Lenovo ThinkPad X120e Review: AMD Fusion Infused
SiSoftware Sandra & Multimedia Benchmarks
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We continued our testing with SiSoftware's SANDRA 2011, the System ANalyzer, Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant. We ran four of the built-in subsystem tests (CPU Arithmetic,
CPU Arithmetic Test; Click To Enlarge
CPU Multimedia Test; Click To Enlarge
Memory Bandwidth Test; Click To Enlarge
Physical Disc Test; Click To Enlarge
Our gauntlet of SiSoftware SANDRA tests show that the E-350 is capable of hanging with some pretty stout competition. There's no Atoms in this list of rivals; the E-350 has the capability to hang with more advanced CPUs, and as we've stated throughout, you feel it. At last, we see a netbook chip that makes the netbook experience one that's enjoyable.
To test multimedia capabilities, we attempt to play back a 720p WMVHD clip, a 720p H.264 clip and a 1080p clip. We've also included a screenshot of the 1080p clip from the Mini 311 (which uses the first gen NVIDIA Ion GPU) to give you a better idea of CPU utilization from a different type of system.
Click To Enlarge; 720 H.264 - ThinkPad X120e
Click To Enlarge; 720p WMVHD - ThinkPad X120e
Click To Enlarge; 1080p - ThinkPad X120e
Click To Enlarge; 1080p on HP Mini 311 w/ Ion