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CPU History Tour (1995 - 1999)

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See how various processors perform in application and gaming tests. This article is the first part of a large benchmark project. Part one covers CPU development starting with Pentium Classic and up to Pentium III and Athlon.




Winrar 5.10

Measured time to compress 500 MB folder, then measured time to decompress the RAR archive.


Winrar 5.10 – Built–in Benchmark [kB/s]


Pentium III 600EB
305
2 × Celeron 433
298
Pentium III 500
258
2 × Pentium II 233 (SDR)
248
Pentium II 450
234
Celeron 533
198
Celeron 433
186
2 × Pentium II 266 (EDO)
170
Celeron 333
170
Athlon 600
148
K6-III 450 (MVP3)
144
Pentium Pro 233 (1024k)
143
2 × Pentium Pro 233 (256k)
141
Pentium II 233
141
K6-III+ 577
132
Pentium Pro 200 (1024k)
132
K6-2 450 (MVP3)
128
Celeron 300
128
K6-III 450
125
Pentium Pro 200 (256k)
119
MII @ 300 MHz (PR433)
113
K6-2 450
104
K6-2 300 (FSB 100)
101
MII-333GP
95
Pentium 300 MMX
91
K6-2 450 (non-cacheable)
86
MII-233GP
75
K6-2 300 (FSB 66)
72
K6 233
71
K6-2 233
66
Pentium 233 MMX
65
6x86L PR166+
64
K6 166
63
WinChip C6 200
57
Pentium 166 MMX
55
Pentium 166
53
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Winrar 5.10 – Compression [s] (Lower is Better)


Pentium III 600EB
708.5
Pentium III 500
845.0
2 × Celeron 433
862.5
Pentium II 450
936.8
Athlon 600
941.2
Celeron 533
1 010.3
K6-III+ 577
1 095.9
Celeron 433
1 121.8
2 × Pentium II 233 (SDR)
1 196.1
K6-III 450
1 235.2
Celeron 333
1 290.7
K6-III 450 (MVP3)
1 408.9
2 × Pentium II 266 (EDO)
1 496.9
K6-2 450
1 537.0
Celeron 300
1 616.6
Pentium II 233
1 627.3
K6-2 450 (non-cacheable)
1 683.7
MII @ 300 MHz (PR433)
1 697.4
Pentium Pro 233 (1024k)
1 711.0
2 × Pentium Pro 233 (256k)
1 739.7
K6-2 450 (MVP3)
1 766.9
K6-2 300 (FSB 100)
1 834.4
Pentium Pro 200 (1024k)
1 893.9
MII-333GP
2 073.1
Pentium Pro 200 (256k)
2 140.7
Pentium 300 MMX
2 184.4
K6-2 300 (FSB 66)
2 276.3
K6 233
2 541.1
K6-2 233
2 588.6
MII-233GP
2 667.5
Pentium 233 MMX
3 011.6
K6 166
3 100.0
Pentium 166 MMX
3 763.0
WinChip C6 200
3 928.0
Pentium 166
4 054.2
6x86L PR166+
4 804.4
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Winrar 5.10 – Decompression [s] (Lower is Better)


Pentium III 600EB
107.5
Athlon 600
107.9
Celeron 533
114.9
Pentium III 500
117.1
Pentium II 450
119.5
Celeron 433
119.5
2 × Celeron 433
125.8
K6-III+ 577
131.4
Celeron 333
132.6
2 × Pentium II 266 (EDO)
148.5
K6-III 450
148.8
K6-III 450 (MVP3)
150.3
Celeron 300
150.8
2 × Pentium II 233 (SDR)
156.2
2 × Pentium Pro 233 (256k)
160.6
Pentium Pro 233 (1024k)
165.9
K6-2 450 (MVP3)
167.4
Pentium II 233
167.7
K6-2 450 (non-cacheable)
168.6
K6-2 450
170.6
Pentium Pro 200 (1024k)
181.6
Pentium Pro 200 (256k)
201.0
K6-2 300 (FSB 100)
220.7
K6-2 300 (FSB 66)
251.5
MII @ 300 MHz (PR433)
252.3
MII-333GP
266.7
Pentium 300 MMX
275.8
K6-2 233
279.7
K6 233
288.6
MII-233GP
343.3
6x86L PR166+
356.1
K6 166
357.5
Pentium 233 MMX
362.7
Pentium 166 MMX
453.1
Pentium 166
467.1
WinChip C6 200
475.1
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7-Zip 9.20

Using the built-in benchmark, chart shows total score of compression and decompression.


