Benchmarks

System Setup

Intel Celeron 433
Abit ZM6
Corsair PC-100 3.3v SDRAM - 1x128MB
3dfx/STB reference Voodoo3 3500
     Driver kit version 1.00.00 Beta 1
Western Digital Caviar 26400 6.4GB EIDE HD

Special thanks to U-tron Technologies and Corsair Memory for test-bed systems and peripherals.

Benchmarks

(All tests run under a clean install of Windows 98)
Quake II 3.20 - 640x480x8
Quake II 3.20 - 800x600x16
Ziff Davis Winbench 99 - 1024x768x16
     CPUMark99
     FPUMark
     Business Disk Winmark99
     High End Disk Winmark99
Ziff Davis Winstone 99 - 1024x768x16

Benchmarks
Suite	433Mhz	488Mhz
Winbench99
CPUMark99	31.8	35.7
FPUMark	2320	2610
Business Disk Winmark99	2660	2650
High End Disk Winmark99	7520	7980
Winstone99
Business Winstone99	20.8	22.3
Quake II Software (640x480x8)
Demo1	26.9 fps	29.1 fps
Crusher	17.3 fps	19.4 fps
Quake II Voodoo3 (800x600x16)
Demo1	92.8 fps	93.7 fps
Crusher	28.5 fps	30.9 fps

The Celeron 433 falls neatly in place amongst its relatives from previous testing. The CPUMark99 update more accurately portrays Celeron performance in comparison to other CPUs, and as evidenced from FPUMark, the Celeron is still a great choice for floating-point-intensive tests.

Overclocking to 488Mhz gives slightly better benchmark results, but the effect wasn't generally noticeable during regular usage. Still, if you're questing for those extra 3 frames per second or Winstone points, you might as well run your system as fast as possible.