productivity batch are the following: Word 2002, Excel 2002, PowerPoint 2002, Outlook 2002, Access 2002, Netscape Communicator 6, NaturallySpeaking 5, VirusScan 5.13 and WinZip 8.0.

The software delivers specific results for each batch and also an overall performance result, all in a specific SYSmark202 unit.

On SYSmark2002 Sempron 3400+ achieved a performance similar to Sempron 3100+ and Athlon XP 2800+. It was 13.57% faster than Sempron 2800+ and 42.61% faster than Duron 1.8 GHz.

Athlon XP 3200+ was 4.38% faster, Athlon 64 3200+ was 11.16% faster, Athlon 64 3400+ was 24.30% faster, Pentium 4 3 GHz was 25.10% faster, Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 3.2 GHz was 27.89% faster, Athlon 64 3800+ was 28.29% faster, Pentium 4 3.2 GHz was 32.67% faster, Pentium 4 3.4 GHz was 33.07% faster and Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 3.4 GHz was 40.64% faster than the reviewed CPU.

Analyzing Office Productivity results, Sempron 3400+ achieved a performance similar to Athlon XP 2800+, being 3.24% faster than Sempron 2800+ and 22.44% faster than Duron 1.8 GHz. Sempron 3100+ was 3.14% faster, Athlon XP 3200+ was 7.85% faster, Athlon 64 3200+ was 8.90% faster, Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 3.2 GHz was 15.18% faster, Pentium 4 3 GHz was 16.75% faster, Pentium 4 3.4 GHz was 21.47% faster, Pentium 4 3.2 GHz was 24.61% faster, Athlon 64 3400+ was 26.18% faster, Athlon 64 3800+ was 26.18% faster and Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 3.4 GHz was 27.75% faster than Sempron 3400+.

On Internet Content Creation batch, Sempron 3400+ achieved a performance similar to Athlon XP 3200+, being 5.08% faster than Sempron 3100+, 6.43% faster than Athlon XP 2800+, 25.38% faster than Sempron 2800+ and 66.33% faster than Duron 1.8 GHz.

Athlon 64 3200+ was 13.29% faster, Athlon 64 3400+ was 21.75% faster, Athlon 64 3800+ was 29.61% faster, Pentium 4 3 GHz was 33.53% faster, Pentium 4 3.2 GHz was 40.79% faster, Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 3.2 GHz was 41.69% faster, Pentium 4 3.4 GHz was 45.62% faster and Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 3.4 GHz was 54.38% faster than the reviewed CPU.