Overall performance comparison between different computers under Windows XP

[AstroSkipper]

PCMark05 is a very sensitive software and also seems to have problems on certain computers if all tests are to be performed. Here are my test results so far:



After various tests, changes and corrections in my system, I was able to run all the tests from System Test Suite successfully. Here is my missing PCMark Score:



Although all tests from all categories can be run now successfully on my system, the software does not manage to run them all at once. This indicates a bug in the programme, which is probably only noticeable on certain systems.

Edited September 9, 2024 by AstroSkipper

[UCyborg]

7 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

I look at it like a CORVETTE.  Anybody that wants one can go out and buy one!  Keeping a 1928 Ford Model A "on the road" is the real WINNER.

But not everyone can afford a CORVETTE.

[Multibooter]

9 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

Yes.  The E2200 is "faster" (*MUCH faster*) than the Intel Atom N450.  The "sarcasm" is that here at MSFN, the oldest and most ancient CPU may be the "slowest", but the owner of it is the *WINNER* in this game.

I look at it like a CORVETTE.  Anybody that wants one can go out and buy one!  Keeping a 1928 Ford Model A "on the road" is the real WINNER.

I tested the Inspiron 7500 again, with the preceding PCMark04. The Inspiron 7500 is not an old timer yet, i.e. older than 30 years, the Inspiron 7500 was made in 2000. Eventuall the Inspiron 7500 might be compared, except in monetary terms, to a 1908-1927 Ford Model T,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Model_T

PCMark04 showed a similar behaviour to PCMark05: when the 3D test started the screen turned black for a long time. Luckily I needed to do something else and when I came back to the laptop after about 30mins all on a sudden the screen turned on and testing continued, displaying 3D bricks falling down a staircase, very slowly, frame by frame. The whole test completed successfully after maybe four hours. Physics calculation and 3D was 0.405fps. Overall score was 568.

I will repeat the test of the Inspiron 7500 with PCMark05 as an overnite job, and will not pull the plug when the screen stays black for a long time.

Edited September 9, 2024 by Multibooter

[NotHereToPlayGames]

35 minutes ago, UCyborg said:

But not everyone can afford a CORVETTE.

If you "want" one, you will find a way to "afford it".  I personally can "afford" one, but hate hate hate Corvettes!

 

14 minutes ago, Multibooter said:

PCMark04

Did I miss/overlook the download link for PCMark04?

 

3 hours ago, AstroSkipper said:

the software does not manage to run them all at once

I'll try again with PCMark05 but intentionally not run them all at once.  See if I can get a final score that way.

[AstroSkipper]

12 minutes ago, Multibooter said:

I will repeat the test of the Inspiron 7500 with PCMark05 as an overnite job, and will not pull the plug when the screen stays black for a long time.

Keep in mind that PCMark04 requires Windows Media Player 9 (and not higher) whereas PCMark05 requires Windows Media Player 10 or higher.

[Multibooter]

1 hour ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

Did I miss/overlook the download link for PCMark04?

You can find it at https://archive.org/details/pcmark-04-v-130-installer

[NotHereToPlayGames]

12 minutes ago, AstroSkipper said:

Keep in mind that PCMark04 requires Windows Media Player 9 (and not higher) whereas PCMark05 requires Windows Media Player 10 or higher.

Ugh!  I'll likely pass.  I hated having to "update" this POS just to run PCMark05.  It's your MU/WU under Windows XP thread that was "bumped" earlier, not everybody wants ALL updates applied to their computers!

 

12 minutes ago, Multibooter said:

You can find it at https://archive.org/details/pcmark-04-v-130-installer

Thanks.

[NotHereToPlayGames]

Okay, PCMark05 is failing a test for me for Web Page Rendering.  Says I need to enable "font downloading" - I don't even know where the H3LL that is...  Digging...

 

edit - found it, it's an "Internet Zone" setting that I disabled intentionally so long ago that I forgot I even disabled...  Running PCMark05 again...  Fingers crossed for an actual SCORE this time.

 

  

54 minutes ago, Multibooter said:

I will repeat the test of the Inspiron 7500 with PCMark05 as an overnite job, and will not pull the plug when the screen stays black for a long time.

I cannot find that Pentium III, the closest I found was the below and YOU ARE HEREBY THE *WINNER*

Unless you have a DESKTOP.  Laptop scores are notoriously LOWER than desktop scores - but not by this much of a margin.  We have a new WINNER!  (yes, the SLOWEST computer WINS this race)

Edited September 9, 2024 by NotHereToPlayGames

[Multibooter]

@NotHereToPlayGames You can install PCMark04 and PCMark05 side-by-side, i.e. no need no uninstall PCMark05 if you install PCMark04.

[AstroSkipper]

7 minutes ago, Multibooter said:

@NotHereToPlayGames You can install PCMark04 and PCMark05 side-by-side, i.e. no need no uninstall PCMark05 if you install PCMark04.

Yep! I did the same but then I read the software requirements. As I am not interested in downgrading my Windows Media Player, I have uninstalled PCMark04 after one unsuccessful run.

[NotHereToPlayGames]

29 minutes ago, Multibooter said:

@NotHereToPlayGames You can install PCMark04 and PCMark05 side-by-side, i.e. no need no uninstall PCMark05 if you install PCMark04.

I doubt that I will.  I really *HATE* being on this *POS* computer.

 

But I did get as far as finally getting a PCMark05 score:

[Multibooter]

1 hour ago, AstroSkipper said:

Yep! I did the same but then I read the software requirements. As I am not interested in downgrading my Windows Media Player, I have uninstalled PCMark04 after one unsuccessful run.

I will uninstall PCMark05 (it was installed under Total Uninstall, so no problem uninstalling and restoring it later), then install Windows Media Player 11 and PCMark05 into the same sandbox under Sandboxie 4.22. Maybe in this way it will be possible to have Windows Media Player 9 and 11 side-by-side.

Edited September 9, 2024 by Multibooter

[NotHereToPlayGames]

22 minutes ago, AstroSkipper said:

I am not interested in downgrading my Windows Media Player

I wasn't "interested" in installing the requirements for PCMark05, but did anyway, lol.

Just to prove what a gigantic POS this computer is.  I don't mind taking the SILVER and conceding the GOLD.

[AstroSkipper]

6 minutes ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

But I did get as far as finally getting a PCMark05 score:

A PCMark Score of 2089 vs 1412. The values are not particularly far apart which means my PC is only a bit faster than yours. Right? 

[NotHereToPlayGames]

7 minutes ago, AstroSkipper said:

which means my PC is only a bit faster than yours. Right? 

I can agree to that.  This whole "pinewood derby" only began because you didn't believe me when I told you that your computer is faster than mine.  

And "see what you started", we now have MSFN Members dusting off computers they haven't used in months or even years all to *WIN* with the *SLOWEST* we can find.

ANYBODY can go out and buy a NEW computer to win as the *FASTEST*.  Granted, we all have our priorities on what we spend our money on, lol.