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0AboutthisDocumentThisdocumentisaguidemeasuringperformanceoftheIntelProcessorsonapplicationsoftware.
Theprimaryaudienceforthisdocumentincludesindividuals,publications,OEMsandtechnicalanalystswhosegoalistotestorevaluatetheperformancebenefitsandfeaturesoftheCore2DuoProcessor.
IftherearequestionsthatarenotansweredhereonsoftwareapplicationperformanceevaluationoftheCore2DuoProcessor,pleasecontactyourIntelrepresentative.
Eachsoftwareapplicationtestmeasuresdifferentaspectsofprocessorand/orsystemperformance.
Whilenosinglenumericalmeasurementcancompletelydescribetheperformanceofacomplexdevicelikeamicroprocessororapersonalcomputer,applicationtestscanbeusefultoolsforcomparingdifferentcomponentsandsystems.
Thefollowingresultsandproceduresgiveaglimpseoftheperformanceofcertainsoftwareapplications,howeveryourownusageofeachapplicationmayvaryfromwhatisshownhere.
Theonlytotallyaccuratewaytomeasuretheperformanceofyoursystem,istotesttheactualsoftwareapplicationsyouuse,inthewayyouusethem,onyourcomputersystem.
TestresultspublishedbyIntelaremeasuredonspecificsystemsorcomponentsusingspecifichardwareandsoftwareconfigurations,andanydifferencesbetweenthoseconfigurations(includingsoftware)andyourconfigurationmaymakethoseresultsinapplicabletoyourcomponentorsystem.
Softwareapplicationtestsare,atmost,onlyonekindofinformationthatyoumayuseduringthepurchasingprocess.
Togetatruepictureoftheperformanceofacomponentorsystemyouareconsideringpurchasing,youmustconsultothersourcesofinformation(suchasperformanceinformationontheexactsystemyouareconsideringpurchasing).
IfyouhaveanyquestionsabouttheperformanceofanyIntelmicroprocessor,pleaseviewthedetailedperformancebriefsandreportspublishedbyIntelorcallIntelat(US)1-800-628-8686or916-356-3104.
Chapter1PegasysTMPGenc*XPress4.
41.
0ApplicationDescriptionTMPGenc*XPressgivesyouthefreedomtoquicklyandeasilychangefromonevideoformattoanother.
Foradditionalinformation,pleasevisithttp://tmpgenc.
pegasys-inc.
com/.
1.
1WorkloadDescriptionAHighDefinitionvideopuristwantstosharehomemovieswithfriendsandfamily,butcompromisingonqualityisoutofthequestion.
WhilestandardDVDsmaybeacceptableforsomepeople,onlyHD-DVDisgoodenoughforthisenthusiast.
ThefinalDVDwouldcontainseveralHDvideoclips,butforthisexamplewewillmeasurethetimerequiredtochangetheoriginalVariableBitRateencoded,76second,29.
97fps,1440x1080videoclipintoHDVformatMPEGwith1440x1080resolution,29.
97fpsand25000Kb/sConstantBitRateencoding.
Chapter2MeasurementMethodologyThefollowingisadescriptionofthemeasurementmethodologythatshouldbeusedtoevaluateperformanceandenergyefficiencyofthemobileplatformwhilerunningthisscenario.
2.
0SystemSetupThissectionoutlinesthesystemsetuprecommendedforallmobilebenchmarksunderMicrosoftWindows*VistaUltimateEdition:Alwaysstartwithaclean,formattedharddisk.
SetyoursystemtobootfromCD/DVDdriveinthebios.
BegininstallationWindows*VistaUltimateEdition*fromtheoperatingsystemCD.
FormatthefilesystemtoNTFSduringinstallationifthedriveifyouhavenotalreadydoneso.
AfterinstallationoftheOSiscompleterestartyoursystem.
ImmediatelyafterinstallingtheWindowsVistaoperatingsystem,installthelatestdrivers(INFfiles)toallowtheoperatingsystemtorecognizethechipsetandallthecomponentsonthemotherboard.
Thedriverscanbedownloadedfromthechipsetsoftwarelinkathttp://downloadfinder.
intel.
comInstallthelatestIntelMatrixStorageManager.
Theinstallfilecanbedownloadedfromthechipsetsoftwarelinkathttp://downloadfinder.
intel.
com.
