Op HKEPC zijn de eerste Penryn benchmarks opgedoken. De resultaten werden behaald met de hieronder gespecificeerde testopstellingen:
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 (2.33GHz/4MB L2/1333MHz FSB)
- Intel Wolfdale ES Sample (2.33GHz/6MB L2/1333MHz FSB)
- Evercool Euffalo HPFI-10025 Cooler
- Gigabyte GA-P35T-DQ6 (P35 + ICH9R + DDR3)
- Gigabyte GA-G33-DS3R (G33 + ICH9R)
- ADATA DDR3-1066 CL 6-6-6-18 1GB x 2
- MSI GeForce 8800Ultra VGA Card
- Gigabyte ODIN 800W Power Supply
- Maxtor DiamondMax 10 160GB 7200rpm SATA II
- Windows Vista Ultimate 32Bit Edition

Processor | Intel Core 2 Duo E 6550 (2.33 GHz, 4 MB L2) | Intel 'Wolfdale' ES (2.33 GHz, 6 MB L2) | Verschil |
PCMark05 CPU | 5995 | 6029 | 0,78% |
Cinebench 9.5 | 742 | 798 | 7,55% |
DivX 6.6 alpha met SSE4 | 69 sec. | 32 sec. | 115,63% |
Mainconcept H.264 ecnoder | 204,78 sec. | 179,20 sec. | 12,49% |
Windows Movie Maker | 158,45 sec. | 153,41 sec. | 3,19% |
Microsoft Excel - Monte Carlo benchmark | 49,53 sec. | 45,32 sec. | 8,51% |
3DMark06 CPU | 2047 | 2164 | 5,72% |
Doom 3 | 187,9 fps | 208,1 fps | 10,75% |
FarCry | 114,9 fps | 127,0 fps | 10,48% |
Half-Life 2 | 132 fps | 181 fps | 31,12% |
Bron: HKEPC