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- Adobe Photoshop CS2
- Autodesk 3ds max 8.0 SP-3
- Firefox 2
- Microsoft Office 2003 with SP-1
- Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9.0
- Nero 7 Ultra Edition
- Roxio VideoWave Movie Creator 1.5
- WinZip Computing WinZip 10.0
The next version of WorldBench, the PC World-developed benchmark for testing PC system performance, is now available for testing on Windows Vista.
This release of WorldBench fills an urgent need for testing PCs running the Windows Vista operating system. While we have labeled it a beta, this release is stable and reliable enough to run as a final product. Regardless, we plan an even better final release of WorldBench 6. (For more information, see the WorldBench 6 Beta 2 FAQ.)
Though the outward appearance and navigation of WorldBench 6 Beta 2 closely resembles that of WorldBench 5, a lot of behind-the-scenes work has gone into making sure it runs reliably on both the 32- and 64-bit versions of Windows Vista.
Continuing the tradition of the previous versions of our test suite, WorldBench 6 Beta 2 uses application-based tests to gauge real-world system performance. We have updated its applications and tests to provide a better assessment of today's more powerful systems, which have larger amounts of RAM and multicore CPUs.
The new applications in WorldBench 6 Beta 2 are:
Like WorldBench 5, WorldBench 6 Beta 2 is fully automated. Application tests are scripted to run consecutively, and their results are automatically combined and compared with that of a baseline system to give the final WorldBench score. The WorldBench score and the individual application test times are available at the end of the testing.
Starting with the June 2007 issue, PC World will include WorldBench 6 Beta 2 scores in tested projects until the final version of WorldBench 6 is released. Because of the updated tests and baseline system, scores from WorldBench 6 Beta 2 cannot be compared with scores from previous versions of WorldBench.
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the leading application-based benchmark
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Many of the applications included in WorldBench still do not run properly on Windows Vista. Until they do, we cannot release a final version of WorldBench 6.
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- Adobe Photoshop CS2
- Autodesk 3ds max 8.0 SP-3
- Firefox 2
- Microsoft Office 2003 with SP-1
- Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9.0
- Nero 7 Ultra Edition
- Roxio VideoWave Movie Creator 1.5
- WinZip Computing WinZip 10.0
The new applications in WorldBench 6 Beta 2 are:
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We wanted you to know that the latest version, PC World's WorldBench 5, is available for purchase if you want to test your own PC.
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We test or retest all desktop and notebook systems under our WorldBench 5 suite
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Graphics tests measure the frames per second achieved for two popular games played at a variety of resolutions. The games were chosen to run on the widest variety of systems.
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Where do the scores for reliability, support quality, and support policies come from? Reliability and support-quality scores for PCs are based on surveys of PC World readers, compiled for our annual feature on reliability and service. The policies score is based on the support policies that the vendor offers, including the length of the warranty and the hours of technical support provided.
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May 28, 08
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Notebook PCs
All-purpose
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Desktop replacement
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35
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15
Ultraportable
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40
10
LCD monitors
17 inches
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19 inches
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15
20 inches, wide-screen
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23 inches, wide-screen
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Digital cameras
Point-and-shoot
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30
Advanced
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35
30
10
SLR
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10
Graphics boards
Power
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Mainstream
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Value
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Optical drives
External
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Internal
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Hard drives
External
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Internal
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45
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10
Network-attached storage
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Inkjet printers
Standard/snapshot
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Multifunction
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Laser printers
Monochrome small-office/home-office
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Color small-office/home-office
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Monochrome multifunction
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Color multifunction
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Scanners
Document
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Cell Phones
Standard
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PDA/phone hybrid
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Televisions
LCD
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DLP rear-projection
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Projectors
Business
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Audio Players
Flash-based
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- Price (lower prices are better than higher prices): 25 percent
- Performance (high performance is better than low performance): 25 percent
- Features/specifications: 25 percent
- Design/usability: 25 percent
At present, the weights assigned to component scores for all products not found in the list above are as follows:
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When you see, for example, two products with 80 as the overall score, the reason one ranks higher than the other is that the two products' true scores are different.
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Like WorldBench 5, WorldBench 6 Beta 2 is fully automated. Application tests are scripted to run consecutively, and their results are automatically combined and compared with that of a baseline system to give the final WorldBench score. The WorldBench score and the individual application test times are available at the end of the testing.
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