Performance graphs, page 1 of 2

All 11 notebooks put through their paces in PCmark05 and Cinebench 9.5

In PCW's labs, our staff have over 20 years of combined testing experience. We know all the perils and pitfalls of practical benchmarking, and we contribute to the development of industry-standard benchmarks through our full membership of Bapco, the non-profit benchmark consortium.

You can see the full specifications of each notebook in this group test here.

In PCmark05 it's no surprise to see Samsung lead the way, thanks to its fastest-on-test Core 2 Duo T7500 processor.

The trend is, perhaps unsurprisingly, the heavier a notebook, the faster it goes.

In the PCmark05 hard drive test the Portégé's Samsung-built solid state hard disk leads the way, thanks to access times 10 times faster than mechanical hard disks.

The Lifebook P7230's score is very low because it only has one core. We expect the refreshed model to score twice as highly in Cinebench 9.5, thanks to a dual-core processor.

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This article is part of a group test, see also:
1 Introduction
2 The great weight conundrum
3 Acer Travelmate 6292 review
4 Advent 8112 review
5 Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook P7230 review
6 Hi-Grade Notino D2200 review
7 HP Compaq 2710p review
8 HP Pavilion TX-1260ea review
9 Lenovo Thinkpad X61 review
10 MSI PR200-064UK review
11 Panasonic Toughbook CF-W7 review
12 Samsung Q45-A007 review
13 Toshiba Portégé R500-10U review
14 Performance graphs, page 1 of 2
15 Performance graphs, page 2 of 2
16 Replacement battery costs
17 Conclusion and awards