Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: 4x4 | Themes: Business Notebooks
- 1. P4-M: The CPU For The Full-Sized Consumer Notebook
- 2. Compared: 1.4, 1.7, 1.8 And 2.2 GHz Mobile Pentium 4-M Vs. Desktop CPU
- 3. Pentium 4-M Consumption Modes: What's Behind TDP & Co
- 4. Energy-Saving Technologies In The Pentium 4-M: Enhanced Speedstep, Deeper Sleep & IMVP
- 5. Why Does The P4-M Permit A Higher Maximum Junction Termperature?
- 6. The Test System: Asus L3C
- 7. Benchmarks Under Windows XP
- 8. Synthetic Benchmarks
- 9. Multimedia Performance: PC Mark 2002
- 10. Video Encoding With Virtual Dub 1.4.1
- 11. File Compression: Winace 2.2
- 12. Open GL Games: Quake3 Arena
- 13. System Performance: Sysmark 2002
- 14. Battery Tests - Run-Down Times For Games, Presentations And DVD Playback
- 15. Conclusion: High Clock Speed Is Not Always The Best Choice
- 16. More on this topic
7. Benchmarks Under Windows XP
In order to get as comprehensive and balanced a picture as possible of the various processors' performance, we used a mix of synthetic and application benchmarks.
| Drivers and Software | |
|---|---|
| Graphics Driver | ATI 6.13.10.6025 (English) |
| DirectX | Version: 8.1 (4.08.01.0810) |
| OS | Windows XP Pro, Build 2600 SP1 |
| Benchmarks and Settings | |
| Quake III Arena, Patch V1.16 | 640x480 - 16 bit / 1024 x 768 - 32 bit / 1280 x 1024 - 32 bit
Timedemo, demo001 command line = +set cd_nocd 1 +set s_initsound 0 Graphics detail = Normal |
| PCMark 2002 Pro Pack - Build 100 | CPU and Memory Tests |
| SiSoftware Sandra 2003 | CPU MultiMedia / CPU Arithmetic / Memory Bandwidth Benchmark |
| Sysmark 2002 | Version 1.0 |
| 3D Mark 2001SE | Version 1.1 - Build 340 - Patch Build 330/ Default Benchmark |
| POV-Ray for Windows | Version 3.5/ Chess2 640x480 AA:0.3 |
| Lame - Version 3.92 | 32 bit DOS-Prompt, 178 MB Wave File, 44100 Hz |
| Virtual Dub 1.4.1 and Divx 5.02 Pro - new - | 1.2 GB DV video file to MPEG-4 |
| WinACE 2.2 | Packing 178 MB Wav-File |
We conducted the measurements on battery life under three different conditions in order to do justice to typical user behavior: in the first case, we let a presentation run on an endless loop. This approximates the usage patterns of a modern sales rep who frequently makes presentations to customers. Anyone who is on the road for long periods is likely to seek diversion in the hotel or the airport lounge by putting on a DVD video - a diversion made all the better if you have a mobile PC with a decent battery life. In the last test, we put the spotlight on gamers. A demo of a game serves as our test scenario here. The demo is repeated until the juice is used up.
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