PCMark Memory Benchmark Favors GenuineIntel

javy_tahu writes "A review by Ars Technica disclosed that PCMark 2005 Memory benchmark favors GenuineIntel CPUID. A VIA Nano CPU has had its CPUID changed from the original VIA to fake GenuineAMD and GenuineIntel. An improvement of, respectively, 10% and 47% of the score was seen. The reasons of this behavior of FutureMark product are not yet known."

Comments

Benchmarking SW must be open source from now on

[denis-The-menace]

The only way the maker of PCMark can EVER get their credibility back is if their future releases are open source.

Re:Money

[ShieldW0lf]

Ok then, point me to an open source benchmarking program that's as complete, and I'll use it.

Might it just be that they got the software done as cheaply as possible, marked it as ready for release as soon as they could, and never bothered to fix what was obviously a glaring flaw?

Anyway, as an open source developer myself I don't really buy this 'open source will always be better' deal. It can only be better if the project is fortunate enough to attract quality coders and designers. There are a lot more open source programs then there are highly skilled programmers willing and able to work on them.

What a stupid statement. You're like a guy with a smoke detector, who has been told by 50 different people that it doesn't actually detect smoke. To which you reply, "Well, you show me a smoke detector that works and I'll use it, but until then, I'm trusting my life to this one."