Operating Time In Battery Mode And System Performance
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: the, gigahertz, dupe
- 1. A Dell Novelty: A Desktop CPU In The Notebook
- 2. Dimensions And Weight: Smart But Not Slim
- 3. The Eternal Debate: Desktop Or Notebook CPU?
- 4. Operating Time In Battery Mode And System Performance
4. Operating Time In Battery Mode And System Performance
Normally, we rely on Sysmark 2002 to give us a reading of overall system performance. But, due to a problem with the graphics subsystem driver on the test system, meaning that we couldn't work out a valid drive, we used Content Creation Winstone 2002. The battery operation time was determined with Business Winstone 2002, while Business Disk Winmark 99 delivered the key figures for hard-drive performance.
| Benchmark | Score |
|---|---|
| Content Creation Winstone 2002 | 25.2 |
| Business Winstone 2002 BatteryMark | 2h 47m |
| Business Disk Winmark 99 | 3150 kByte/s |
No complaints about battery operation time. Comparably equipped notebooks with mobile CPUs fail to keep up with this benchmark either. A little over 25 points with Content Creation Winstone is certainly a respectable score. But the score could have just as easily been attained with a slower CPU and a quicker hard drive.
CPU Performance: PC Mark 2002
PC Mark 2002 revealed some interesting behavior by the system:
In battery mode, it showed that the CPU is only half as fast as it is when running on the mains.
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