(WindowsVistainstallsthebasicdriverforIntelMatrixStorage,andyoushouldupdatethedriveroncetheOSbootsup.
)TheIntelMatrixStorageDrivercanprovidebettersystemperformancebecausefeatureslikeNativeCommand.
SomesystembenchmarkswithanI/Ocomponent,likeBAPCo*SYSmark*,mayshowincreasedperformancewiththeIntelMatrixStorageDriverinstalledandthesystemsettoraid-ready.
InstalltheIntelintegratedsounddriverfromhttp://support.
intel.
comorfromyourmotherboardCD.
InstallthelatestLANdriverfromhttp://support.
intel.
com.
DownloadandInstallthelatestWindowsVistagraphicsdriverforyourgraphicscardfromthemanufacturerwebsite.
ThetablebelowdescribeshowtoperformaninitialsetupofWindowsVista.
MicrosoftWindows*VistaSetupSettingDescriptionofhowtosetupWindowsVistaWindowsAeroEnableEnsureWindowsAeroisenabled-Rightclickondesktop->Personalize->Windowcolorandappearance->clickon"Openclassicappearancepropertiesformorecoloroptions-Ensure"WindowsAero"ischecked.
Note:InorderforAerotoworkonIntelGraphicsMediaAcceleratorX3000and3000,VistadriversshouldbeinstalledpriortosetupAerofeatureinVista.
SearchIndexingEnableLeaveSearchIndexingEnabled-YoucancheckifSearchIndexingisenabledbyOpenControlPanel->SystemandMaintenance->IndexingOptions.
TheIndexinglocationwillinclude:OfflineFiles,StartMenu,andUsers.
InternetOfflineFilesEnableLeaveInternetOfflinefilesEnabled-YoucancheckifOfflinefilesisenabled,OpenControlPanel->NetworkandInternet->OfflineFiles.
Onthegeneraltab,the"DisableOfflineFiles"buttonshouldappear.
DisableScreensaverDisableRightclickondesktop->Personalize->ScreenSaver.
Setthescreensaverto"None"DisablePowerManagementHighPerformanceRightclickondesktop->Personalize->ScreenSaver->ChangePowersettings->Select"HighPerformance"andclick"Changeplansettings"belowthisoption.
Anewviewwillappearcalled"EditPlanSettings.
"Change"Turnoffdisplay"to"Never.
"ClickSaveChange.
(Note:ExceptionsincludeMobileMark*andotherstandardizedbenchmarksthatmeasurebatterylife;theseshouldberunwiththeirownpowermanagementsettings.
)VistaDesktopDisplayresolution,monitorrefreshCustomRightclickondesktop->Personalize->DisplaySettings.
Inthe"DisplaySettings"dialogchooseResolution=1024x768andColors=Highest(32bit).
Clickthe"AdvancedSettings"button.
Selectthe"Monitor"tabandchangethe"Screenrefreshrate"to75Hz.
RemovealwaysontopDisableRightclickonWindowstaskbaratthebottom->Properties->Taskbar->uncheck"Keepthetaskbarontopofotherwindows"RemovehideinactiveiconsDisableRightclickonWindowstaskbaratthebottom->Properties->Selectthe"Notificationarea"tabanduncheck"Hideinactiveicons"DisableWindowsDefenderDisableOpenControlPanel->Security->WindowsDefender.
Clickon"Tools"inthetoolbaratthetop.
ClickontheOptionslinkinthenextview.
Uncheckallboxes.
DisableWindows"Welcomescreen"DisableOpenControlPanel->SystemandMaintenance->WelcomeCenter,Uncheck"RunatStartup"atthebottomoftheWindowsWelcomescreenDisableSystemProtection(previously"SystemRestore")DisableOpenControlPanel->SystemandMaintenance->System.
UnderthetaskslinkontheleftsideselectSystemProtection.
Uncheck"LocalDisk"foundinthe"Automaticrestorepoints"section.
DisableSecurityCenterAlertsDisableOpenControlPanel->SecurityCenter.
Ontheleftsideatthebottomclickonthelink,"ChangethewaySecurityCenteralertsme.
"Inthedialogselect"Don'tnotifymeanddon'tdisplaytheicon(notrecommended)"AdjustFolderOptionsforhiddenfilesCustomOpenControlPanel->AppearanceandPersonalization->FolderOptions.
