ASUS C90S Whitebook
System Performance: Futuremark PCMark Vantage Continued
We continue our test coverage with more modules from the comprehensive PCMark Vantage suite of benchmarks.
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Vantage Productivity suite includes the following tests:
Productivity 1 - Two simultaneous threads, Text editing, HDD: application loading
Productivity 2 - Two simultaneous threads, Windows Contacts: search, HDD: Windows Defender
Productivity 3 - HDD: Windows Vista start-up
Productivity 4 - Three simultaneous threads, Windows Contacts: search, Windows Mail: Run Message Rules, Web page rendering: simultaneously open various pages from IE7 Favorites in separate tabs, close them one by one
The ASUS C90S topped the desktop test system running an Athlon X2 4600+ but still trailed the system running a slower E6600 Core 2 Duo processor in Vantage's Productivity test suite.
Vantage TV and Movies suite includes the following tests:
TV and Movies 1 - Two simultaneous threads, Video transcoding: HD DVD to media server archive, Video playback: HD DVD w/ additional lower bitrate HD content from HDD, as downloaded from the net
TV and Movies 2 - Two simultaneous threads, Video transcoding: HD DVD to media server archive, Video playback, HD MPEG-2: 19.39 Mbps terrestrial HDTV playback
TV and Movies 3 - HDD Media Center
TV and Movies 4 - Video transcoding: media server archive to portable device, Video playback, HD MPEG-2: 48 Mbps Blu-ray playback
The C90S also trailed the rest of the pack here, which is to be expected considering its lower clocked memory and slower hard drive.
Vantage Music suite includes the following tests:
Music 1 - Three simultaneous threads, Web page rendering – w/ music shop content, Audio transcoding: WAV -> WMA lossless, HDD: Adding music to Windows Media Player
Music 2 - Audio transcoding: WAV -> WMA lossless
Music 3 - Audio transcoding: MP3 -> WMA
Music 4 - Two simultaneous threads, Audio transcoding: WMA -> WMA, HDD: Adding music to Windows Media Player
Once again, we see the familiar pattern of the C90S topping an Athlon X2 4600+ equipped system but unable to match or overtake the Core 2 Duo E6600 test system running, even though it is 200MHz slower than the C90S's E6700 chip.
