Futuremark PCMark Vantage

[Rob Williams]

Futuremark's latest PC performance analyis tool is here. PCMark Vantage is the result of two-years worth of development and becomes a worthy replacement for PCMark 05. We take a quick look at what's new, what to expect and what you will be paying. Yes, we said paying.

You can read the article here and discuss it here!

 

[Unregistered]

pcmark vantage score

Main Test Results
PCMarkSuite 6135 PCMarks
Memories Suite 5112
TV and Movies Suite 5256
Gaming Suite 5655
Music Suite 5287
Communications Suite 5659
Productivity Suite 6360
HDD Test Suite 5311

Rig:
q6600 oc 3.5ghz mem. run 1:1 ratio
4x1 Patriot LL pc6400-ddr2 4-4-4-12
2 x 320g seagate raid 0
8800gtx oc 629/1900
X-fi fatality w/ 64 ram
Vista Ultimate 64 bit

 

[Rob Williams]

Ahh, you got me beat. The 4GB of RAM and RAID setup helps!

 

[Unregistered]

=D

hes overclocking on you by a good 3rd. thats where the majority of his better number comes from.

 

[Merlin]

3DMark06

I noticed my score dropped by adding a two 500 gig internal drives.
Is that normal?

Merlin

 

[Rob Williams]

Normal if they are slower models. If they are identical to what was there, then it is weird. It could be that they just need to be defragged though.

 

[Merlin]

Normal if they are slower models. If they are identical to what was there, then it is weird. It could be that they just need to be defragged though.

naaaaah....I added the 2 drives after I ran the first 3Dmark....then ran it afterwards and got the slower mark

 

[Rob Williams]

Oh, you are talking about 3DMark? It's normal to have scores from that fluctuate, but no-so-much with PCMark.
For an "accurate" 3DMark score, it should be run two or three times and the scores averaged.