PC Performance Analysis
PCMark® Vantage is the first objective hardware performance benchmark for PCs running 32 and 64 bit versions of Microsoft® Windows Vista®. PCMark Vantage is perfectly suited for benchmarking any type of Microsoft® Windows Vista PC from multimedia home entertainment systems and laptops to dedicated workstations and hi-end gaming rigs. Regardless of whether the benchmarker is an artist or an IT Professional, PCMark Vantage shows the user where their system soars or falls flat, and how to get the most performance possible out of their hardware. PCMark Vantage is easy enough for even the most casual enthusiast to use yet supports in-depth, professional industry grade testing.

Comprehensive Result Analyzer
PCMark Vantage's comprehensive online Result Analyzer tool provides an invaluable insight into the factual performance of your computer. The Online ResultBrowser (ORB) is designed and developed specially for PCMark Vantage Advanced and Professional Edition users. In addition to the normal result search & compare functionalities you can do multiple comparisons, get detailed system info, use dynamic compare URLs and much more. The Pro ORB extends PCMark Vantage to the extreme!

Key PCMark Vantage Advanced and Professional Features

* Separate scores for all Suites
* Multi-threaded test scenarios and support for the latest technologies
* Multi-Core CPU’s, and 3D GPU Shading
* Test scenarios for High Definition TV and Movies, Gaming, Our Memories, Music, Communications and Productivity
* Brand New HDD Suite of Tests for the latest Hard Drives
* Pro online services

Minimum System requirements

* Intel® Pentium 4 or equivalent AMD® processor
o SSE2 support
* Shader Model 2.0 compliant graphics card
o 256MB of graphics memory
o Shader Model 3.0 compliant graphics card for the GPU image manipulation test
* 1.7GB of free hard disk space (NTFS File System)
* 1GB of System Memory
* Microsoft® Windows Vista® - Ultimate / Home Premium / Home Basic / Enterprise / Business