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Old 8th April 2002 | 19:13
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pilot-lite
 
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From: EGCC
Most modernlaptops have "SpeedStep" or similar. Basically slowing down the CPU when all the processing power is not needed in order to save battery life. You can usually disable it, or try the benchmark again while running on mains power, as this tends to set the CPU to full speed.

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