Benchmark Results: 3DMark 11 And PCMark 7
The benchmarks that Thomas ran a couple of days ago for his story Windows 8: Does AMD's Bulldozer Architecture Benefit? did not include Futuremark's synthetic PCMark and 3DMark tests. After all, although they're based on real-world Windows applications, there are times where we simply cannot reconcile the numbers we generate with these tests to our application testing.
What PCMark does do, however, is give us a more holistic look at system performance, whereas our application-based metrics generally isolate the CPU. With that in mind, let's have a look at how one machine handles two operating systems.
3DMark 11
For the most part, we see similar performance in both operating systems. The only exception is the Physics sub-test, where Windows 7 surprises us with a win. This benchmark is decidedly threaded, and there really isn't any good reason we can come up with for this difference to exist.
PCMark 7
Again, it's not necessarily clear why the results pan out the way they do, with Windows 8 claiming big leads in the overall benchmark and particularly the Computation sub-test. However, that result (based on a very processor-heavy workload) seems to contradict the 3DMark Physics sub-test (also very CPU-dependent). Could the difference be in PCMark's handling of Quick Sync technology, which we've seen in the past affects this benchmarks results heavily?
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You are using winrar 3.98 , which isnt big on multithreading. Winrar4.2 is a huge change from the older versions, with quite aggressive multithreading. Please drop the old version and use the newer.
most of these benchmarks are basically CPU bound. Can you do a mix test that does CPU + IO activity , like an Antivirus software ? or uncompressing 10GB+ rar/7z archives ?
That would test if Microsoft has made changes in the scheduler to balance throughput VS response time.
Well, at least things are on an overall even scale, unlike when vista came out and was decidely less snappy than XP. But with all the other modifications MS has made, such as the nice boost to start up and shut down speeds, its still "feels" faster than 7, even if it really isnt, overall. At any rate, I still dont feel this is "Vista 2" as a lot of people were making it out to be before launch.
Overall Windows 8 doesn't improve over Windows 7 as both OSes are evenly matched and trade off performance over each other in diff benchmarks and you would think a newer OS like Windows 8 that is suppose to use less resources then Windows 7 should have outperformed Windows 7 across the board and yet it doesn't.
Overall Windows 8 doesn't improve over Windows 7 as both OSes are evenly matched and trade off performance over each other in diff benchmarks and you would think a newer OS like Windows 8 that is suppose to use less resources then Windows 7 should have outperformed Windows 7 across the board and yet it doesn't.
Just because it uses less ram, doesn't mean it just pulls extra performance out of it's ass.
This isn't 2005. This is common knowledge by now.
Alas, you skipped the Visual Studio benchmark. It showed slight aberration in Win7's favor on the AMD platform, so I was curious if that remained true for Intel as well.
Just because it uses less ram, doesn't mean it just pulls extra performance out of it's ass.This isn't 2005. This is common knowledge by now.
That has nothing to do with that. The less the host soruce uses from the system the better applications programs are to be able to utilize from the systems hardware more efficiently.
Why bother doing performance comparisons if whenever the performance drops for the new version out comes the excuse "it will be fixed in the driver". What evidence is their to say this?
A double-check means check-check, not check-excuse. Conclusions are drawn from the data at hand, not from speculation on what might be in the future.
Otherwise cite the manufacturers acknowledgment that performance issues are going to be fixed and hold them to it.
...the better applications programs are to be able to utilize from the systems...
Lol, what?
Is there a way to customize windows 8 to make it look like the desktop picture in the first page?
Is there a way to customize windows 8 to make it look like the desktop picture in the first page?
no. those are 2 different images (windows 7 and 8) that's been fused together.
now, if you want that start button on windows 8, you could look at this article and try one of the 2 solutions they give.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/201 [...] -menu.html
no. those are 2 different images (windows 7 and 8) that's been fused together.now, if you want that start button on windows 8, you could look at this article and try one of the 2 solutions they give.http://www.pcworld.com/article/201 [...] -menu.html
I just tried out pokki, it's really good for free program. Thanks for the heads up. I do like Start8 more though.
When did everyone forget how to make proper graphs. Can we get everything in the same sort order instead of sticking the winner on top each time? It's much harder to compare at a glance how it is now.
The Two features of windows 8 that persuaded me to upgrade are
1. Storage Spaces
2. Data Deduplication
jeffwouters.nl/index.php/2012/01/disk-deduplication-in-windows-8-explained-from-a-to-z/
http://blogs.technet.com/b/filecab [...] -2012.aspx
Hope tom's will have a in depth look at Data Deduplication..
I just tried out pokki, it's really good for free program. Thanks for the heads up. I do like Start8 more though.
Np, while i haven't cared if there a start button or not (been trying it out since the dev preview which did have it), I know other people have cared.
I'm just showing options to those that want it back.
Lol, what?
i'm sorry if that was over your head.
What about double checking battery life on laptops for both win7/8 and AMD/Intel camps?
Kinda would think that win8 be way better in reserving battery?
Where is the comparison of PC boot, resume, or shut down times?
Please compare windows server 2012 as well. You'll need to install the Wireless feature and enable the windows audio service, then it's like windows 8, but with desktop as default ui
maybe consider desktop experience feature too if those things are needed