Quick Look: Notebook Performance With Windows XP, Vista, And 7

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Test Setup And Test Details

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Platform
NotebookDell Latitude D630Mobile Intel GM965 Express Chipset
CPUIntel Core 2 Duo T9500 (45nm; 2600 MHz, 6MB L2 Cache)
RAMCorsair ValueRAM 2 x 2048MB DDR2-667 SDRAM 5-5-5-15
HDDSeagate Momentus 7200.2 7,200 RPM, 160GB, 16MB Cache
DVD-ROM8x DVD+/-RW
WirelessIntel 4965 WLAN (802.11a/g/n) mini Card
Screen14.1-inch Widescreen WXGA+ LCD (1400x900)
Graphics CardIntel Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
Sound CardIntegrated
Power Supply9-Cell/85 WHr Primary Battery
System Software and Drivers
OS IWindows XP SP3 Updated on November 9 2009
Graphics DriversVersion 14.​37.​1.​5029
Storage DriversIMSM 8.​9.​0.​1023
OS IIWindows Vista Ultimate SP2 Updated on November 9 2009
Graphics DriversVersion 15.12.4.1666
Storage DriversIMSM 8.​9.​0.​1023
OS IIIWindows 7 Updated on November 9 2009
Graphics DriversVersion 15.12.75.4.1930
Storage DriversIMSM 8.​9.​0.​1023
Benchmarks and Settings
MobileMark 2007Version 1.06Productivity

We tested with BAPCo’s MobileMark 2007 using the latest version 1.06, which is suitable for Windows 7. The benchmark uses the following applications and creates a typical PC workload scenario:

  • Adobe AcrobatReader 7.0
  • Adobe Illustrator CS2
  • Adobe Photoshop CS2
  • Apple Quicktime 7.1
  • Intervideo WinDVD 8
  • Macromedia Flash 8
  • Microsoft Office 2003 Pro
  • Microsoft Project 2003
  • Winzip 10.0

MobileMark also takes a break, which can be many minutes long, simulating a coffee break or similar event. In the end, we believe this is a powerful tool to analyze both application performance as well as battery runtime on modern notebooks and on all three Windows versions.