Ontheviewtabselect"Showhiddenfilesandfolder"uncheck"Hideextensionsforknownfiletypes"anduncheck"Hideprotectedoperatingsystemfiles(Recommended)"DisablebackuponRecyclebinDisableRightclickontherecyclebinandchooseproperties.
Onthegeneraltabselect"DonotmovefilestotheRecycleBin.
Removefilesimmediatelywhendeleted"DisableWindowsSidebarDisableRemove"WindowsSidebar"byrightclickontheWindowssidebar,clickproperties,Uncheck"StartSidebarwhenwindowsStarts"DisableDiskDefragmentationDisableClickon"MyComputer",rightclickontheC:drive.
Click"Properties","Tools","DefragmentNow".
Uncheck"RunonSchedule"DisableUserAccountControlDisableOpenControlPanel->UserAccountsandFamilySafety->UserAccounts->TurnUserAccountControlonoroff->Continue->UncheckUseUserAccountControl(UAC)tohelpprotectyourcomputer->OK->RestartComputer2.
1EvaluationofMobilePlatformPerformanceThissectionoutlinestherecommendedmethodologyforevaluatingmobileplatformperformance.
EnableorDisableIntelTurboMemoryIfyouaretestingasystemwithIntelTurboMemory,youshouldfollowthefollowinginstructionswhenenablingordisablingtheIntelTurboMemoryfeature.
InordertoenableIntelTurboMemory,performthefollowingsteps:oEnsurethatthesystemisrunningwithAdvancedHostControllerInterface(AHCI)turnedon.
AHCIusageisusuallyconfigurableinthesystemBIOS.
oEnsurethatanIntelTurboMemorymoduleisinstalledinthesystemeitheronthemotherboardorinsertedintoamini-PCIExpressslot.
oInstalltheIntelTurboMemorysoftwarepackage.
Uponcompletionthispackagewillpromptyoutorebootthesystem.
oRebootthesystemoWhenthesystemreboots,runtheIntelTurboMemoryconsoletoconfirmthestateoftheIntelTurboMemorydevice.
BesurethatbothVistaReadyBoostandVistaReadyDrivefunctionalityareenabled.
AstheOSrecognizesandpreparestheIntelTurboMemorydeviceforuse,itmaytakeseveralminutesforbothfeaturestobecomeenabledandreadyforuse.
oRebootthesystemagainbeforerunninganyperformancetests.
InordertodisableIntelTurboMemory,performthefollowingsteps.
oUsingtheControlPanel,uninstalltheIntelTurboMemoryandIntelMatrixStorageManagersoftwarepackage.
Youshouldrebootthesystemafteruninstallingit.
oReinstalltheIntelMatrixStorageManager(whichcanbedownloadedathttp://support.
intel.
com)oIntheDeviceManager,underStorageControllers,verifythattheIntelFlashCacheLogicChipisnolongerrecognized.
IfyourIntelTurboMemorymodulehasnotbeenremovedfromthesystem,youshouldseeanunrecognizeddevicelistedintheDeviceManager.
oRebootthesystemagainbeforerunninganyperformancetests.
CleanupWindowsprefetch1.
Deletethecontentsofthec:\windows\prefetchdirectorybetweentestingofindividualbenchmarks.
Allowyoursystemtosettleintoanidlestate:1.
Rebootyourcomputer.
2.
OpentheTaskManagerbyrightclickingontheTaskbarandclickingtheoptionforTaskManager.
ClickonthePerformancetabintheTaskManager.
3.
ClickontheResourceMonitorbuttonintheTaskManager.
ThiswillbringuptheResourceMonitorWindowbelow.
4.
ClickonthepanelthatsaysDisk.
Thiswillallowyoutoviewthevariousactiverequeststothediskdrive.
5.
WatchtheResourceMonitor.
Thenumberofrequeststothediskwillgraduallydecline.
Waituntiltherearenomorerequeststothediskasshownbelow.
6.
Aftertherearenomorerequeststodisk,closetheResourceMonitor.
ProcessIdleTasks1.
CalltheProcessIdleTasksAPIfromadvapi32.
dllusingthecommandlineorcreateandexecuteabatchfilewiththefollowingcommand:rundll32.
exeadvapi32.
dll,ProcessIdleTasksBenchmarkRun:1.
