PC Pro - UK 2021-12)

LaptopsandPCs

Werunourownbenchmarksonevery
WindowsandmacOSsystemwetest.
Thesearebasedaroundimageediting,
videoeditingandmultitasking(where
werunthevideo-editingbenchmark
whilesimultaneouslyplayingbacka
4 Kvideo).Atthebottomofeachlaptop
andPCreview,you’llfindthesystem’s
scoreineachofthesetests,plusan
overallscore.
Ifalaptopscores70,say,thenit’s
30%slowerthanourreference
system–aPCwithaCorei7-4670K
and8GBofRAM.Ifitscores 160 ,then
it’s 6 0%faster.
Wetestlaptopbatterylifebyplayingbacka full-screenvideountil the
batteryrunsout.Wesetthescreen brightnessto170cd/m2, or as closeaswe
cangetusingits settings,andswitchtoFlightmode.

Howwe test

Whatourawardsmean

Screenquality

Ineachlaptop,
phone,tabletand
monitorreview
youwillseeour
conclusionsabout
thescreenquality.
Someofthiswillbe
subjective,butwealso
testeachscreenusinga
Displayi1colorimeter.We
measureformaximum
brightness,colour accuracyand
consistency– theremaybe
a differencein
brightness,say,from
themiddleandthe
edgesof thepanel.
Wealso
measureDeltaE,
whichgivesa guide
astohow
accuratelythe panel
displaysa colour.
Anythingunderoneis
excellentandlikely to be difficultfor
thehumaneyeto distinguish;
betweenoneandtwoisstillstrong;
abovethissuggests a panelthatyou
shouldn’ttrustforcolour-accurate
photoediting.

Phonesandtablets

Weruna selection of publicly
available benchmarkson allthe
phonesandtabletswetest.First,

werunGeekbench 5

(geekbench.com).This

isa goodtestof the

processorand

memoryin

particular, and

includesbotha

testforsingle-core

andmulticore

performance. See

belowfora selection

ofscorestoprovide a

referenceofwhat’sgood...

andwhat’snotsogood.

Wealsorunthe graphics-intensive

GFXBench (gfxbench.com) to seehow

wellthephonesandtabletsarelikely

toperformingames.

Aswithlaptops,wetest

smartphoneandtablet

batterylifeby playing

backa full-screen

videountilthe

batteryrunsoutwith

thedeviceinFlight

mode.Wesetthe

screenbrightnesstoas

closeto170cd/m2aswe

cangetinitssettings.

ABOVEWeputPCs

andlaptopsthrough

ourintensivesetof

benchmarks

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Throughoutthemagazineyou’llsee

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willeitherbetoolongorawkwardfor

ustopublishorwilltakeyoutothe

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dealinplacesowewillreceivea

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andifanotherreputablevendorisselling

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Priceswillvary

Priceswepublisharecorrectontheday

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Amazon.However,wedoworkwith

BritishPCretailerstoensuretheprices

wequotefortheirsystemsarecorrect.

Ifthepriceisn’tbeinghonoured,contact

[email protected].

BELOWWeplaya

videowiththescreen

setto170cd/m²totest

batterylife

LEFTWeuseaDisplay

i1colorimeterto

measuresRGBgamut

coverageandDeltaE

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