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Review: SpeedFreek - My Z70V Benchmarks!

post #1 of 17
7/31/05 at 9:38pm
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System Specs:
Asus Z70V

2.26 GHz Pentium M (pinmodded 1.7)

2 GB Kingston PC2 4300 DDR2 Value Ram

80GB 5400rpm Seagate Momentus HDD

ATI Mobility Radeon X600 64MB +64MB Hypermemory

Intel ProWireless ABG

3DMark05

Catalyst 5.7 drivers, Catalyst Control Center, ATITool Oveclock to 517.50/285.75

SiSoftware Sandra






I haven't looked at a lot of benchmarks but I think most Z70V owners have been getting 3DMark05 scores in the 1100s, so I'm relatively pleased with my score. How do my SiSoftware Sandra scores compare to other centrino notebooks?
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post #2 of 17
8/1/05 at 1:22am
Hey SpeedFreak, did u overclock using the pinmod or dip switch method?
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post #3 of 17
8/1/05 at 1:24am
Hmm that is the highest 3DMark05 benchmark I've seen on the Asus Z70v. Is it overclocked?
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post #4 of 17
8/1/05 at 5:54am
Where did you order it from? Who ships the 2.26 GHz Pentium M already?
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post #5 of 17
8/1/05 at 2:00pm
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Originally Posted by Artek
Where did you order it from? Who ships the 2.26 GHz Pentium M already?
Are you serious about paying over 700 bucks for the 2.26?!
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post #6 of 17
8/1/05 at 2:47pm
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Originally Posted by smilepak
Are you serious about paying over 700 bucks for the 2.26?!
It's already shipping?!
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post #7 of 17
8/1/05 at 7:08pm
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Sorry! I should have said pinmodded 2.26GHz. I used the wire method. Only the Z71V has a dipswitch. The official 2.26 will be shipping soon I think. I got the 1.7 Pentium M on newegg for $250, so I saved a lot. I configured an equivilent Dell Latitude D810 (same GPU and everything), except with a 2.13Ghz PM. I saved $1300!

I have modded 5.7 Catalyst drivers installed, as well as Catalyst Control Center (has an awesome GUI), not sure if it helps the benchmarks though. I have it overclocked to 517.50/285.75 up from 400/250 with ATITool.

I have no regrets about buying this notebook. The build quality and design are incredible.
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post #8 of 17
8/1/05 at 7:22pm
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I got the 1.7 Pentium M on newegg for $250, so I saved a lot.
It is only $150.00 off ebay hehehe
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post #9 of 17
8/1/05 at 10:06pm
thats 1 beefed up machine.. 2.26ghz PM, 2gb of ram
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post #10 of 17
8/1/05 at 10:54pm
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Thanks. I have a question maybe you guys can answer. In the file system benchmark, it shows my Seagate 5400 rpm hard drive at 32 mb/s and the Hitachi 60GB 7200 rpm drive at 19 mb/s. Is my drive really faster than a 7200 rpm hard drive?
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post #11 of 17
8/2/05 at 3:43am
that benchmark there tells u mb/sec .. the 7200rpm HD shud have less access time. but since this benchmark probally access like ONE file or sumfing.. it doesnt' show da power of the RPM i guess? i dunno

sumthing along those lines
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post #12 of 17
8/2/05 at 4:04am
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Originally Posted by smilepak
Are you serious about paying over 700 bucks for the 2.26?!
No way! I was just curious who ships it...I ordered 2ghz, its the highest you can go before being ripped off
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post #13 of 17
8/2/05 at 6:35pm
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Pinmodding is so easy. If you ask me, you're ripping yourself of if you don't do it.
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post #14 of 17
8/3/05 at 6:25pm
Nah, those Sandra benches are messed up. I get 32MB/s with my identical Seagate however, so your results are in line. I'd guess the Hitachi should be a bit faster overall. Higher spin rates = more data accessed per second.
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post #15 of 17
8/9/05 at 12:43am
hi SpeedFreek, have you tried any games on your machine? like lets say BF2, HL2 or San Andreas? If yes, are they running ok?
thx
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post #16 of 17
8/11/05 at 4:16pm
Nice numbers. Can't wait to overclock my PMobile 1.7Ghz. Got it for $160 off of Ebay.
BTW, my 5400rpm Hitachi scored a 34 mb/s.
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post #17 of 17
8/13/05 at 9:37am
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No, I don't have any games yet, don't have a lot of time for gaming . If I was a heavy gamer I would have waited for the refresh. But I do have that free Halo demo thing and it runs smoother that anything I've ever seen. I don't know how intensive that demo is though. As for just everday computing, internet, etc., this thing flies! It's a huge jump coming from a 1GHz Athlon Compaq. That thing is a piece of crap!
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