AfteryouhaveruntheProcessIdleTasksAPI,runtheworkload5timesinarowwithoutrebootsinbetweeneachrun.
2.
Takethemedianofthe5runs.
2.
2EvaluationofMobilePlatformEnergyEfficiencyThissectionoutlinestherecommendedmethodologyforevaluatingmobileplatformenergyefficiency.
2.
2.
1ProcedureforMeasuringEnergyEfficiencyWhenmeasuringenergyconsumptionofasystemrunningagivenbenchmark,thepowerconsumptionofthetotalplatformshouldbemeasuredbyanexternalwatt-meterorpoweranalyzer.
OnecommontoolusedtomeasurepoweristheExtech380803PowerAnalyzerDatalogger.
TheExtech380803unitallowsthemeasurementofbothACandDCpowermeasurementandincludessoftwaretologthepowerconsumptionofthetestsystemonanothercomputersystem.
–WhenmeasuringtheDCpowerconsumptionofasystem,youwillneedtoisolatethepositiveandnegativepowerlinesrunningbetweenthenotebookpoweradapterandthesystem.
Fromthepoweradapter,attachthepowerlinestotheappropriateredandblackpowerterminalsofthe"InputVoltage"ontheExtechunit.
Thenattachthepowerlinesfromthenotebookplugtotheredandblackpowerterminalsofthe"OutputLoad"oftheExtechunit.
UsingtheDataloggersoftware,recordthepowerconsumptionofthesystemforthedurationofthebenchmarkusing1.
0secondsamplingintervals.
Fromtheresultingpowerlog,youcanderivetheaverageDCpowerconsumption(inWatts)ofthesystemwhileexecutingthebenchmark.
–WhenmeasuringtheACpowerconsumptionofasystem,plugapowercordintothe"InputVoltage"ontheExtechunitandintoanelectricalsocket.
Thenpluginthesystem'sACpoweradapterintothe"OutputLoad"oftheExtechunit.
UsingtheDataloggersoftware,recordthepowerconsumptionofthesystemforthedurationofthebenchmarkusing1.
0secondsamplingintervals.
Fromtheresultingpowerlog,youcanderivetheaverageACpowerconsumption(inWatts)ofthesystemwhileexecutingthebenchmark.
Powermeasurementshouldbeginwhenthetimedportionoftheworkloadbeginsandshouldstopwhenthetimedportionoftheworkloadends.
Ifusingtheprovidedscriptforthescenariothenyouwillbepromptedbythescriptwhentostartandstoppowermeasurement.
2.
2.
2CalculatingWorkloadEnergyConsumptioninWatt-HoursAnalysisofpowerconsumptionresultsshouldbeperformedusingthefollowingmethodology:CalculatetheWorkloadEnergyConsumption(WEC)inWatt-secondsbymultiplyingtheaveragetotalACorDCpowerusage(Ptotal)timesthetimetakentocompletetheworkload(tworkload).
WEC(Watt-seconds)=Ptotal*tworkloadConverttheWECmeasurementintoWatt-hours(Wh)bydividingtheWECinWatt-secondsby3600(thenumberofsecondsinanhour).
WEC(Wh)=WEC(Watt-seconds)÷3600TheresultingquotientinWatt-hoursistheamountofenergyconsumedbythesystemincompletionoftheworkload.
Chapter3ProcedureforEvaluatingPegasysTMPGEncXPress4.
4ThefollowingisaprocedureforevaluatingapplicationloadperformanceduringcontentcreationusingPegasysTMPGEncXPress4.
4.
RunthistestonasystemrunningWindows*Vista.
SetupInstructions:1.
Copyyourworkloaddirectorytoyourharddrive.
2.
OpentheVistaControlPanel.
3.
Clickon"Clock,LanguageandRegion".
(ifyouareintheClassicControlPanelview,youwillneedtopickonControlPanelHomeontheleftsidefirst)4.
Clickon"RegionalandLanguageOptions".
5.
Clickonthe"Administrative"tabatthetop.
6.
Clickonthe"Changesystemlocale…"button.
7.
Adialogentitled"RegionalandLanguageSettings"willappear.
Under"Currentsystemlocale",select"Japanese(Japan)".
8.
ClickonOKtoclosethe"RegionalandLanguageSettings"dialog.
9.
YouwillbepromptedtorestartWindows.
Clickon"Restartnow"torestartyoursystem.
