THanks for helping out. The speedtester isn't a benchmark utility... but it does test how fast the CPU can process a single repetitive task. 3GHz: 0.988 seconds @ 50Million, makes it 53% faster than my 2100+ (1.52). I am eager for someone with an Athlon 3000+ or better to get their results. Normally, it takes a minute or so to do a rendered scene. However, I had six HiRes models in a scene. It took over 7 minutes to render... so hence the desire to get a new CPU.