PCMark05 Professional measures the system performance by running several tests. We selected two batches for our comparisons, System and CPU.

The System batch performs the following tests: HDD XP Startup, Physics and 3D, 2D Transparent Window, 3D Pixel Shader, Web Page Rendering, File Decryption, 2D Graphics Memory – 64 lines, HDD General Usage and three multithreading tests.

The CPU batch performs the following tests: File Compression, File Decompression, File Encryption, File Decryption, Image Decompression, Audio Compression and two multithreading tests.

The results are given in a PCMark05 specific unit.

On System batch Athlon 64 X2 4600+ was 31.77% faster than Athlon 64 3800+, while Athlon 64 FX-60 was only 4.97% faster than Athlon 64 X2 4600+ but 38.31% faster than Athlon 64 3800+.

On CPU batch Athlon 64 X2 4600+ was 40.60% faster than Athlon 64 3800+, while Athlon 64 FX-60 was 8.43% faster than Athlon 64 X2 4600+ and 52.45% faster than Athlon 64 3800+.