10.
Afterthesystemhasrestarted,navigatetoyourinstallationbinariesandrunthefileentitled"PV3-AviUtl-301.
exe".
(thiswillinstallthePV3DVcodecthatwillallowyoutoreadtheworkloadfile)11.
Installtheapplication(thebinarywillbeinJapanese)usingdefaultinstallationoptions.
(thedefaultinstallationoptionsforthethreedialogsintheinstallationprocessareselectingtheleftbutton,thentherightbutton,thenthesinglebuttonatthebottomofthedialog)12.
Repeatsteps2-9butchangethelanguagebacktotheoriginalselection.
(intheUnitedStates,thiswillbe"English(UnitedStates)")13.
InstallTMPGEncXPresswiththedefaultinstallationoptions.
14.
LaunchTMPGenc*XPressbydouble-clickingonthedesktopicon.
15.
Onfirst-timelaunchoftheapplication,youwillbepromptedtoenteryourserialnumberandname.
Dosoandclickon"Obtainalicense"toactivateTMPGEncXPress(youwillneedtobeconnectedtotheInternet).
16.
CloseTMPGenc*XPress.
17.
Rebootyoursystem.
RunInstructions1.
Uponrebootyoursystem,defragmentyourharddisk.
2.
Deletethecontentsofyourc:\windows\Prefetchdirectory.
3.
LaunchTMPGEncXpress.
4.
Atthetopoftheapplicationwindow,clickon"Source".
5.
Clickon"Addfile"ontherighthandside.
6.
Locateandselectyourworkloadfile.
ClickonOpen.
Awindowentitled"Clipaddition-"willopenthatdescribesthecontentsofthefile.
7.
ClickonOK.
8.
Atthetopoftheapplicationwindow,clickon"Format".
Awindowentitled"Outputformatselection"willappear.
9.
Select"HDVformatMPEGfile"andclickon"Select"atthebottom.
10.
Inthemiddleofthewindow,under"MotionSearchprecision",select"High".
11.
Atthetopoftheapplicationwindow,clickon"Encode".
12.
Under"Outputfilename:",enterthedesiredpathandfilenamefortheoutputfile.
13.
Clickontheleft-mostbuttongreybutton(itturnsyellowwhenmousedover)onthebottom-lefttobeginencoding.
Progresswillbeshownintheprogressbaratthebottomofthewindow.
14.
Whentheencodinghasfinished,awindowentitled"Outputcompleted"willbedisplayed.
15.
TheprogressbaratthebottomwilldisplaytheElapsedtime.
Thisistheencodingtasktimeforthisscenario.
16.
ClickOKtoclosethe"Outputcomleted"window.
17.
ClosetheTMPGEncXPresswindow.
18.
Deletetheencodedoutputfile.
19.
Repeatsteps3-18fourmoretimes.
Takethemedianvalueofyourfiveencodingtasktimesasyourresult.
RunningtheTestUsingaScript(Optional)Youalsohavetheoptionofrunningthisworkloadwithanautomatedscript.
Thescriptwilllookforapplicationandworkloadfilesinspecificdirectorylocations.
Pleasemakesurethat:i.
TheTMPGenc*XPressapplicationexecutablecanbefoundat:C:\ProgramFiles\PegasysInc\TMPGEnc4.
0XPress\TMPGEnc4XP.
exeii.
Yourworkloadfiles(TMPEG_test_file.
dvandTMPEG_test_file.
dvi)areinc:\SEGs\TMPGenc*Xpress\Workload\Beforerunningthescript,installtheapplication.
Opentheapplicationonceandthenclosealloftheapplicationwindows.
Runtheapplicationoncemanuallyasacrosscheckonyourscripttimes.
Thescripttimingmeasuresthesamefunctionasmeasuredinhand-timingandisexpectedtobeclosetothestopwatchtime.
Closeotheropenwindowsbeforerunningthescript.
Double-clickonthescript.
exetostartexecution.
Itisbesttocreateadesktopshortcuttothe.
exesothatnootherwindowsareopenwhenthescriptstarts.
Thescriptwillcloseallapplicationwindowsbyitselfafterdisplayingtheresults.
Waitforittofinishclosingallwindowsbeforererunningthescript.
Youdonotneedtodeleteanyoftheoutputfilesgeneratedbytheworkloadifyouareusingthescript.
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