Asus Eee PC 1215N Netbook Review
Futuremark 3DMark 06 & PCMark Vantage
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The Futuremark 3DMark06 CPU benchmark consists of tests that use the CPU to render 3D scenes, rather than the GPU. It runs several threads simultaneously and is designed to utilize multiple processor cores.
When looking at the 3D Mark 06 scores, we see a more notable increase in performance. And with an Ion 2 at the helm, we aren't surprised. We're still not to the point where a netbook can be considered for serious gaming, but users will have an easier time playing the moderately impressive titles of last year, at near-native resolutions with this machine, versus the Eee PC 1201N, or particularly any netbook prior to that one.
Asus Eee PC 1215N 3DMark 06 Score
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We ran the system through Futuremark’s
latest system performance metric PCMark Vantage. This benchmark suite
creates a host of different usage scenarios to simulate different types
of workloads including High Definition video and movie playback and
manipulation, gaming, image editing and manipulation, music compression,
communications, and productivity. We like the fact that most of the
tests are multi-threaded as well, in order to exploit the additional
resources offered by multi-core processors.
As you can see here, the Eee PC 1215N performed better under the pressure of this rigorous benchmark as compared to its contemporaries. Not a quantum leap or anything, but a suitable increase. It's certainly evolutionary (rather than revolutionary), but coming from months of seeing near-identical scores from machines that were supposed to be more powerful and weren't really, this is a breath of fresh air.
