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To: Ali Chen who wrote (39822)	10/22/1998 12:21:00 AM
From: ericneu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576893

> One more "consultant" from Oregon on our heads Other than name-calling, this sentence would mean what? > I am afraid you are sadly mistaken, Mr. Eric. There is a CPU design, and there is a system design. They are interlocked but still separable. A synthetic benchmark shows a potential of a processor. A synthetic benchmark shows the potential of a processor for running applications that are similar to the benchmark. Given that synthetic benchmarks are not representative of real-world applications, why bother? Scoring high on a synthetic benchmark DOES NOT correlate to faster performance running real applications. > P.S. No need to answer. Thanks. Kisses to Oregon. I'm trying to have a friendly conversation here, and maybe even learn something. What's your problem? - Eric