Intel Pentium III E "Coppermine" (Slot-1)

BAPCo’s SYSMark 98 paints a vivid picture of what the overall performance of a system will be excluding any gaming performance tests. The result is that the Pentium III 733EB barely edges out the Athlon 700, offering AMD’s giant the first real competition it has had since its introduction in August.

At lower clock speeds the Pentium III E remains just as competitive although the Athlon generally outperforms it on a clock for clock basis. Once again the benchmarks do not provide a noticeable performance improvement offered by the i820/133MHz FSB platform over the BX/100MHz FSB platform.

The Pentium III E slowly shapes into a viable upgrade path for BX owners looking to squeeze more performance out of their systems without having to upgrade more than just their processor.