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.





In PCMark Vantage the Black Edition comes out exceptionally positively - we ran the test multiple times and took an average but it was consistently performing this well according to the software - even over and above of the 2.6GHz Phenom 9900 we had previously tested. The Black Edition seems to perform particularly well in communications, music and productivity tests.