PCMark Vantage x64

Publisher: Futuremark

PCMark Vantage x64 is a Vista-only 64-bit productivity benchmark that tests a range of standard application types providing a general performance number in respect to other systems.

It tests multi-core processors and requires a processor with at least SSE2 support and a graphics card that supports Shader Model 2.0 or higher.

There are test scenarios for High Definition TV and Movies, Gaming, Memory, Music, Communications, Internet, General Productivity and Hard Drive. They cover the broad range of typical software a PC user will use and acts as a good "one stop" benchmark for general system performance.





PCMark seems to love Phenom, but it is worth remembering that this is a synthetic benchmark that does do more than you would ever do in terms of productivity and it generally loves multi-cores and good memory performance. The Phenom performance is represented as extremely positive, especially in the TV and Movies benchmark, and it still does quite well in component tests like Communications and Productivity.