PCMark Vantage x64

Publisher: Futuremark

PCMark Vantage x64 is a Vista-only 64-bit 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 seems to scale the Wolfdales a bit further apart than in more real-world tests, although the E8500 is still top and the E8400 is still a lot faster than the fastest dual-core CPU from AMD. PCMark seems to always favour the Phenoms quite considerably, and even here there's no exception compared to the other quad-core Intel CPUs tested.