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The FreeBSD "make world -j4" command stresses all major system components and subsystems. In addition to being an excellent stability test, it is utilized in this chipset comparison to measure overall system performance. The DDR333-equipped SiS 645 completed the "make world" in the fastest time, 5319 seconds. The P4X266 and DDR266 i845 lag behind by about 6 minutes. However, the performance turned in by the 645 in DDR266 mode lags the closest competitor, the P4X266, by a full 15 minutes! We can only speculate that this somehow correlates with its higher DDR266 memory latency noticed earlier.

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