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another tough, threaded workout that’s highly CPU-dependent and scales well
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operation and, at the end, add up the total execution time. Lower times are
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potential come through, using all of its cores and threads to churn through the
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ceiling and cruises past the competition. This is quite simply the highest result
we’ve ever recorded on this test, showing the raw power of this chip. The other
benchmarks don’t show as much dominance, but it’s still mighty impressive. It
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