21. PCMark05 Performance Benchmarks Conclusions

The Fujitsu Lifebook P1510D's central processor isn't the fastest of the four tested laptops, but it still performs well. Note: the Dell Latitude X1 has a 1.1 GHz processor as compared to the 1.2 GHz processors in the other three ultra lights.

The P1510D's memory performance is best in class, while its 30 GB hard drive is worst in class. Lower hard disk performance didn't noticeably impact the speed of the laptop in day-to-day use.

The table below shows PCMark05 scores for the basic stylus model of the P1510D with Windows XP Professional and this time with the Tablet PC OS installed. Differences are minimal.

You'll notice that there are no system or graphics benchmark scores for the P1510D. There is no system score because PCMark05 was unable to complete its graphics tests. The laptop has Intel's Graphics Media Accelerator 900 controller, which normally supports PCMark05 graphics tests. However, the tests did not run on the P1510D because of its unusual display resolution of 1024 x 600. PCMark05 was not able to adapt to this resolution and the tests failed. The same thing happened when the tests were run with a virtual screen size of 1024 x 768.

Interestingly, FutureMark's 3DMark05 was able to adapt to the Lifebook's display resolution and ran fine. The 3DMark05 score (222) and frames per second rates (mostly 1 frame per second) were so low that they aren't worth publishing.