The Definitive Guide On L2 Cache Latency

The Test System

Processor	504MHz Intel Celeron SL32A
Motherboard	ABIT BE6
RAM	128MB Hitachi PC100 SDRAM (running at 112MHz CAS 2)
Graphics Card Configuration	Creative Labs Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 (Overclocked) 160MHz core 185MHz RAM NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 reference driver rev. 3.53
Hard Disk	22GB IBM Deskstar 22GXP running at 66MB/s transfer rate using the HPT366 controller
Sound Card	Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Value

Test Details

The NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 reference driver ver. 3.53 was used with the following settings :-

Before the start of the benchmark run, the registry was optimized and the hard disk defragmented. After that, all tests were carried out non-stop and consecutively. All benchmarks ran thrice with the averaged results shown here.