Asus 13.3" UL30A CULV Notebook Review
Test Setup and 3DMark 06 CPU
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| Asus UL30A-A1 Intel Core 2 Duo SU73000 (1.6GHz) 4GB DDR3 Intel GMA 4500MHD GPU On-Board Ethernet On-Board Audio 1x500GB Hard Drive 5400 RPM SATA Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 (32-bit) 13.3" LED LCD Display (native 1366x768) |
Dell Studio XPS 13 Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 (2.4GHz) 4GB DDR3 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS On-Board Ethernet On-Board Audio 1x320GB Hard drive 7200 RPM SATA Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 (64-bit) 13.3" WXGA Display (native 1280x800) |
Toshiba Satellite A305-S6845 Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 (2.1GHz) 3GB DDR2-667 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 On-Board Ethernet On-Board Audio 2x200GB Hard drives (non-RAID) 5400 RPM / 4200 RPM SATA Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 15.4" WXGA Display (native 1280x800) |
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The Futuremark 3DMark06 CPU benchmark consists of tests that use the CPU to render 3D scenes, rather than the GPU. It runs several threads simultaneously and is designed to utilize multiple processor cores.
No surprises here; the 1.3GHz CULV processor can't hold a candle to the full-fledged Core 2 Duo chips in these other machines, but it actually fared pretty well when you consider that the Asus machine is significantly cheaper than either of those two options. Here's a look at the full 3DMark 06 score:
Asus UL30 3DMark 06 CPU Score; Click To Enlarge
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Asus UL30 3DMark 06 CPU Score; Click To Enlarge
