Samsung ATIV Book 9 Plus Review

Futuremark’s PCMark 7 is a well-known benchmark tool that runs the system through ordinary computing tasks, including word processing and multimedia playback and editing. Graphics and processor power figure prominently in this benchmark, but graphics power doesn’t play as big a role here as it does in another Futuremark benchmark, 3DMark (which is designed for testing the system’s gaming capabilities). This test also weighs heavily on the performance of the storage subsystem of a given device.

Futuremark PCMark 7
Simulated Application Performance

The ATIV Book 9 Plus performed very well in the PCMark 7 test, earning the third spot in our chart and beating other similarly configured notebooks.

Futuremark PCMark 8 v.2
Trace-based Workload Testing
Futuremark recently launched PCMark 8, which has several built-in benchmark tests. The Home test measures a system's ability to handle basic tasks such as web browsing, writing, gaming, photo editing, and video chat. The Creative test offers similar types of tasks, but has more demanding requirements than the Home benchmark and is meant for mid-range and higher-end PCs. The Work test measures the performance of typical office PC systems that lack media capabilities. Finally, the Storage benchmark tests the performance of SSDs, HDDs and hybrid drives with traces recorded from Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office and a selection of popular games.

The ATIV Book 9 Plus outperformed all other comparison systems in the Storage benchmark of PCMark 8. In the Home Accelerated and Work Accelerated tests, the ATIV Book 9 Plus came in at fifth place with seven comparison systems.
 


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