PCMark Vantage
“PCMark Vantage is a PC benchmark suite designed for Windows Vista offering one-click simplicity for casual users and detailed, professional grade testing for industry, press and enthusiasts.
A PCMark score is a measure of your computer’s performance across a variety of common tasks such as viewing and editing photos, video, music and other media, gaming, communications, productivity and security.
From desktops and laptops to workstations and gaming rigs, by comparing your PCMark Vantage score with other similar systems you can find the hardware and software bottlenecks that stop you getting more from your PC.”
PCMark, tests just as the name implies, benchmarks your entire PC. Its a great overall benchmarks which tests every aspect of your computer. It then gives a very detailed printout of what it received in the various test suites and a break down for within those sections. The suites used to benchmark the entire computer are: Memories Suite, TV and Movies Suite, Gaming Suite, Music Suite, Communications Suite, Productivity Suite, and HDD Test Suite.
I gave this test two runs: one with the Radeon 4850 512MB, and another with the motherboards integrated 4290 640MB (128 Sideport Memory and 512MB shared). I did this to see the difference common and multimedia tasks would be affected by GPU and to see how important the CPU is to common and multimedia tasks.
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| 4290 640MB | 4850 512MB |
With the integrated GPU, we get 5238 and with the dedicated GPU, we get 5655. These numbers are very close. The GPU helped considerably in the memories suite, and the gaming suite, though the decrease in RAM in the integrated GPU test could have had something to do with the memories score. For multimedia and productivity, this processor scored well.
3DMark Vantage
“3DMark Vantage is a PC benchmark suite designed to test the DirectX10 performance of your graphics card. We’ve been making 3DMark for over 10 years, with each new edition using the latest 3D technology to determine real-world performance.
A 3DMark score is an overall measure of your system’s 3D gaming capabilities, based on comprehensive real-time 3D graphics and processor tests. By comparing your score with those submitted by millions of other gamers you can see how your gaming rig performs, making it easier to choose the most effective upgrades or finding other ways to optimize your system.
3DMark is widely used by the PC industry, press and media as well as individual users and gamers, for comparing performance levels between whole systems or even specific components.”
Just like PCMark, I ran this test with the integrated Radeon 4290 640MB and another with my Radeon 4850 512MB, to show how much of a difference the GPU really makes for games. The CPU scores are only a little off due to the decreased RAM in the integrated test.
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| 4290 640MB | 4850 512MB |
As you can see, the GPU makes all the difference, while the CPU still scores a relatively high score. With the 4850, we get a solid P7306 score with a 7323 core on the CPU, and with the integrated 4290, we get an abysmal P417, though the CPU remains a solid 7227. This decreased CPU score is most likely caused by the increased load on the 890GX chipset were the 4290 is handled. Again, still a good CPU score.
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