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(HT enabled on all tests)

The most surprising thing here is that at 272FSB, 3:2 Mem ratio, a score of 5335 is achieved due to the memory only
being 181.33MHz!  Looking closer, at 181MHz, you have a peak theoretical bandwidth of 2900MB/sec, or 5800 in
dual channel mode.  So in other words, we are hitting 92% of the peak theoretical bandwidth, nothing short of spectacular,
especially when you consider that at 200/200 1:1 only 76% of peak theoretical bandwidth is being reached.  Reason? 
Well first I thought maybe hyperthreading was holding back the CPU, but I disabled it and the scores were identical. 
It makes little sense why 181MHz with a higher async FSB beats out 190/184/200 either 1:1 or 5:4.  In fact it is not too far
off from the 230 1:1 loose timing scores.  The only thing I can think of is that the P4's Quad Pumped 200MHz FSB or the
chipset isn't giving the memory close to the theoretical 6.4GB/sec it should be getting. 

-BoB