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To: Petz who wrote (68773)	1/24/2002 3:37:43 PM
From: Joe NYC	Respond to of 275872

Petz, Very good analysis of the Sysmark. Joe

To: Petz who wrote (68773)	1/24/2002 6:02:43 PM
From: Ali Chen	Respond to of 275872

"In short, Sysmark 2001 is a totally rigged benchmark, devoid of any resemblance to real internet content creation or office application usage." I disagree. Some of your points are valid, but it does not matter. Any benchmark has a merit, even a silliest one. What does matter is its' correct interpretation. Also, there is always a position: "Can you do _THIS_?". And if you cannot, the rest is still an excuse. As I said, the 2x jump is clearly bogus, especially when apparently the same processor in the same board was used, just sysclock was 40% higher. Most likely the system timer got screwed up when BIOS or Windows become confused with an unusual CPU frequency. - Ali