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    Benchmarking Laptop

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by cpm22, Mar 31, 2011.

  1. cpm22

    cpm22 Notebook Consultant

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    I just bought a new laptop and would love to benchmark it and see how it compares to other computers. What should I do?
     
    cpm22, Mar 31, 2011
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    3dmark vantage
     
    Bearclaw, Mar 31, 2011
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    Bullit Notebook Deity

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    Gracy123 Agrees to disagree

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    I just tried Cinebench 11.5 for CPU benchmarking - the reading is very one-sided (only rendering is used) and the reproducibility of the score - inadequate. I ran it 5 times - got 3 quite different results.

    What other software can you guys recommend for more accurate CPU benchmarking??
     
    Gracy123, Apr 3, 2011
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    Crysis... lol
     
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    TANWare Just This Side of Senile, I think. Super Moderator

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    determine you use first. If it is general usage with some gaming PCMark Vantage is great and then also tweak using that. If you are gaming use 3DMark, for DX9 games 06, for DX10 games Vantage and for DX11 use 2011 if you have the capability in your graphics card.

    If you are doing the graphics renderign and such Cinebench, for pure number crunching Prime 95, database access benchmark the HDD setup etc. The idea though is more toward how do changes effect your system. does one change or another make the system better for your usage!

    In the end it isn't whether one system is better than another with synthetic benchmark numbers. The end result you want is will the system fit your needs and what can be done to make it even better fit those needs............

    Edit; the reason people when making alterations post allot of various benchmarks is so that people reading can see what that same mod may give them and to be sure gaining one advantage does not take away from other things in the proccess..................
     
    TANWare, Apr 6, 2011
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    Try Fritz chessmark, gives a good estimation of the CPU raw power.

    Crysis helps too, mostly in the GPU/RAM area.
     
    fred2028, Apr 6, 2011
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