7. Benchmarks Under Windows XP

We've added some real-world applications such as Pinnacle Studio 8.5 or MainConcept's MPEG encoder to our standard witches' brew of benchmarks.

Drivers and Software
Graphics Driver	Intel 6.13.0001.3485
DirectX	Version: DirectX 8.1 (4.08.01.0810)
OS	Windows XP Pro (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 1
Benchmarks and Settings
Sisoft Sandra Professional 2003.7.973	CPU and Memorybandwidth
PC Mark2002 Pro	Patch Build101
Sysmark 2002	Version 1.0
3D Mark 2001SE Pro Build330	1024 x 768 - 32 bit
Quake III Arena, Patch V1.16	1024 x 768 - 32 bit Timedemo, demo001, demo four command line = +set cd_nocd 1 +set s_initsound 0
UT2003 Demo 2206	Antalus-Flyby 1024 x 768 - 32 bit
Povray 3.5	Rendering-scene chess2 640x460 AA0.3
MP3 Maker Platinum 3.04	178 MB Wave file, 44100 Hz VBR = on and Qualit
Pinnacle Studio 8.5	Rendering - DVD Compatible 720x480, 6000 kBit/s, Audio 48kHz, Stereo
Mainconcept MPEG Encoder 1.3.1	1.2 GB DV to MPEG-2 (720x576, 25fps, Audio 48kHz, 2 channels, 16 bit) convertin

As we were interested in how RAM configuration affected performance, we ran the tests with both single-channel and dual-channel memory. We also examined the performance impact of deactivating hyperthreading (HT off).

We measured battery run-down time in three different scenarios in order to simulate typical user behavior:

Presentation (playing a presentation in a loop); DVD video playback (playback in a loop); Gaming (game demo in an endless loop).

In all the battery benchmarks, we set the display brightness to 100 candelas per square meter.