Computer Shopper – September 2019

108 SEPTEMBER 2019 |COMPUTERSHOPPER|ISSUE 379

REVIEWS

SUMMARYOFTESTS

PCSYSTEMS&GAMINGLAPTOPS

WindowsoverallAverage speed across

numerousdemandingtasks

MultitaskingSpeed when running

simultaneousapplications

DirtShowdown

(1080p)

Frames per secondat

1,920x1,080,4xAA,

Ultra detail

Metro:LastLight

Redux(1080p)

Frames per second at

1,920x1,080,SSAA,

Very High detail

LAPTOPS

WindowsoverallAverage speed across

numerousdemandingtasks

MultitaskingProcessor-intensive

multitaskingtest

DirtShowdown

(720p)

Framespersecondat

1,280x720,4xAA,

Highdetail

BatterylifeRuntimeinminutesfor

continuousvideoplayback

SMARTPHONES/TABLETS

BatterylifeRuntimeinminutesfor

continuousvideoplayback

PRINTERSANDMFPs

Monotextspeed Pages per minutefor

correspondence-qualitytext

Mixedcolourspeed Pagesperminutefor

presentabletextandgraphics

Monopagecost Runningcosts expressedas

pence per page

Colourpagecost Runningcosts expressedas

pence per page

DIGITALCAMERAS

Batterylife Numberof 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 100MBlarge files

Smallfiles Average MB/s forread/write

of 100MBsmall 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

WindowsoverallAverage speed across

numerousdemandingtasks

MultitaskingSpeed when running

simultaneousapplications

DirtShowdown

(720p)

Framespersecondat

1,280x720,4xAA,

Highdetail

MOTHERBOARDS

WindowsoverallAverage speed across

numerousdemandingtasks

MultitaskingSpeed when running

simultaneousapplications

DirtShowdown

(1080p)

Frames per secondat

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 exhaustivetesting

proceduresyou’ll find in any PC

magazine.Every productis subjected to

qualitativeand quantitativetests that

show how it performs in practicaluse.

Graphsforperformance,battery-life

scores and costs are used in theReviews

section,as shown on the right. Look in

the ‘Summaryof tests’ table (below)for

details of each test we run.

ForPCs and laptops, we evaluate

performanceusing our own custom

benchmarkingsuite. See oppositefor

adescriptionof our benchmarking

software and game tests.

Aproduct hitting

the +100 per cent

mark performed

twice as well as our

reference

This line representsthe performanceof areferenceproductin

each test. All graphsforcomponentsand systems arerelative

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 except the

red ones, which

show runningcosts