Intel Core i7 Mobile 720QM Benchmarked
Custom PC Media Benchmarks
Download: CustomPC Media BenchmarksCustom PC, bit-tech's sister magazine, has developed its own Media Benchmarks to simulate the tasks that most of us perform on a regular basis. There are three tests, each of which measure different aspects of a PC's performance. You can download the suite from the link above, and see how your PC or laptop compares to those we test.
The scores are normalised against a reference PC that includes a stock-speed Core 2 Duo E6700, 2GB of DDR2 memory and a fast P45 motherboard, as you can see below. This PC scores 1,000 points, so if your PC scores 1,300, it's 30 per cent faster than the reference system, and if it scores less than 1,000 points, it's slower.
If your PC scores 1,000, then it's as fast as the one above.
The scoring is linear: if your PC scores 800 points, it's 20 per cent slower than this PC; if it scores 1,300, it's 30 per cent faster.
GIMP Image Editing
Website: GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP)Our GIMP image editing test simulates how well a PC can manipulate a collection of large digital photos. To achieve a high score requires a PC with a powerful CPU, plenty of quick memory and efficient hard disk drive access.
See the Results Analysis page for our take on what these numbers mean.
Handbrake H.264 Encoding
Website: HandBrakeOur test uses Handbrake - an open-source, GPL-licensed, multi-platform, multi-threaded video encoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows - to encode a high resolution MPEG-2 video using the H.264 codec. This primarily tests multi-threaded CPU performance.
See the Results Analysis page for our take on what these numbers mean.
Multi-tasking Performance
Website: MPC-HCWebsite: 7Zip
To run multiple applications well you need a powerful (ideally multi-core) CPU and plenty of RAM. Our multi-tasking test performs a massive file backup (with encryption) using 7-Zip, while simultaneously playing back a HD movie file using Media Player Classic, making it a demanding test for any PC.
See the Results Analysis page for our take on what these numbers mean.
Overall Score
The overall score is an unweighted mean average of the scores of the three individual tests.See the Results Analysis page for our take on what these numbers mean.
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