First post, by Artex
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I thought I'd dive into some of my Socket 3-based systems for these next few "Artex's Build of the Week" iterations. A few of these have been documented in what turned out to be a massive thread, but I know everyone loves pix so here goes!
Round two of my Socket 3 round of builds...
Specs:
Case: 5-bay (external) Enlight AT Tower
Power Supply: Enlight EN-825710 250W
Motherboard: Asus VL/I-486SV2GX4 Rev. 2.0 running latest available BIOS (0402.001 BETA BIOS from 1999)
Cache Info:
16KB L1 Cache (In Write-back mode)
256KB L2 Cache
Processor: Intel 486 DX4-100 (P24C) (80486DX4100) (SK096) (&EW - Write L1 Back Cache)
Cooling: Socket 3 Cooler
Network: 3Com Etherlink III 3C509B-TPO 10MBit/s ISA
Storage:
8GB CF Card (CF->IDE Adapter) on VLB Promise Controller
GOTEK USB Floppy Emulator
Generic DVD-ROM (HL-FT-DTDVD-ROM GDR8160B) 48X
Memory:
16MB RAM (2 x 8MB FPM 60ns SIMMS)
Audio:
Creative CT1900 (Sound Blaster AWE32 Non-PNP (for the win!) with Additional Memory) ISA
Video:
TSENG ET4000/W32P - STB Lightspeed VLB with 135MHz RAMDAC (2MB)
Benchmark Results:
SpeedSys Overall Score: 42.36
DOOM: 2134 gametics in 1838 realtics
Superscape: 68.3 fps
PC Player Bench: 20.4
Quake: 969 Frames 91.8 seconds 10.6 FPS
Cache Performance:
CacheChk -d -t6
L1 (16KB) - 103.5 MB/s
L2 (256KB) - 55.7 MB/s
Main Memory Speed - 39.4 MB/s
Effective RAM Access Time (read) - 106 ns
Effective RAM Access Time (write) - 61 ns
CacheChk -d -w -t6
Main Memory Speed - 68.8 MB/s 15.2 ns/byte
Effective RAM Access Time (write) - 60ns
Onto the hardware Pr0n!
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