110 AUGUST 2019|COMPUTER SHOPPER|ISSUE 378
REVIEWS
SUMMARYOFTESTS
PCSYSTEMS&GAMINGLAPTOPS
Windowsoverall Average speed across
numerous demanding tasks
Multitasking Speed when running
simultaneous applications
DirtShowdown
(1080p)
Frames per second at
1,920x1,080, 4xAA,
Ultra detail
Metro:LastLight
Redux(1080p)
Frames per second at
1,920x1,080, SSAA,
Very High detail
LAPTOPS
Windowsoverall Average speed across
numerous demanding tasks
Multitasking Processor-intensive
multitasking test
DirtShowdown
(720p)
Framespersecondat
1,280x720,4xAA,
Highdetail
Batterylife Runtimeinminutesfor
continuousvideoplayback
SMARTPHONES/TABLETS
Batterylife Runtimeinminutesfor
continuousvideoplayback
PRINTERSANDMFPs
Monotextspeed Pages per minutefor
correspondence-quality text
Mixedcolourspeed Pagesperminutefor
presentabletextandgraphics
Monopagecost Running costs expressed as
pence per page
Colourpagecost Running costs expressed as
pence per page
DIGITALCAMERAS
Batterylife Number of shots from
full charge
CAMCORDERS
Batterylife Run time in minutes
forrecording
ROUTERS
Laptop2.4GHz
5m
Mbit/s at 5m with 802.11ac
laptop on 2.4GHz band
Laptop2.4GHz
1floor
Mbit/s 1floor up with
802.11ac laptop on
2.4GHz band
Laptop2.4GHz
2floors
Mbit/s 2floors up with
802.11ac laptop on
2.4GHz band
Laptop5GHz
5m
Mbit/s at 5m with 802.11ac
laptop on 5GHz band
Laptop5GHz
1floor
Mbit/s 1floor up with
802.11aclaptopon5GHzband
Laptop5GHz
2floors
Mbit/s 2floors up with
802.11ac laptop on
5GHz band
NETWORK-ATTACHEDSTORAGE
Largefiles Average MB/s forread/write
of 100MB large files
Smallfiles Average MB/s forread/write
of 100MB small files
HARDDISKS
Hugefiles Average MB/s forread/write
of asingle 2.5GB file
Largefiles Average MB/s forread/write
of 2.5GB of large files
Smallfiles Average MB/s forread/write
of 2.5GB of small files
PROCESSORS
Windowsoverall Average speed across
numerous demanding tasks
Multitasking Speed when running
simultaneous applications
DirtShowdown
(720p)
Framespersecondat
1,280x720,4xAA,
Highdetail
MOTHERBOARDS
Windowsoverall Average speed across
numerous demanding tasks
Multitasking Speed when running
simultaneous applications
DirtShowdown
(1080p)
Frames per second at
1,920x1,080, 4xAA,
Ultra detail
DirtShowdown
(720p)
Framespersecondat
1,280x720,4xAA,
Highdetail
GRAPHICSCARDS
DirtShowdown
(1080p)
Frames per second at
1,920x1,080, 4x MSAA,
Ultra detail
TombRaider Framespersecondat
1,920x1,080,SSAA,
Ultra detail
Metro:LastLight
Redux
Frames per second at
1,920x1,080, SSAA,
Very High detail
COMPUTERSHOPPER’SREVIEWSuse
some of the most exhaustive testing
procedures you’ll find in any PC
magazine.Every product is subjected to
qualitative and quantitative tests that
show how it performs in practical use.
Graphs forperformance,battery-life
scores and costs are used in theReviews
section, as shown on the right. Look in
the ‘Summary of tests’ table (below) for
details of each test we run.
ForPCs and laptops, we evaluate
performance using our own custom
benchmarking suite. See oppositefor
adescription of our 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 areferenceproductin
each test.All graphs forcomponents andsystems are relative
to our referencePC(seeoppositeforspecifications)
The actual scores in each test are
shown inside each bar
Normalspeed
Monocosts
Colourcosts
0% -50 Reference + 50 + 100
2.2p
6.7p
11ppm
Howwetest
Find outhow wellproductsperformwiththe help of
Computer Shopper’s comprehensivetests
Biggeris betterfor
all bars except the
red ones, which
show running costs
