MMF multicore CPU tester

[Looki]

Okay, 53.13 on the i5.

[Pixelthief]

@variant as many as you want. Usually for lots you need to string multiple processors together. And they work better in powers of 2.

and your programs' multithreading would have to support it, too. Not really impressive to have an octo-core if everything runs on just one of them :S

[Looki]

I think he has 8 cores via hyper-threading which the i7 series supports. Anyway, you can also run two or more programs at the same time without a slow down, even if one of the core's usage is at 100%.

[uprize]

52.81 - Q9450 @ 2.6ghz
I dont know what this score means, but im guessing its ok

[variant]

I think he has 8 cores via hyper-threading which the i7 series supports. Anyway, you can also run two or more programs at the same time without a slow down, even if one of the core's usage is at 100%.

So you can have as many cores as you want, but the limit of them is still restricted as one program can not run a bit of itself on too many cores?

-Thanks, Variant

[uprize]

@ Variant, pretty much. Unless an application is programmed to utilise multiple cores, having many cores is (currently) a bit uselss in my opinion. The main core of a program can really only run on 1 core otherwise if it splits over several then data processed by one core could modify data being processed by another core which can really mess tings up. basically multiple cores is useful if the application can assign non vital processes to a different core, which gives it more time to focus on other things. As long as the processing of the additional core/s doesnt modify any data being used the primary one its fine.

[variant]

Oh, so having too many cores isn't neccessary then.

-Thanks, Variant

[SEELE]

The other thing to realise is that in general more then one program (and certainly more then one windows service) is running at any one time.

That combined with an automatic affinity control makes multiple cpu cores allways a great overall speed increase :P

[uprize]

Oh, so having too many cores isn't neccessary then.

-Thanks, Variant

multiple cores are defiantely better, but just arn't used to thier full potential yet