7-Zip 9.20 – Benchmark, 8 MB [MIPS]


2 × Celeron 433
607
Pentium III 600EB
523
Athlon 600
468
K6-III+ 577
439
Pentium III 500
427
Celeron 533
417
Pentium II 450
382
2 × Pentium II 266 (EDO)
374
K6-III 450
358
Celeron 433
352
2 × Pentium II 233 (SDR)
350
2 × Pentium Pro 233 (256k)
324
K6-III 450 (MVP3)
321
K6-2 450 (MVP3)
319
K6-2 450
315
K6-2 450 (non-cacheable)
289
Celeron 333
283
Celeron 300
226
K6-2 300 (FSB 100)
223
Pentium II 233
206
Pentium Pro 233 (1024k)
205
K6-2 300 (FSB 66)
203
Pentium 300 MMX
180
Pentium Pro 200 (1024k)
178
MII @ 300 MHz (PR433)
172
Pentium Pro 200 (256k)
172
K6-2 233
171
K6 233
167
MII-333GP
150
Pentium 233 MMX
134
K6 166
128
MII-233GP
113
Pentium 166 MMX
102
Pentium 166
94
6x86L PR166+
89
WinChip C6 200
83
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Total Commander 8.51a – Samba network drive

Read and write of big file (few GB) from network drive. The server side is Seagate 7200.14 3TB, Celeron G550, Gigabit LAN, Debian 6 OS.


Samba – Read [kB/s]


Pentium III 600EB
10 000
Athlon 600
9 500
2 × Celeron 433
9 400
K6-III 450 (MVP3)
9 300
Celeron 533
9 200
Pentium III 500
9 200
Celeron 433
9 000
Celeron 333
8 800
Pentium II 450
8 500
Pentium Pro 233 (1024k)
8 400
K6-2 450 (MVP3)
7 800
2 × Pentium II 233 (SDR)
7 600
Pentium Pro 200 (1024k)
7 500
Pentium II 233
7 500
Celeron 300
6 800
2 × Pentium II 266 (EDO)
6 600
K6-III+ 577
6 500
Pentium Pro 200 (256k)
5 800
K6-III 450
5 500
K6-2 450 (non-cacheable)
5 500
2 × Pentium Pro 233 (256k)
4 900
K6-2 450
4 800
6x86L PR166+
4 500
MII @ 300 MHz (PR433)
4 500
Pentium 300 MMX
4 500
K6-2 300 (FSB 100)
4 300
K6-2 233
3 900
MII-333GP
3 800
WinChip C6 200
3 600
Pentium 233 MMX
3 500
MII-233GP
3 400
K6 233
3 300
K6-2 300 (FSB 66)
3 300
Pentium 166 MMX
3 300
K6 166
3 100
Pentium 166
2 900
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Samba – Write [kB/s]


Pentium III 600EB
17 900
Pentium III 500
16 700
Pentium II 450
14 900
Celeron 533
14 900
Celeron 433
13 800
2 × Celeron 433
13 700
Celeron 333
12 300
K6-III+ 577
11 700
K6-III 450 (MVP3)
10 600
K6-III 450
10 000
Pentium Pro 233 (1024k)
9 100
MII @ 300 MHz (PR433)
8 700
Athlon 600
8 500
Pentium Pro 200 (1024k)
8 500
Pentium II 233
8 400
2 × Pentium II 233 (SDR)
8 400
K6-2 450 (MVP3)
7 800
K6-2 450
7 800
K6-2 450 (non-cacheable)
7 500
2 × Pentium II 266 (EDO)
7 500
MII-333GP
7 400
Pentium Pro 200 (256k)
7 100
2 × Pentium Pro 233 (256k)
6 900
K6-2 300 (FSB 100)
6 800
Pentium 300 MMX
6 600
MII-233GP
6 300
Celeron 300
5 800
K6-2 300 (FSB 66)
5 300
K6-2 233
5 200
WinChip C6 200
4 800
K6 233
4 700
Pentium 233 MMX
4 500
K6 166
4 400
Pentium 166 MMX
4 100
6x86L PR166+
3 500
Pentium 166
3 500
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Summary – Compression and File Operation [%]


Pentium III 600EB
97.69
2 × Celeron 433
89.31
Pentium III 500
85.98
Pentium II 450
78.91
Celeron 533
78.76
Athlon 600
73.84
Celeron 433
73.20
Celeron 333
65.84
K6-III+ 577
65.40
2 × Pentium II 233 (SDR)
64.99
K6-III 450 (MVP3)
62.35
2 × Pentium II 266 (EDO)
57.50
K6-III 450
56.74
Pentium Pro 233 (1024k)
53.62
K6-2 450 (MVP3)
53.40
Pentium II 233
51.62
2 × Pentium Pro 233 (256k)
49.14
Celeron 300
49.12
Pentium Pro 200 (1024k)
48.62
K6-2 450
47.78
K6-2 450 (non-cacheable)
46.42
Pentium Pro 200 (256k)
41.93
MII @ 300 MHz (PR433)
40.56
K6-2 300 (FSB 100)
39.70
Pentium 300 MMX
35.46
MII-333GP
34.95
K6-2 300 (FSB 66)
32.25
K6-2 233
30.61
K6 233
29.20
MII-233GP
28.38
Pentium 233 MMX
26.12
K6 166
25.04
6x86L PR166+
24.19
WinChip C6 200
22.64
Pentium 166 MMX
22.22
Pentium 166
20.32
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