Windows 7 vs Vista SP2 benchmarked [COMPLETE]

I'm sure many of you are curious about this, so I've decided to do a bench test. I'm a part of the MSDNAA and already have a copy of Windows 7 Professional available. I'm ordering a new hard disk for my notebook so that I can still have my working copy of Vista ready if needed - since this is the case, the hard disk limited apps should be taken with a grain of salt. The hard disks I will have are technically equivalent, but we all know the real world performance will be different.

Also running XP SP3 vs 7 here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] enchmarked

Hardware is my Sager NP5793, which is in my configuration, if you want to take a look.

Vista x64 SP2 Scores:
C:\Windows\ directory size: 26.8GB
Battery Drain: 1:58
3D Mark 05: 11180 @ 1920x1200
3D Mark 05: 11758 @ 1680x1050
3D Mark 06: 7297 @ 1920x1200
3D Mark 06: 7980 @ 1680x1050
Crysis: 18.89 fps @ 1920x1200, DX10, High, 64-bit
Crysis: 23.11 fps @ 1680x1050, DX10, High, 64-bit
UT3: 48.24 fps @ 1920x1200, all settings maxed
UT3: 49.29 fps @ 1680x1050, all settings maxed
COD WaW: 53.94 fps @ 1920x1200, all settings maxed
COD WaW: 56.07 fps @ 1680x1050, all settings maxed
Left 4 Dead: 49.07 @ 1920x1200, 4xAF, all settings maxed
Left 4 Dead: 56.49 @ 1680x1050, 4xAF, all settings maxed
COD 4: 51.23 @ 1920x1200, 2xAA, all settings maxed
COD 4: 64.43 @ 1680x1050, 2xAA, all settings maxed
Bioshock: 42.45 @ 1920x1200, DX10, all settings maxed
Bioshock: 45.53 @ 1680x1050, DX10, all settings maxed
WinRAR: 1:34 (141MB Starcraft folder)
DIVX upscale: 2:36:14
Sonar 8 mix-down: 0:38 (Custom 4-track mix of the Hymn to the Red October)

Windows 7 x64 Professional Scores:
C:\Windows\ directory size: 11.0 GB
Battery Drain: [b][/b]
3D Mark 05: 11268 @ 1920x1200
3D Mark 05: 11630 @ 1680x1050
3D Mark 06: 7326 @ 1920x1200
3D Mark 06: 7955 @ 1680x1050
Crysis: 18.12 fps @ 1920x1200, DX10, High, 64-bit
Crysis: 22.14 fps @ 1680x1050, DX10, High, 64-bit
UT3: 49.78 fps @ 1920x1200, all settings maxed
UT3: 51.18 fps @ 1680x1050, all settings maxed
COD WaW: 37.05 fps @ 1920x1200, all settings maxed
COD WaW: 45.94 fps @ 1680x1050, all settings maxed
Left 4 Dead: 38.98 @ 1920x1200, 4xAF, all settings maxed
Left 4 Dead: 42.93 @ 1680x1050, 4xAF, all settings maxed
COD 4: 36.93 @ 1920x1200, 2xAA, all settings maxed
COD 4: 41.61 @ 1680x1050, 2xAA, all settings maxed
Bioshock: 54.90 @ 1920x1200, DX10, all settings maxed
Bioshock: 60.20 @ 1680x1050, DX10, all settings maxed
WinRAR: 0:55 (141MB Starcraft folder)
DIVX upscale: 2:29:21
Sonar 8 mix-down: 0:56 (Custom 4-track mix of the Hymn to the Red October)

Performance Delta
C:\Windows\ directory size: -58.96%
Battery Drain: [b][/b]
3D Mark 2005 (1920x1200): +0.79%
3D Mark 2005 (1680x1050): -1.09%
3D Mark 2006 (1920x1200): +0.40%
3D Mark 2006 (1680x1050): -0.31%
Crysis (1920x1200): -4.08%
Crysis (1680x1050): -4.20%
UT3 (1920x1200): +3.19%
UT3 (1680x1050): +3.83%
COD WaW (1920x1200): -31.31%
COD WaW (1680x1050): -18.07%
Left 4 Dead (1920x1200): -20.56%
Left 4 Dead (1680x1050): -24.00%
COD 4 (1920x1200): -27.93%
COD 4 (1680x1050): -35.42%
Bioshock (1920x1200): +29.33%
Bioshock (1680x1050): +32.22%
WinRAR: +41.49%
DIVX upscale: +3.20%
Sonar 8 mix-down: -47.37%

Conclusion
Windows 7 shows notable gains in Unreal engine based games, and some pretty heavy losses in the COD series. The Source engine based game results should be taken with a grain of salt - I had considerable trouble getting the games to not crash on entry (anyone with the looping audio problem knows how frustrating it can be). Standard multimedia and file based applications are notably faster, though more professional apps (Sonar) are still lacking. I'd imagine this is all because of drivers - but they should improve over time.

32 vs 64 should be negligible, really. I could do XP 32 versus 7 on my desktop machine, though - I'll think about it.

I completely agree that it'd be nice to see 32 and 64 side by side...but I don't think it's worth the time to do it.

I've decided to run the XP marks. There's a link in the original post if anyone wants to see it.

....that is a HUGE loss in COD, that's really odd..

bump on gaming mark completion - when I get the time to do the battery drain, I shall.