SiSoft Sandra 2007 Lite

We used the Sandra 2007 benchmarking tool to get some raw statistics of our processors. Since these numbers are not calculated in any kind of special scoring system, there is nothing much to explain here, so we will let the pictures do the talking.


As you can see, the total arithmetic and multimedia processing capacity of the QX6700 is very close to double in every single test. This is expected, considering this benchmark is measuring the total processing power of all the cores and is not dependent on any other variables. If you were reading this review hoping to see the Kentsfield performing twice as good as the Conroe, here you go. However, it is rare that CPU utilization is ever at 100% in normal work modes, even with several applications open and running. It is possible, however, and it certainly does happen. We will talk more about that in the multi-tasking section to come.