62 JANUARY2021|COMPUTER SHOPPER|ISSUE395
REVIEWS
SUMMARYOFTESTS
PCSYSTEMS&GAMINGLAPTOPS
Windows overall Averagespeedacross
numerousdemandingtasks
Multitasking Speedwhenrunning
simultaneousapplications
Dirt Showdown
(1080p)
Frames persecondat
1,920x1,080, 4xAA,
Ultra detail
Metro: Last Light
Redux (1080p)
Framespersecondat
1,920x1,080,SSAA,
VeryHighdetail
LAPTOPS
Windows overall Averagespeedacross
numerousdemandingtasks
Multitasking Processor-intensive
multitaskingtest
Dirt Showdown
(720p)
Framespersecondat
1,280x720,4xAA,
Highdetail
Battery life Runtimeinminutesfor
continuousvideoplayback
SMARTPHONES/TABLETS
Battery life Runtimeinminutesfor
continuousvideoplayback
PRINTERSANDMFPs
Mono text speed Pagesperminutefor
correspondence-qualitytext
Mixed colour speed Pagesperminutefor
presentabletextandgraphics
Mono page cost Runningcostsexpressedas
penceperpage
Colour page cost Runningcostsexpressedas
penceperpage
DIGITALCAMERAS
Batterylife Numberofshotsfrom
full charge
CAMCORDERS
Battery life Runtimeinminutes
forrecording
ROUTERS
Laptop 2.4GHz
5m
Mbit/sat5mwith802.11ac
laptopon2.4GHzband
Laptop 2.4GHz
1floor
Mbit/s1floorupwith
802.11aclaptopon
2.4GHz band
Laptop 2.4GHz
2floors
Mbit/s2floorsupwith
802.11aclaptopon
2.4GHzband
Laptop 5GHz
5m
Mbit/sat5mwith802.11ac
laptopon5GHzband
Laptop 5GHz
1floor
Mbit/s1floorupwith
802.11aclaptopon5GHzband
Laptop 5GHz
2floors
Mbit/s2floorsupwith
802.11aclaptopon
5GHzband
NETWORK-ATTACHEDSTORAGE
Large files AverageMB/sforread/write
of 100MBlargefiles
Small files AverageMB/sforread/write
of 100MBsmallfiles
HARDDISKS
Huge files AverageMB/sforread/write
of asingle2.5GBfile
Large files AverageMB/sforread/write
of 2.5GBof largefiles
Small files AverageMB/sforread/write
of 2.5GBof smallfiles
PROCESSORS
Windowsoverall Averagespeedacross
numerousdemandingtasks
Multitasking Speedwhenrunning
simultaneousapplications
Dirt Showdown
(720p)
Framespersecondat
1,280x720,4xAA,
Highdetail
MOTHERBOARDS
Windows overall Averagespeedacross
numerousdemandingtasks
Multitasking Speedwhenrunning
simultaneousapplications
Dirt Showdown
(1080p)
Frames persecond at
1,920x1,080, 4xAA,
Ultra detail
Dirt Showdown
(720p)
Framespersecondat
1,280x720,4xAA,
Highdetail
GRAPHICSCARDS
Dirt Showdown
(1080p)
Framespersecondat
1,920x1,080,4xMSAA,
Ultradetail
Tomb Raider Framespersecondat
1,920x1,080,SSAA,
Ultra detail
Metro: Last Light
Redux
Framespersecondat
1,920x1,080,SSAA,
VeryHighdetail
COMPUTERSHOPPER’SREVIEWSuse
some ofthe most exhaustive testing
procedures you’ll find in any PC
magazine.Every product is subjected to
qualitative and quantitative tests that
showhowit performs in practical use.
Graphs for performance,battery-life
scores and costs are used in theReviews
section, as shown on the right. Look in
the ‘Summary oftests’ table (below) for
details ofeach test we run.
ForPCs andlaptops, we evaluate
performance using our own custom
benchmarking suite.See oppositefor
adescription ofour benchmarking
software and game tests.
Aproduct hitting
the +100 per cent
mark performed
twice as well as our
reference
This line represents the performance of areference product in
each test. All graphs forcomponents and systems are relative
to our reference PC (see oppositefor specifications)
The actual scores in each test are
shown inside each bar
Normal speed
Mono costs
Colour costs
0% -50 Reference + 50 + 100
2.2p
6.7p
11ppm
Howwetest
Find out how wellproductsperformwith thehelp of
Computer Shopper’s comprehensive tests
Biggerisbetterfor
allbarsexceptthe
redones,which
showrunningcosts
