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Test Setup
8:26 AM - January 31, 2007 by
Patrick Schmid
Source: Tom's Hardware US – Keywords: windows, vista, superfetch, and, readyboostanalyzed
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Source: Tom's Hardware US – Keywords: windows, vista, superfetch, and, readyboostanalyzed
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Table of Contents:
Test Setup
| System Hardware | |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 (Conroe 65 nm, 2.93 GHz, 4 MB L2 Cache) |
| Motherboard | EVGA nForce 680i SLI 775 Mainboard
Chipset: Nvidia nForce 680i SLI, BIOS: P24 |
| Common Hardware | |
| RAM I | 2x 256 MB DDR2-800 (CL 4.0-4-4-12)
A-Data M2OEL6F3G31609A1D0Z |
| RAM II | 2x 512 MB DDR2-800 (CL 4.0-4-4-12)
Corsair CM2X512-8500 XMS8505v1.1 |
| RAM III | 2x 1024 MB DDR2-800 (CL 4.0-4-4-12)
Corsair CM2X1024-6400C3 XMS6403v1.1 |
| Graphics Card | HIS Radeon X1900XTX IceQ3
GPU: ATI X1900XTX (650 MHz) RAM: 512 MB GDDR3 (1550 MHz) |
| System Hard Drive | 1x 150 GB, 10,000 RPM, 8 MB Cache, SATA/150
Western Digital WD1500ADFD |
| Data Hard Drive | 1x 150 GB, 10,000 RPM, 8 MB Cache, SATA/150
Western Digital WD1500ADFD |
| USB-Stick | Kingston Migo DataTraveller II Plus 1 GB |
| DVD-ROM | Teac DV-W50D |
| Applications | |
| Microsoft Outlook 2007 | Version 12.0.4518.1014 |
| Open Office Writer | Version 2.1 |
| Software | |
| Vista ATI Graphic | Catalyst Suite 8.31.100.3.2.1 |
| DirectX Vista | Version: 10.0c (4.09.0000.0904) |
| OS | Windows Vista Enterprise, Build 6000.16386.061101-2205 |
Test Workflow
First of all we installed Windows Vista Enterprise from scratch and added all required drivers. As we finished the installation we set a system restore point, because we recreated this clean system state (with no impact of SuperFetch learning from our testing activity) for every complete set of benchmarks. We used Microsoft Outlook with a 1.5 GB PST file, the Internet Explorer 7 with a locally stored website and the OpenOffice Writer with a huge press release document as our applications to test SuperFetch and ReadyBoost. Here is our testing sequence:
- Boot Windows Vista
- Wait 2 minutes
First Run
- Start Internet Explorer
- Wait 5 min (15 minutes if ReadyBoost USB 2.0 Flash device is attached for the first time)
- Start Microsoft Outlook
- Wait 2 minutes
- Start OpenOffice Writer
- Wait 2 minutes
- Close OpenOffice Writer
- Close Microsoft Outlook
- Close Internet Explorer
- Wait 2 minutes
Second Run
- Start Internet Explorer
- Wait 2 minutes
- Start Microsoft Outlook
- Wait 2 minutes
- Start OpenOffice Writer
- Wait 2 minutes
- Close OpenOffice Writer
- Close Microsoft Outlook
- Close Internet Explorer
- Wait 2 minutes
Third Run
- Start Internet Explorer
- Wait 2 minutes
- Start Microsoft Outlook
- Wait 2 minutes
- Start OpenOffice Writer
- Wait 2 minutes
- Close OpenOffice Writer
- Close MicrosoftOutlook
- Close Internet Explorer
- Reboot and start 2nd or 3rd cycle
We measured the startup time for Microsoft Office 2007 and the OpenOffice Writer 2.1
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