90 OCTOBER 2019|COMPUTERSHOPPER|ISSUE 380
REVIEWS
SUMMARYOFTESTS
PCSYSTEMS&GAMINGLAPTOPS
WindowsoѮerall Average speed across
numerous demanding tasks
Multitasking Speed when running
simultaneous applications
DirtShowdown
(̋0Ȩ0p)
Frames per second at
1,920x1,080, 4xAA,
Ultra detail
MetroȁLastLight
ReduѸ(̋0Ȩ0p)
Frames per second at
1,920x1,080, SSAA,
Very High detail
LAPTOPS
WindowsoѮerall Average speed across
numerous demanding tasks
Multitasking Processor-intensive
multitasking test
DirtShowdown
(Ͷι0p)
Framespersecondat
1,280x720,4xAA,
Highdetail
Batterylife Runtimeinminutesfor
continuousvideoplayback
SMARTPHONES/TABLETS
Batterylife Runtimeinminutesfor
continuousvideoplayback
PRINTERSANDMFPs
MonoteѸtspeed Pages per minutefor
correspondence-quality text
MiѸedcolourspeed 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
Laptopι̲ɱGHz
5m
Mbit/s at 5m with 802.11ac
laptop on 2.4GHz band
Laptopι̲ɱGHz
̋ɩoor
Mbit/s 1floor up with
802.11ac laptop on
2.4GHz band
Laptopι̲ɱGHz
ιɩoors
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
̋ɩoor
Mbit/s 1floor up with
802.11aclaptopon5GHzband
Laptop5GHz
ιɩoors
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
WindowsoѮerall Average speed across
numerous demanding tasks
Multitasking Speed when running
simultaneous applications
DirtShowdown
(Ͷι0p)
Framespersecondat
1,280x720,4xAA,
Highdetail
MOTHERBOARDS
WindowsoѮerall Average speed across
numerous demanding tasks
Multitasking Speed when running
simultaneous applications
DirtShowdown
(̋0Ȩ0p)
Frames per second at
1,920x1,080, 4xAA,
Ultra detail
DirtShowdown
(Ͷι0p)
Framespersecondat
1,280x720,4xAA,
Highdetail
GRAPHICSCARDS
DirtShowdown
(̋0Ȩ0p)
Frames per second at
1,920x1,080, 4x MSAA,
Ultra detail
TombRaider Framespersecondat
1,920x1,080,SSAA,
Ultra detail
MetroȁLastLight
ReduѸ
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 ̽̋00 per cent
mark performed
twice as well as our
reference
This line represents the performance of areferenceproductin
each test̲All graphs forcomponents and systemsare relatiѮe
to our referencePC(seeoppositeforspecifications)
The actual scores in each testare
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 eѸcept the
red ones, which
show running costs
