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 5000+ achieved a similar performance to Athlon 64 FX-60, being 3.18% faster than Athlon 64 X2 4600+ and 35.96% faster than Athlon 64 3800+.

On CPU batch Athlon 64 X2 5000 achieved a similar performance to Athlon 64 FX-60 as well, being 8.94% faster than Athlon 64 X2 4600+ and 53.17% faster than Athlon 64 3800+.