For comparison, we had in our labs, two Core2Duo CPUs (XE6800, E6600) and a previous generation (D930). Both the XE6800 and D930 are clocked at the same speed ~ 3.0GHz, but have different memory cache and architecture. All tests were carried out with the following setup, with memory timings at 5-5-5-15-30 to allow 1067MHz FSB:

• Motherboard: Asus P5B Deluxe Wi-Fi Edition BIOS 706b/711 revisions
• Memory: 2x1GB Crucial PC-8000
• VGA: MSI 7600GT Silent with Nvidia 91.47 installed
• HDD: WD 80GB SATAI (primary)
• HDD: Seagate 80GB SATAII (secondary)
• Operating system: Windows XP SP2 with all latest updates installed

We used a variety of software, from benchmark to games:

• Sisoft Sandra 2007 SP1
• Everest Lavasys Ultimate Edition 2006 v3.00.717 beta
• SuperPI Mod v1.5XS
• PC Mark05 v1.1.0
• 3D Mark06 v1.2.0
• Recode v2.3.1.8
• Science Mark 06
• POV 3.70 beta15
• Cinebench v9.5
• Prey v1.0
• Splinter Cell v1.05
• F.E.A.R v1.06
• HL2 Episode 1 June 2006 Edition