PC Mark Vantage

Publisher: Futuremark

PCMark Vantage is a Vista-only productivity benchmark that tests a range of standard application types providing a general performance number in respect to other systems.

It tests multi-core processors and requires a processor with at least SSE2 support and a graphics card that supports Shader Model 2.0 or higher.

There are test scenarios for High Definition TV and Movies, Gaming, Memory, Music, Communications, Internet, General Productivity and Hard Drive. They cover the broad range of typical software a PC user will use and acts as a good "one stop" benchmark for general system performance.










PCMark Vantage performance is a bit of a mix – the non-SP1 setup wins big in productivity and communications, but the SP1 setup crawls a bit back in music and TV and movies. Even though PCMark rates the SP1 machine as faster overall by some 300 marks, it's hard to see how given the results above.